This study by the European Parliamentary Research Service describes two main dimensions of 5G technology, i.e. privacy and security. The focus of this research paper is the analysis of cybersecurity risks and threats, privacy challenges and 5G technology opportunities, at the EU level and worldwide, as well as the relationship between cybersecurity risks and privacy … Read more
This week, an attack on an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) server stole the personal and confidential data of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals, the organization said in a statement. These include people separated from their families and families due to migration, disasters and conflicts, missing persons and their families and people … Read more
The personal and salary data of 637,000 Albanians, about a quarter of the population, has been stolen and leaked on the internet. It concerns names, identity card and passport numbers, telephone numbers, salary, position and employer that are contained in two Excel documents that are shared via WhatsApp, according to the Albanian Exit News. The … Read more
Researchers analyzed the security of four popular smartwatches for children and found pre-installed downloaders, weak passwords, and unencrypted data transmissions. The analysis demonstrates that most of these devices arbitrarily collect and periodically transmit sensitive data to remote servers without the user knowing about it.This finding is worrisome as these devices quickly grow in popularity, with … Read more
Apple has abandoned its once-famous commitment to security and privacy. The next version of iOS will contain software that scans users’ photos and messages. Under pressure from U.S. law enforcement, Apple has put a backdoor into their encryption system.
According to the CEO the bad actor leveraged their knowledge of technical systems, along with specialized tools and capabilities, to gain access to our testing environments and then used brute force attacks and other methods to make their way into other IT servers that included customer data. Compromised information includes customer names, addresses, Social Security … Read more
In the USA 10 major data brokers have data on individuals’ demographic characteristics (from race to gender to income level) and political preferences and beliefs (including support for the NAACP, ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the National LGBTQ Task Force), and on current US government and military personnel. Several of these firms also market: Americans’ geo-locations. … Read more
The European Commission has a plan which enables citizens to identify themselves and share electronic documents from a special wallet app for smartphones. Major platforms will be required to accept the new European digital identity. The European Commission states that the use of identity by citizens will be voluntary. “The new European digital identity wallets … Read more
Cyberinsurance giant AXA said that it would no longer be writing policies to cover ransomware payments. Now AXA in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Phillippines have reportedly been hit… by a ransomware attack. The ransomware gang posted on its website over the weekend that it had stolen 3 terabytes worth of data, including: customers’ … Read more
Researchers reported on Tuesday that Amazon Web Services System Manager (SSM) misconfigurations led to the potential exposure of more than 5 million documents with personally identifiable information and credit card transactions on more than 3,000 SSM documents.