Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The class action, filed in 2020 by law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, alleges that the IT giant deceived users, leading them to believe their online activities would not be tracked in incognito mode.

Data collection 144

Data collection Advertising Hacking Technology 144

Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2020

The campaign tracked ‘Operation North Star,’ was active between late March and May 2020. The Techniques, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) of the Operation North Star operations are very similar to those observed in 2017 and 2019 campaigns that targeted key military and defense technologies.

Advertising 136

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

From now on, the Mark Zuckerberg’s led company faced a lawsuit against its facial recognition related data collection early this year. FB made a step forward by offering a settlement of $650 million to a data advocacy group that filed a legal suit against the use of FacioMetrics technology acquired by FB in 2016.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that the automakers' practice of collecting and storing this sensitive data without customers' knowledge or consent constituted a violation of the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). For the auto manufacturers involved, this is a significant victory.

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Data collection Technology Surveillance Data privacy 110

Anton on Security

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In my mind, “Decoupled SIEM” is a way to deliver Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology where the data management (a) and threat analysis (b) are provided by different vendors. So, the topic is so-called “decoupled SIEM” (I probably made up the term, but …hey… at least this is not an acronym like EDR so YMMV).

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 9, 2020

Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. I had a fascinating discussion about this with Sri Sundaralingam, vice president of cloud and security solutions at ExtraHop , a Seattle-based supplier of NDR technologies. We spoke at RSA 2020.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2021

. “The incident could pose serious security risks if any core information was leaked to North Korea, as KAERI is the country’s largest think tank studying nuclear technology including reactors and fuel rods,” Ha Tae-keung said in a statement. ” reported The Record.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to June, Q2, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 125

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q1 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from January to March, Q1, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 107

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 30, 2023

In 2020, a photo of a woman sitting on a toilet—her shorts pulled half-way down her thighs—was shared on Facebook, and it was shared by someone whose job it was to look at that photo and, by labeling the objects in it, help train an artificial intelligence system for a vacuum. According to several of them, they felt misled.

Artificial Intelligence 98

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Rapid7 combines threat intelligence , security research, data collection, and analytics in its comprehensive Insight platform, but how does its detection and response solution – InsightIDR – compare to other cybersecurity solutions? These firms include Logentries in 2015, Komand in 2017, and DivvyCloud in 2020. billion.

DNS 131

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 10, 2021

SOC Technology Failures?—?Do Most failed Security Operations Centers (SOCs) that I’ve seen have not failed due to a technology failure. Let’s stick to mostly technology focused failures. An astute reader will notice that in the list below, some of the purported technology failures are really process failures in disguise.

Technology 59

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The Canadian government ordered ByteDance to wind up TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. s operations in Canada through the establishment of TikTok Technology Canada, Inc. s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada Inc. The government is taking action to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

Encryption 176

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Chinese-language threat actors are targeting telecom companies, as part of a cyber espionage campaign tracked as ‘Operation Diànxùn,’ to steal sensitive data and trade secrets tied to 5G technology. Hackers behind these campaigns are targering people working in the telecom industry.

Malware 109

Malware Data collection Technology Phishing 109

eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Isovalent Cloud security 2020 Private Illumio Cloud security 2015 Private SignalFx Monitoring 2015 Acquired: Splunk CipherCloud Cloud security 2012 Acquired: Lookout Lookout Mobile security 2011 Private. a16z Investments. PagerDuty Operations performance 2014 NYSE: PD Auth0 Identity management 2014 Acquired: Okta.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2021

In 2020, as the world grappled with a fast-spreading global pandemic, the FBI received more than 2,000 complaints each day, totaling 791,790 for the year. billion in losses, according to data collected by the FBI’s The Internet Complaint Center (IC3). The COVID-19 pandemic played a major role in cybercriminal activities in 2020.

Cybercrime 52

Cybercrime Internet Internet Small Business 52

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The Threat Report Portugal: Q3 2021 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from July to September, Q3, of 2021. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

Threat Reports 109

Threat Reports Phishing Malware Banking 109

Malwarebytes

MARCH 14, 2024

Since 2020, several governments and organizations have banned, or considered banning, TikTok from their staff’s devices, but a complete ban of an internet app would be a first in the US. In 2020, India was the first country to ban TikTok , along with around 200 other Chinese apps that were all blocked from operating within the country.

Identity Theft 123

Identity Theft Government Media Data collection 123

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

billion in funding in 2020. This list was developed based on multiple factors, among them growth rates, recent funding rounds and innovations in new and emerging technologies. In September 2020, Axis Security raised $32 million in Series B funding, for a total of $49 million over three rounds. Jump ahead: Axis Security.

Cybersecurity 115

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2021

It has been quite a journey from the first announcement at RSA Conference 2020, when there was one 3 rd party integration (VirusTotal), to the release of SecureX the summer of 2020 with a large ecosystem. Nearly a dozen free/community security technology integrations are included, with details on how to set up your own free account.

