Data Protection

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Privacy regulators in the U.K. and Canada have launched a joint investigation into 23andMe following the direct-to-consumer genetic testing service suffering a massive data breach in October 2023. Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, said they’ll jointly investigate the publicly traded company’s compliance with their respective data protection…

News

Issued by: SecurityWeek

Biden’s Executive Order covers personal and sensitive information such as biometric, financial, genomic, geolocation, and personal health data, as well as specific types of personally identifiable information. “Bad actors can use this data to track Americans (including military service members), pry into their personal lives, and pass that data on to other data brokers and…

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Issued by: DataBreach Today

Amazon in a Luxembourg court Tuesday contested a once-record privacy fine levied against the e-commerce giant for its advertising practices by the diminutive country’s data protection authority. At the hearing in Luxembourg’s administrative court, Amazon lawyer Thomas Berger accused the Luxembourg regulator of attacking the company based on unfound allegations, Bloomberg reported. Amazon’s European headquarters…

News

Issued by: Dark Reading

Experts are ringing the alarm bells over the risks unfettered development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology could pose to humanity. Enter the European Union (EU), already a leader in data protection and privacy rights, where the EU Parliament has agreed on a law governing AI technology. Jonathan Dambrot, CEO of Cranium, says it’s not surprising…

News

Issued by: SecurityWeek

Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government’s privacy watchdog said Friday. The Italian Data Protection Authority said it was taking provisional action “until ChatGPT respects privacy,” including temporarily limiting the company…

Network Security

Issued by: Security Week

Just like the private sector, the federal government is well aware of the importance of cybersecurity, which is why it allocates billions of dollars every year for solutions and services designed to protect data, systems and infrastructure. However, while government contracts can be highly lucrative, contractors need to ensure that they comply with federal requirements…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Week

The legal salvo came as problems are mounting for TikTok in the United States, with multiple accusations that the extremely popular app is a national security threat and a conduit for spying by China. “The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

For the second consecutive month, the world’s largest software maker rushed out patches to cover vulnerabilities that were already exploited as zero-days in the wild, including a pair of belated fixes for Microsoft Exchange Server security defects targeted by a state-sponsored threat actor for several months. As part of its scheduled Patch Tuesday update process,…

Vulnerabilities

Issued by: Security Week

The world’s largest software maker is warning that China-based nation state threat actors are taking advantage of a one-year-old law to “stockpile” zero-days for use in sustained malware attacks. According to a new report released Friday by Microsoft, China’s government hacking groups have become “particularly proficient at discovering and developing zero-day exploits” after strict mandates…