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Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach) Victims of identity theft are eligible for a seven-year extended fraud alert.

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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

I am proud of how the exceptional lawyers and professionals in my office have creatively applied the District’s strong consumer protection laws to set the standard nationally and provide users far greater control of their personal information.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). — AG Karl A. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Security Affairs

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy).

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Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach) Victims of identity theft are eligible for a seven-year extended fraud alert.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

A hacking collective compromised roughly 150,000 internet-connected surveillance cameras from Verkada, Inc., Such revelations create intrigue as to whether a more insidious actor could perform a similar hack in order to conduct industrial espionage by spying on development and production activity.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA) The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) addresses unauthorized access to computer systems and data, criminalizing hacking, identity theft, and fraud. The act also covers various forms of cybercrime, including malware distribution and data theft.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 513 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

from Bybit, it is the largest cryptocurrency heist ever International Press Newsletter Cybercrime Mining Company NioCorp Loses $500,000 in BEC Hack Inside Black Bastas Exposed Internal Chat Logs: A Firsthand Look The Bleeding Edge of Phishing: darcula-suite 3.0