Firewall 118

Firewall Data collection Education Malware 118

The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Bandura Cyber is a 6-year-old supplier of threat intelligence gateway technologies. It helps organizations of all sizes but has a solution that is well suited to enable more resource constrained SMBs, tap into the myriad threat feeds being collected by a wide variety of entities and extract actionable intelligence.

Ransomware 153

Ransomware Government Firewall Cyber Insurance 153

The Last Watchdog

JULY 30, 2018

The painful impact of cyber attacks on businesses is worsening despite advances in technology aimed at protecting enterprises from malicious network traffic, insider threats, malware, denial of service attacks and phishing campaigns. billion connected things are expected to be in use by 2020. Active learning. Enterprise scale.

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CISO Cyber Attacks Data collection Cybersecurity 140

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 23, 2022

We have reached the point where highly connected cyber-physical systems are the norm, and the lines between information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) are blurred. According to a Check Point study, the industry experienced a 186% increase in weekly ransomware attacks between June 2020 and June 2021.

Healthcare 126

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 23, 2020

With the consumer going online, retailers have had to pivot to a digital-led model, leveraging the data from increased online shopping to drive personalised experiences and relevant marketing offers. With a growing awareness around data privacy rights, consumers have become more intentional about what type of data they share, and with whom.

Data privacy 98

Data privacy Retail Data collection Marketing 98

Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2023

Practices highlighted included “hard to find” location settings, misleading descriptions of location settings, and “repeated nudging” to enable location settings alongside incomplete disclosures of Google’s location data collection.

Advertising 98

Advertising Accountability Data collection Engineering 98

Malwarebytes

MAY 13, 2024

In 2023, Reuters reported that a San Francisco woman sued her husband in 2020 for allegations of “assault and sexual battery.” There was no button she could press to take away the app’s connection to the vehicle.” This was far from an isolated incident. Fortunately, an option may already exist.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 22, 2020

I had the chance to discuss this with Gerrit Lansing, Field CTO at Stealthbits Technologies, a Hawthorne, NJ-based supplier of software to protect sensitive company data. We spoke at RSA 2020. The data collection and data analytics know-how to do this are well-understood and readily available.

Accountability 138

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 15, 2019

state to pass its own data privacy law. For example, data collected by an entity may not be associated with an individual but could identify a household. 2) Identify the regulations that will need to be met, a good starting point is reviewing the Thales Data Security Compliance and Regulations eBook. (3)

Digital transformation 92

Digital transformation Data collection Data privacy CISO 92

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2018

billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention.

IoT 72

IoT Data collection Encryption eCommerce 72

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As we see on the graph, Prilex was highly active in 2020, but suddenly disappeared in 2021, resurfacing in 2022 with a release of three new variants. This knowledge has enabled the criminals to upgrade their toolset, allowing them to create their own cards featuring this new technology and keeping them “in the business.”

Malware 139

Malware Banking Software Encryption 139

McAfee

MAY 26, 2021

We have the same massively disruptive opportunity to give hope to the Defender by looking to embed self-learning automated AI systems into our prevention, detection, and response controls, as outlined by the MIT Technology Review discussing security uses for AIOps. On what wings dare [they] aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire?

Architecture 93

Architecture Marketing Technology Cybersecurity 93

eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2022

According to a 2020 study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM Security, 40% of what the study calls “malicious incidents” occurred due to stolen/compromised employee credentials or cloud misconfigurations. To focus on the cybersecurity aspect first, there is the problem of what data your UEBA solution is taking in.

Advertising 126

Advertising Cybersecurity DDOS Data breaches 126

CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 25, 2021

As of the end of 2020, there were more than 26.66 This could have huge consequences down the road with IoT technology continuing to proliferate all aspects of our lives. This regulation requires that IoT devices sold in California are fitted with “reasonable security features”, which protect the device and the data it contains. #6

IoT 100

IoT Authentication Passwords Data collection 100

SecureList

MARCH 29, 2021

This was exactly the technique used for the Twitter hack in the summer of 2020. They then targeted 130 Twitter accounts – Tweeting from 45, accessing the DM inbox of 36, and downloading the Twitter Data of 7. — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) July 31, 2020. Utilize anti-spam and anti-phishing technologies.

Identity Theft 124

Identity Theft Phishing Accountability Banking 124

McAfee

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

As businesses continue to accelerate to the cloud, there’s no better time to review all aspects of cloud data collection, use, storage, transfer and processing. Here, it is very easy for developers to misconfigure the settings and leave data open to attackers. (Fines can be significantly lower if tools are well deployed.).

Technology 52

Technology Marketing Passwords Data collection 52

Herjavec Group

JANUARY 22, 2021

January 28 th is Data Privacy Day, an international effort to empower individuals and encourage businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust. This is why the issue of data privacy is so significant and why individuals and enterprises alike should view the protection of personal data as a team effort.

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