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2017-12-29 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 33)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • Brit firms warned over hidden costs of wiping data squeaky clean before privacy rules hit
  • Bank IT fella accused of masterminding multimillion-dollar insider-trading scam
  • Southwest elite frequent-fliers hit by computer glitch will get bonus points
  • NotPetya ransomware attack cost us $300m – shipping giant Maersk
  • Cyber attacks on online retailers double in a year as hackers try to steal shoppers’ details
  • London council ‘failed to test’ parking ticket app, exposed personal info
  • Hacker Releases Firmware Decryption Key for Apple’s Secure Enclave
  • UK govt steams ahead with £5m facial recog system amid furore over innocents’ mugshots
  • Europe’s tech ambition: To be the world’s digital policeman

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Aviation, Biometrics, Cryptography, GDPR, InfoSec, Privacy, Software Security

2017-12-28 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 32)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • Privacy group accuses Hotspot Shield of snooping on web traffic
  • Mozilla’s new file-transfer service isn’t perfect, but it’s drop-dead easy
  • Top Security Firm May Be Leaking ‘Terabytes’ of Confidential Data From Fortune 100 Companies
  • Google Prepares For Europe’s New Privacy Rules
  • NotBeingPetya: UK critical infrastructure firms face huge fines for lax security
  • Researchers report >4,000 apps that secretly record audio and steal logs
  • “Pretty egregious” security flaw raises questions about Pacer
  • Biometrics changing the way governments address data security, privacy
  • Radio navigation set to make global return as GPS backup, because cyber

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Amateur Radio, Biometrics, Data Breach, GDPR, Hamradio, InfoSec, Privacy, Software Security

2017-12-22 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 29)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • Hacker steelt info van half miljoen Belgische patiënten (in Dutch)
  • Dow Jones customer data exposed in cloud error
  • Forgotten your Myspace password? Just a name, username, DoB will get you in – and into anyone else’s, too
  • Mariano’s, Kimpton Hotels sued over alleged collection of biometric data: ‘It’s something very personal’
  • iCloud security flaw put iPhone, Mac passwords at risk
  • Burglary in mind? Easy, just pwn the home alarm
  • ‘It was always going to happen’: Inside the cyber-attack on parliament
  • Yes, Canada could lose its adequacy standing
  • Brexit Britain must move fast to keep data flowing with Europe

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Biometrics, Data Breach, GDPR, InfoSec, Online surveillance, Privacy, Security Operations

2017-12-21 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 28)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • Blue Cross? Blue crass: Health insurer thought it would be a great idea to mail plans on USB sticks
  • More than 100m records potentially lost in huge telecoms breach
  • Another day, another mass domain hijacking
  • New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends
  • IoT Devices Plagued by Lesser-Known Security Hole
  • German military aviation command launches cyber threat initiative
  • Biometric data stolen from corporate lunch rooms system
  • Flight Centre leaks fliers’ passport details to ‘potential suppliers’
  • 22,000 people accidentally signed up to clean toilets because people don’t read Wi-Fi terms

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Aviation, Biometrics, Cryptography, Data Breach, GDPR, InfoSec, IOT, Privacy

2017-12-21 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 26)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • A new ransomware outbreak similar to WCry is shutting down computers worldwide
  • WannaCry helps speeding drivers dodge fines in Australia
  • UK.gov leaves data dashboard users’ details on publicly accessible site
  • Civil rights warriors get green light to challenge UK mass surveillance
  • Internet regulation: is it time to rein in the tech giants? | Technology
  • Wetherspoons just deleted its entire customer email database – on purpose
  • Cyber attacks have long-lasting business impact

  • Your fingerprints could replace your airline boarding pass
  • Facial Recognition Scanners at Emirates Airline to Speed Passenger Processing

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Aviation, Biometrics, Cryptography, Data Breach, InfoSec, Online surveillance, Privacy

2017-12-20 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 24)

These are the noteworthy stories, in no particular order, that peaked my interest for this week.

  • Ransomware-as-a-service schemes are now targeting Macs too
  • Top university under ‘ransomware’ cyber-attack
  • Found: “Crash Override” malware that triggered Ukrainian power outage
  • Russia struck at election systems and data of 39 US states
  • ‘How foul-mouthed hackers messed up my life’
  • Identity theft can be thwarted by artificial intelligence analysis of a user’s mouse movements
  • Trump Puts U.S.-EU Privacy Shield At Risk
  • NGO to Israeli High Court: Block state from public biometric campaign
  • German minister calls for expanded use of face recognition software

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Biometrics, Cryptography, GDPR, InfoSec, IOT, Privacy, Privacy Shield

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