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$150 Million Fine to Twitter Over Privacy Violations; Email and Phone for “Account Security” Used in Targeted Advertising Without User Knowledge

FTC is actively regulating privacy in the US. FTC can penalize for e.g. when a social network misleads its users about how personal data will be used or protected. This is what now happened to Twitter, resulting in a 150M$ #privacy fine.

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3.6.2022

How to support women in cybersecurity

There are millions of unfilled #cybersecurity job openings around the globe. In the industry women make up roughly 24% of jobs, according to (ISC)². Untapped talent could mean e.g. less innovation. Reasoned thougths on women in cyber >>

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3.6.2022

FBI seizes domains used to sell stolen data, DDoS services

FBI seizes harmful domains ⚠️ WeLeakInfo.to sold subscriptions for searching data from 10k data breaches, eg emails, phones, and passwords for online accounts. ⛔ ipstress.in and ovh-booter.com used for DDoS ordering #cybersecurity

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3.6.2022

New Microsoft Zero-Day Attack Underway

MS Support Diagnostic Tool has a #vulnerability, that enables running commands remotely via using malicious MS Word documents. No patch available yet, limit by: ☑️ Turning off MSDT URL protocol ☑️ Disabling preview feature in IE

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3.6.2022

How Dangerous Is the Cyber Attack Risk to Transportation?

⚠️ +186% increase between 6/2020 - 6/2021 in #ransomware attacks at transportation industry. 🚆 Cyber attacks targeting transport authorities e.g. managing train or subway routes could be terrible. Article lists needed best practices >>

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20.5.2022

Over 200 Apps on Play Store Caught Spying on Android Users Using Facestealer

⚠️ Potentially harmful apps persist on Google Play for avg. 77 days Now researchers found 200 Android apps distributing #malware called Facestealer. These apps masquerade as VPNs, fitness, photo editing, and puzzle apps.

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20.5.2022

Hackers can steal your Tesla Model 3, Y using new Bluetooth attack

Researchers developed a tool for Bluetooth Low Energy relay attacks. Tesla Model 3 & Y use a BLE-based entry system, so attack could unlock and start the cars. More security? At least there's ‘PIN to Drive’ feature. 🚘 #cybersecurity

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20.5.2022

When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware

A common security control is using smart ID cards for allowing physical access to buildings or systems. ⚠️ But employers don't always issue approved card readers, so people turn to low-cost online options. Case example >> #cybersecurity

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20.5.2022

Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit

📨 Subscribing for newsletter, 🏨 booking a hotel, 💸 buying stuff online? New study shows some top websites collect some or all of this data before you hit 'Submit'. This behavior is similar to #malware called keyloggers. #privacy

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20.5.2022