Centraleyes

MARCH 27, 2025

FFIEC Guidelines and Compliance Categories FFIEC guidelines encompass a wide range of regulatory categories, including: Information Management and Security: Safeguarding sensitive consumer data. Consumer Protection: Upholding fair lending and privacy standards. Mitigating threats such as hacking and cyber extortion.

Banking 52

Banking Insurance Consumer Protection Risk 52

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

In some cases, the scammers create dashboard accounts in the business’s names at Dun & Bradstreet’s credit builder portal; in others, the bad guys have actually hacked existing business accounts at DNB, requesting a new DUNS numbers for the business (a DUNS number is a unique, nine-digit identifier for businesses).

Identity Theft 363

Identity Theft Small Business Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics 363

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In November 2017, the Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that hackers broke into the company database and accessed the personal data (names, email addresses and cellphone numbers) of 57 million of its users, the disconcerting revelation was that the company covered up the hack for more than a year. ” continues the AP.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Consumer Protection Advertising Hacking 111

CSO Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Maryland Personal Information Protection Act – Security Breach Notification Requirements – Modifications (House Bill 1154). Massachusetts 201 CMR 17 (aka Mass Data Protection Law). 4806 — An Act relative to consumer protection from security breaches. New York Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act.

CSO 128

CSO Financial Services Consumer Protection Data privacy 128

Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2023

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.

Consumer Protection 98

Consumer Protection Surveillance Data collection Accountability 98

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

“In the wake of this egregious bug that put the privacy of New Yorkers at risk, I support this investigation by the Attorney General into this serious consumer rights issue and direct the Division of Consumer Protection to help in any way possible,” Governor Cuomo announced. “We ” said Attorney General James.

Consumer Protection 103

Consumer Protection Advertising Media Engineering 103

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). Location data represent the core of the digital advertising business of the IT giant. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

Consumer Protection 98

Consumer Protection Accountability Data collection Advertising 98

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen. Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

Computers and Electronics 226

Computers and Electronics Identity Theft Internet Internet 226

Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2025

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,data breach) -based law firm that specializes in complex class action litigation. Victims of identity theft are eligible for a seven-year extended fraud alert.

Data breaches 76

Data breaches Identity Theft Consumer Protection Data collection 76

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

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.

Surveillance 129

Surveillance IoT Accountability Passwords 129

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

SecurityAffairs – hacking, Dark Web). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon. Pierluigi Paganini. The post Exclusive: The largest mobile malware marketplace identified by Resecurity in the Dark Web appeared first on Security Affairs.

Mobile 106

Mobile Malware Banking Retail 106

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Financial Data Protection Laws. financial data must comply with consumer-protection laws such as the Electronics Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and a litany of regulations enforced by the SEC (such as Sarbanes-Oxley), CFTC, FISMA, and other financial regulatory bodies. Health data and patient data in the U.S.

Data privacy 145

Data privacy Encryption Data breaches Insurance 145

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

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 CCPA requires businesses to provide transparency about data collection practices and allows consumers to opt out of selling their personal information.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Cyber threats Healthcare 121

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

MAY 19, 2017

Researchers have demonstrated that IoT devices, such as connected automobiles and medical devices, can be hacked, potentially endangering the health and safety of their owners. Smart devices that monitor public spaces may collect information about individuals without their knowledge or consent.

IoT 40

IoT Computers and Electronics Internet Internet 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s about challenging our expectations about people who hack for a living. And in a moment I’ll introduce you to someone who may have found the next generation beyond the current UNIX systems we use today. I hope you stick around. Music] Welcome to The Hacker Mind, an original podcast from ForAllSecure.

Software 40

Software Backups Computers and Electronics Technology 40

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While cybersecurity has its bad side (breaches, hacks, AI); it also has a good side (good practitioners and vendors fighting the good fight, AI). Since Californias passage of California Consumer Protection Act, later superseded by the California Privacy Rights Act, over 20 states have passed comprehensive privacy laws.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity Education Risk CISO 121

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

These are historic points of aggregations where it was possible to buy drugs, weapons, and any kind of hacking tools. This misinformation is extremely dangerous for kids, first consumers of videos published on the principal social media platform. This isn’t a novelty for the experts that are studying dark web and its evolution.

Marketing 109

Marketing Engineering Scams Internet 109

Jane Frankland

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sophisticated social engineering tactics, phishing campaigns, or financial incentives make it easier for cybercriminals to use insiders as tools for gaining access and maintaining their foothold in systems rather than hacking in. While federal advances may slow, state-level momentum continues.

Cybersecurity 130

Cybersecurity CISO Insurance IoT 130

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

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

Cybercrime 60

Cybercrime Hacking Ransomware Cryptocurrency 60

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. CONSUMER PROTECTION? Image: Shutterstock.

Consumer Protection 316

Consumer Protection Government Cryptocurrency Media 316