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With the GDPR, companies face new era of compliance and transparency

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new Avecto survey explored IT and security’s role in helping companies achieve compliance with the new guidelines for the collection and processing of personal information of individuals within the EU. 500 IT and cybersecurity professionals in the UK, North America, and Germany were included in the study to understand familiarity with the regulation, the…

Vulnerabilities

Operator of World’s Top Internet Hub Sues German Spy Agency

Issued by: Security Week

Berlin – The operator of the world’s largest internet hub challenged the legality of sweeping telecoms surveillance by Germany’s spy agency, a German court heard Wednesday. The BND foreign intelligence service has long tapped international data flows through the De-Cix exchange based in the German city of Frankfurt. But the operator argues the agency is…

Vulnerabilities

Alexa, stop eavesdropping and sending recorded conversations to other people!

Issued by: CSO

Amazon confirmed that a couple’s Echo recorded their private conversation and sent it to another person – all without their knowledge or verbal consent. In this case, Alexa’s eavesdropping was not a hack pulled off security researchers; it was an “unlikely” chain of events which ended up as a privacy fiasco for a Portland couple. The couple…

Network Security

What will voice-assistant ads “look” like?

Issued by: Kaspersky Blog

Anyone who doesn’t use, or at least hasn’t heard of, voice assistants belongs to a very exclusive club. For many, it’s easier to ask Google, Alexa, or Siri a question rather than typing in a search query. However, as with any futuristic technology, care is called for when it comes to voice helpers. We’ve already posted…

Network Security

Senator Asks DoD to Secure Its Websites

Issued by: Security Week

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Tuesday asked the chief information officer at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to take immediate action to ensure that the organization’s websites use HTTPS. The senator noted that some of the DoD’s websites, such as the ones belonging to the NSA, the Army, and the Air Force, do use…

Mobile Security

Mobile first: Security concerns and solutions

Issued by: Help Net Security

The majority of people – 83%, in fact – use their mobile devices to go online. 89% of these users connect to the internet via a mobile device every day. However, their security is severely lacking in almost all aspects. As advanced as their connectivity is, mobile users rarely know how to ensure their device safety. 28% of…

Network Security

NSA tripled surveillance of phone records, collected over 534 million records in 2017

Issued by: CSO

The NSA gobbled up more than three times as many records of phone calls and text messages of Americans last year than it did in 2016, according to a transparency report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The fifth annual report (pdf), released May 4, revealed that the NSA collected…

Network Security

PROTECTING YOUR PRIVACY – Part 2: How to Maximize Your Privacy on Social Media and in Your Browser

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

In the last post we highlighted the privacy risks associated with using popular social networking sites and browsers. You might not appreciate just how much of your personal data is being accessed by advertisers and other third parties via your social media accounts and internet browsing. Similarly, your privacy settings may have changed significantly since…

Malware & Threats

GitHub Exposed Passwords of Some Users

Issued by: Security Week

GitHub has instructed some users to reset their passwords after a bug caused internal logs to record passwords in plain text. Several users posted screenshots on Twitter of the security-related email they received from GitHub on Tuesday. The company told impacted customers that the incident was discovered during a regular audit. GitHub claims only a “small number”…