May 22, 2023Ravi LakshmananData protection / privacy Facebook parent company Meta has been fined a record $1.3 billion by European Union data protection regulators for transferring personal data of its users to the United States. A binding decision by the…
If you have a Marks & Spencer or Diageo pension plan, your personal information may have fallen into the hands of hackers. The problem is that supermarket giant M&S and beverage company Diageo used Capita to manage their pensions, as…
May 22, 2023Ravi LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cloud Security A financially motivated attacker from Indonesia was observed utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances to perform illicit cryptocurrency mining operations. Permiso P0 Labs, a cloud security company that first…
China has banned products sold by US chipmaker Micron, citing cybersecurity concerns. The China Cyberspace Administration announced the decision on May 21, 2023, following a cybersecurity review of Micron products sold in China that began in March 2023. The Chinese…
May 22, 2023Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/malware New Discovery of Hacker Group Linked to Cyberattacks Targeting Companies in Conflict Zones of Russia and Ukraine Reveals Group May Be Longer Than Previously Thought became. Tracked as a threat actor bad magic (aka Red…
On May 22, 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Facebook owner Mehta €1.2 billion ($1.3 million) from EU regulators for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). announced it was charged. Irish watchdogs have argued that transfers of…
It’s no secret that data breaches have become a major concern for both citizens and institutions around the world. These can cause significant damage to an organization’s reputation, cause significant financial losses, and even have significant legal repercussions. From the…
A man who ran a multi-million pound fraud website that led to the theft of at least £100 million ($124.2 million) worldwide has been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months in prison. Of this, £43 million ($53.4 million) was…
May 22, 2023Ravi LakshmananCyber Crime/Hacking British citizens in their role as stewards of a now-defunct nation iSpoof 13 years and 4 months in prison for online phone number spoofing service. Teejay Fletcher, 35, of Western Gateway, London, was sentenced on…
May 22, 2023Ravi LakshmananPassword security/exploits A proof of concept (PoC) has been published for a security flaw affecting the KeePass password manager, which under certain circumstances can be exploited to recover a victim’s master password in plaintext. This issue, tracked…
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