#privacy: Hotel websites hit by Magecart skimming attack
Researchers from Trend Micro have discovered a series of Magecart credit card skimming attacks …
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#Privacy: FBI warns of scammers spoofing its phone number
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning about an increase in phone calls spoofing the Bureau’s phone number. The scammers will either spoof or fake the FBI headquarters number so it appears the call is coming from the FBI or the recipient’s caller ID. In the scam,…
Read More »#Privacy: Tampa Bay Times hit by Ryuk ransomware
The popular Florida newspaper suffered a ransomware attack on Thursday, making it the latest victim of the notorious Ryuk ransomware family. Tampa Bay Times reported that the attack itself did not result in any breached data. Sensitive customer information such as payment card details and customer addresses were not affected…
Read More »#Privacy: Over 30m payments cards exposed from Wawa breach currently on sale
More than 30 million payment cards stolen from a 2019 breach at convenience store chain Wawa are for sale on the dark web. In late December last year, Wawa disclosed a major security breach whereby malware had been found on its payment processing servers. An investigation revealed that the malware…
Read More »#Privacy: NFL Twitter accounts hacked
The social media accounts of America’s National Football League (NFL) and more than a dozen teams have been hacked. With less than a week until the Super Bowl, the Twitter accounts for 15 of the league’s teams were hacked on Sunday and Monday. Chicago Bears, was the first team to…
Read More »#Privacy: US election cybersecurity training has started in Maryland
The University of Southern California has kicked off its nonpartisan, independent, 50-state election cybersecurity training initiative in Maryland. The initiative will featured day-long workshops in each state, designed to train state and local election and campaign officials how best to fortify against digital attacks. Participants also learnt best practices to…
Read More »PrivSec London: Understanding the principle of accountability
Opening at the QEII Exhibition Centre on February 4th and 5th 2020, PrivSec London is a two-day conference packed full of the very latest expert insight on data privacy and cyber security issues affecting the world today. The event offers CEOs, CISOs, data practitioners and IT professionals opportunity to network,…
Read More »#Privacy: SECURITI.ai Raises $50M series B from General Catalyst and Mayfield to scale its automated privacy operations platform
SECURITI.ai, the leader in PrivacyOps and data security automation, has announced $50 million in Series B financing led by General Catalyst with participation from Mayfield. The latest round comes months after the company’s Series A and brings total fundraise to $81 million. The company is also announcing growth milestones, international expansion and senior…
Read More »#Privacy: 80% of US citizens want a privacy law to protect personal data
As state houses and Congress rush to consider new consumer privacy legislation in 2020, DataGrail, a privacy management company, conducted nationwide research that shows Americans expect more control over their personal information online, and are concerned with how businesses use the data collected about them. DataGrail released the research on National Data Privacy Day to help…
Read More »#Privacy: What impact is the GDPR having on economic growth?
A report released today by the Data Catalyst Institute (DCI) reveals a negative effect to the European Union (EU) startup economy due to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Written by Dr. Liad Wagman, Associate Professor of Economics, Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) and his Ph.D. student Jian Jia,…
Read More »#Privacy: Research finds staff send 130+ emails per week to wrong person
According to new data from Tessian, employees in small and medium-sized businesses send as many as 177 emails a year to the wrong person. From an analysis of data from its global network of clients, Tessian revealed that staff are sending company data to unauthorised or personal email accounts nearly…
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