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2017-12-19 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 19)

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

  • Macron campaign team used honeypot accounts to fake out Fancy Bear
  • Crooks can nick Brits’ identities just by picking up the phone and lying
  • Millions of identities stolen from education platform Edmodo
  • Massive vulnerability in Windows Defender leaves most Windows PCs vulnerable
  • NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project to Entire Internet
  • An Obscure App Flaw Creates Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones
  • Gaining insight into how cyber insurers understand and price risk
  • To mitigate major Edge printing bug, use a Xerox copier, baffled user advises
  • Cybersecurity Pros Will Soon Patrol Computer Networks Like Agents in ‘The Matrix’

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Cryptography, InfoSec, Privacy, Security Operations, Software Security

2017-12-19 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 18)

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

  • 135 MEELLION Indian government payment card details leaked
  • Data breach rattles Sabre: Intrusion into hotel reservations system revealed
  • FireEye calls Shim-anigans: Bank-raiding hackers switch tactics
  • Public Health Watchdog Warns That Using NHS Data For Immigration Enforcement Could Lead To Epidemics
  • Leaked: The UK’s secret blueprint with telcos for mass spying on internet, phones – and backdoors
  • Encryption May Lower Fines Under New EU Privacy Regime
  • Out of German Parliament Passes New Federal Data Protection Act
  • Financial services sector most attacked in 2016
  • Hundreds of Apps Can Listen for Marketing ‘Beacons’ You Can’t Hear

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

2017-06-18 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 21)

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

  • Creator of SecurID sues Apple, Visa over digital payment patents
  • Contactless payment fraud soars to £7m
  • Blackburn High School families’ details illegally downloaded in targeted attack
  • Tax worker fired after biggest privacy breach at Revenue Canada
  • 1.5 million students’ data leaked online, put up for sale for up to Rs60,000
  • BBC fools HSBC voice recognition security system
  • EU security think tank ENISA looks for IoT security, can’t find any
  • Netherlands nearly up to speed in cyber-security, says readiness report
  • Why Is Cybersecurity So Hard?

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

2017-06-01 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 17)

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

  • European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation
  • EDPS calls for strong and smart new rules to protect confidentiality of communications
  • New European Union Financial Rules to Give U.S. Consumers Protection as Well
  • Hyundai app security blunder allowed crooks to ‘steal victims’ cars’
  • Malware Uses Apple Developer Certificate to Infect MacOS and Spy on HTTPS Traffic – Mac Rumors
  • BBC exposes flaws in ‘world’s most secure’ email service
  • Snapchat tops Facebook and Twitter on privacy — here’s why brands should care
  • Data protection boss vows she will use new powers to fine firms up to €20m
  • How to . . . tighten up your online privacy

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: E-Privacy Regulation, GDPR, InfoSec, Privacy, Software Security

2017-05-28 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 20)

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

  • Hollywood studios ‘need to prioritise content security’
  • Google collected NHS records of 1.6M patients on “inappropriate legal basis”
  • It’s 2017 – and your Mac, iPad, iPhone can all be pwned by an e-book
  • DocuSign Data Breach Led to Targeted Email Malware Campaign
  • Gotcha, Tatcha! Thieves hide in servers to hoover up victims’ bank card numbers mid-order
  • Zomato Hacked; Hacker Puts Up 17 Million Users’ Emails and Passwords On Sale
  • Bell Canada hacked: 2m account details swiped by mystery miscreants
  • Google (not the GDS) is the new enemy in airline distribution
  • Airplane cockpit security codes leak onto the Internet

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

2017-05-21 by Drs. Andor Demarteau

The niner noteworthy stories of 2017 (week 16)

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

  • Vigilante botnet infects IoT devices before blackhats can hijack them
  • Meet PINLogger, the drive-by exploit that steals smartphone PINs |
  • The Importance of VPNs While Using Wi-Fi on Airplanes
  • ‘We should have done better’ – the feeble words of a CEO caught using real hospital IT in infosec product demos
  • Health execs rank employee awareness as greatest cybersecurity concern
  • Cyber attacks: British firms storing customer data more prone to breaches
  • New leak shows how a major hacking group cracked Windows and international banks
  • Holiday Inn hotels hit by card payment system hack
  • Mastercard launches card that replaces PIN with fingerprint sensor

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Filed Under: Noteworthy Series Tagged With: Aviation, Cryptography, InfoSec, IOT, Privacy

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