FTC wants Facebook to boost accountability and transparency, imposes $5 billion penalty
Facebook has to pay a $5 billion penalty and submit to new restrictions and a modified corporate structure that will hold the company accountable for the decisions it makes …
Vulnerable GE anesthesia machines can be manipulated by attackers
A vulnerability affecting several anesthesia and respiratory devices manufactured by General Electric (GE) Healthcare could allow attackers to manipulate the devices’ …
U.S. Coast Guard shares cybersecurity best practices for commercial vessels
Spurred by a recent cyber incident they were called in to help resolve, the U.S. Coast Guard has detailed basic measures to improve vessels ‘cybersecurity. Basic cyber …
Medtronic recalls vulnerable MiniMed insulin pumps
Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device company, has issued a recall of some of its insulin pumps because they can be tampered with by attackers. About the …
Emergency Presidential Alerts can be spoofed, researchers warn
Spurred by the panic-inducing fake alarm about an inbound ballistic missile received by Hawaii residents in January 2018, a group of researchers from University of Colorado …
How employees and their organizations are prioritizing data privacy
Employees in the UK expressed greater understanding of privacy laws, and better training opportunities, than those in the U.S., the ObserveIT survey reveals. The survey polled …
GDPR implementation lessons can help with CCPA compliance
The ever increasing number of data breaches has made consumers more aware of how their data is being used and has emphasized the importance of keeping personal data private, …
First framework to score the agility of cyber attackers and defenders
To help train government and industry organizations on how to prevent cyberattacks, as part of a research project for the U.S. Army, scientists at The University of Texas at …
US border agency contractor breached, license plate and travelers’ photos stolen
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that a hacker may have stolen sensitive data collected by the agency from a subcontractor’s network. “On May 31, …
2018 in numbers: Data breaches cost $654 billion, expose 2.8 billion data records in the U.S.
Cybercriminals exposed 2.8 billion consumer data records in 2018, costing over $654 billion to U.S. organizations, according to ForgeRock. Cyberattacks to U.S. financial …
US charges Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act
The US Department of Justice has hit WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 charges related to illegally obtaining, receiving and disclosing classified information related …
Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data …
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