Breaches exposed 22.8 million personal records of New Yorkers
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman issued a new report examining the growing number, complexity, and costs of data breaches in the New York State. The report reveals that …
Keyloggers found at hotel business centers, US Secret Service warns
In the wake of the arrest of a group of people suspected of having compromised computers in hotel business centers in Texas, the US Secret Service and the DHS’s National …
IoT privacy tech working group announced
TRUSTe formed a multi-stakeholder IoT Privacy Tech Working Group to identify the technical standards and best practices necessary to help enhance consumer privacy in the …
Consumers don’t trust any industry with their personal data
U.S. consumers have little faith that companies are able to keep their person data safe. The sentiment crosses nearly all industries with consumers saying that the lack of …
DPAPI vulnerability allows intruders to decrypt personal data
Passcape Software has discovered a DPAPI vulnerability that could potentially lead to unauthorized decryption of personal data and passwords of interactive domain users. The …
Risks of selling used smartphones
AVAST Software easily retrieved personal data from used smartphones sold online, despite consumers deleting their data. From the used devices, researchers was able to recover …
Microsoft hardens encryption for Outlook, OneDrive
Microsoft is making good on the promises they made last December, when they announced that they will – among other things – strengthen the encryption of customer …
Cops must get a warrant before looking through cellphone content
The nine judges of the US Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that law enforcement officers can’t search the contents of an arrested individual’s cell phone(s) …
1.3M personal records exposed in Montana data breach
1.3 million people will be notified that hackers gained entry to a State of Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) computer server, state …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 42 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 42 has been released today. Table of contents: Six …
Improperly anonymized taxi logs reveal drivers’ identity, movements
Software developer Vijay Pandurangan has demonstrated that sometimes data anonymizing efforts made by governments and businesses are worryingly inadequate, as he managed to …
Card fraud impacts 1 in 4 consumers worldwide
A global fraud study of more than 6,100 consumers across 20 countries revealed that one in four consumers is a victim of card fraud in the last five years. The study, …