Zoom Settles Lawsuit: Users to Receive Up to $25 for Security Breaches and Data Shared Without Their Permission
By B.N. Frank You may not have heard yet of the saying “Data is the new oil”. It seems to apply to how Zoom and…
Cybersecurity
Malware Can Be Hidden Inside A.I. Models “with near-identical accuracy”
By B.N. Frank Complaints about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology inaccuracies and misuse are reported frequently (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). In fact, there’s even…
World’s Largest Media, Data and Marketing Services Company Names 13 Winners for Smart Cities North America Awards
By B.N. Frank Whether your community is “Smart” or not, one report recently exposed that less than 25% of cities “conduct privacy impact assessments” when…
Pegasus Project Shows the Need for Real Device Security, Accountability and Redress for those Facing State-Sponsored Malware
By Cindy Cohn People all around the world deserve the right to have a private conversation. Communication privacy is a human right, a civil liberty…
Leak Exposes Global Abuse Of Cyber-Spying Weapon To Target Politicians, Activists, & Journalists
By Tyler Durden As Ed Snowden warned in a tweet when the story broke this weekend, “this leak is going to be the story of…
Microsoft’s July Security Roundup Leads to 116 Bugs Being Patched
By B.N. Frank Last week serious warnings were reported about Microsoft’s lingering “PrintNightmare” issue. Fortunately, the company has been working to patch it as well…
Analyst Says Microsoft Vulnerability is “the biggest deal I’ve dealt with in a very long time.”
By B.N. Frank Does it feel like it’s “same shit different day” with announcements about cyberattacks and cybersecurity vulnerabilities? Last week it was Microsoft’s turn….
Alleged Cyberattack Creates “Unprecedented Chaos” For Iran’s National Rail Network
By Tyler Durden Iranian state TV on Friday afternoon (local time) reported “unprecedented chaos” at train stations across the country, leading to cancellations, immense delays…
Ending Anonymity: Why the WEF’s Partnership Against Cybercrime Threatens the Future of Privacy
By Whitney Webb With many focusing on the Cyber Polygon exercise, less attention has been paid to the World Economic Forum’s real ambitions in cybersecurity…
What If The Next Major Cyberattack Targeted The Internet?
By Brandon Smith Over the past few months I have been writing analysis on a planned crisis war game organized by the World Economic Forum…
Healthcare Cyberattacks Increased Since Adoption of Electronic Health Records, Wireless Medical Devices, Telemedicine
By B.N. Frank Hackers can cause catastrophic and sometimes even deadly results no matter who or what is targeted – businesses (see 1, 2, 3),…
Smart Devices Could Expose Homes to Thousands of Cyber Attacks a Week: New Report
By City AM A home filled with smart devices could be exposed to thousands of hacking or unknown scanning attacks from around the world in…
Concerned about Cybersecurity and Privacy? Deleting Data from Alexa, Echo, Smart Home/IoT Devices Isn’t Easy
By B.N. Frank Privacy and security experts have been warning for many years about risks associated with all Internet of Things (IoT), “Smart”, and wireless…
Why Are “Conspiracy Theorists” Worried About an Impending Power Grid Failure?
By Derrick Broze On the eve of the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Polygon simulation of a cyberhack, a number of independent journalists and their supporters…