Information Security

The American Civil Liberties Union on May 28 sued controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI, to put a stop to its unlawful surreptitious capture and storage of millions of Illinoisans sen… [+7074 chars]

A few weeks ago, threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered in the dark web a database containing details of over 20 Million Taiwanese citizens. According to the experts, the leak includes government… [+994 chars]

The COVID-19 global pandemic has created a cybercrime playground. From phishing scams to ransomware to social media attacks, COVID-19-focused malware campaigns are on the rise. In fact, according to … [+6408 chars]

One of the world’s largest telecoms and IT services companies has revealed that attackers may have stolen data from its internal systems, affecting over 600 customers. NTT Communications provides cl… [+1615 chars]

Internet of Things (IoT) Fleet Management Market: Snapshot Rapid industrialization and urbanization has led to the spectacular advancements in the way internet is now used. From a specific perspecti… [+7121 chars]

NTT Communications (NTT Com), a subsidiary of Japanese tech giant NTT Corp, on Thursday disclosed a data breach impacting hundreds of customers. In a post on its Japanese-language website, NTT Com, … [+1709 chars]

Even though the world is moving towards the digital platforms in all aspects but the growth of digitalization also brings the risk of data breach and violations. There’s nothing scares more than your… [+2981 chars]

For large portions of the population, targeting healthcare organizations during a global pandemic is a step too far. It is hard to justify the actions of ransomware gangs at the best of times, but at… [+11410 chars]

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www.shutterstock.com Twenty-year-old Sydney woman Renae Marsden died by suicide after she was the victim of an elaborate catfishing scam. A recent coronial investigation into her 2013 death found n… [+6673 chars]

Global system integrator NTT has warned of an attack on its hosting and cloud services that it feels may have seen 600 customers data compromised. A Japanese-language statement that The Register has… [+1032 chars]

By Alexis Hancock and Karen Gullo With states beginning to ease shelter-in-place restrictions, the conversation on COVID-19 has turned to questions of when and how we can return to work, take kids t… [+7415 chars]

Cloud-based information security company Zscaler Inc. today announced the acquisition of network security startup Edgewise Networks Inc., but investors got more jazzed when it beat analysts’ estimate… [+4179 chars]

Cloud-based information security company Zscaler Inc. beat analyst estimates in its latest earnings report Thursday with the company also announcing the acquisition of network security startup Edgewi… [+4559 chars]

With states beginning to ease shelter-in-place restrictions, the conversation on COVID-19 has turned to questions of when and how we can return to work, take kids to school, or plan air travel. Seve… [+5470 chars]

RISKS Forum mailing list archives Risks Digest 31.90 From: RISKS List Owner <risko () csl sri com>Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:51:09 PDT RISKS-LIST: Risks-Forum Digest Thursday 28 May 2020 Vol… [+24243 chars]

<div class="body gsd-paywall"><p><a href="https://www.rsaconference.com/">RSA Conference</a> announced that RSA Conference 2021 will now take place the week of May 17 instead of in February as previously planned. </p> <p>“The wellbeing of our community is of utmost importance, and now is the right time to reinforce our efforts to bring the cybersecurity industry together with new virtual events, year-round content and focused programs along with our physical conferences,” <a href="https://www.rsaconference.com/industry-topics/blog/rsa-conference-2021-changes-date-from-february-to-may-2021">says </a>Linda Gray Martin, Senior Director and General Manager, RSA Conference. “The mission of RSAC has always been to create a platform for the industry to engage globally to help solve our biggest security challenges; and we’re excited to expand the ways we can gather the community over the coming months.”</p> <p>More details are at <a href="http://www.rsaconference.com/">www.rsaconference.com</a></p> </div>

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is taking Clearview AI to court, claiming the company's facial surveillance activities violate the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) and "rep… [+4050 chars]

New research from Digital Guardian has revealed that hundreds of terabytes of potentially sensitive corporate data could be at risk from employees who stored data on USB drives while working remotely… [+2075 chars]

A column begins: If you had asked me six months ago to predict which party would display extreme levels of concern about a deadly pandemic and which party would downplay the risk, Id have thought yo… [+5111 chars]

Synack announced that it raised $52 million in Series D funding to transform security testing through its crowdsourced platform powered by the worlds most skilled ethical hackers who work with propri… [+5846 chars]

On the heels of exiting stealth with $30 million in Series A funding from marquee investors and introducing a revolutionary, passwordless identity management solution, Beyond Identity announced the f… [+5829 chars]

The number of government agencies actively exercising measures to account for their contractors handling of sensitive federal information is significantly lower than the number meeting other performa… [+3167 chars]

Opsec mistakes lead a Check Point researcher to an individual in Brazil who was behind a longtime hacking campaign.A politically motivated hacktivist who since 2013 defaced nearly 5,000 websites in 4… [+5148 chars]

Educause Security Discussion mailing list archives Incident response products From: "Burns, Denis" &lt;denis.burns () MED FSU EDU&gt;Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 20:46:44 +0000 Hi all, I hope that thi… [+1411 chars]