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How to Lock Down Your Health and Fitness Data
Apps like FitBit and Apple Health collect some of the most sensitive data you have. Here's how to control what they can see and what they can do with it...
Bluetooth Replay Vulnerability in LEM Smart Band S10
LEM smart bracelet is a smart bracelet produced by Shenzhen Lingmeng Technology Co., Ltd, which can collect the user's steps, blood pressure, heart rate and other health data, as well as set alarm reminders bracelet vibration and other functions. LEM Smart Bracelet S10 has a Bluetooth replay...
NHS data breach exposed sensitive health data of 150,000 patients
By Carolina The National Health Service NHS in the United Kingdom has This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: NHS data breach exposed sensitive health data of 150,000 patients...
A week in security (June 11 – June 17)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we discussed how to protect the online privacy of children, we gave you a spring 2018 overview of exploit kits, rounded up the ongoing discussions about the VPNFilter malware, and discussed the struggles of UK law enforcement with modern-day cybercrime. Other news...
Examining the Risks and Advantages of Biohacking
CANCUN – Hannes Sjoblad of the Swedish Biohacking Association throws a mean implant party, the latest of which was held today on stage at the Security Analyst Summit. Povel Torudd, head of European PR at Kaspersky Lab, bravely volunteered to have a NFC implant the side of a grain of rice shot int...
Health and Fitness Apps Poor at Protecting Privacy FTC Says
A recent study conducted by the Federal Trade Commission examined 12 mobile health and fitness apps and found them sending users’ personal information to 76 different third parties. Jah-Juin Ho, an attorney in the FTC’s Mobile Technology Unit shared the research yesterday during a seminar regardi...
Who decides what health data is sensitive?
The massive UC Berkeley data breach reported last week exposed the sensitive health information of more than 160,000 Berkeley students, alumni and others who used the school’s health system. Berkeley officials said that the breach did not expose the victims’ treatment information, an assertion th...
More than 160,000 affected by data breach at UC Berkeley
Hackers had access to a database for about six months at the University of California at Berkeley and stole health-related data on more than 160,000 students and other people who used the school’s health services center. College officials said that the attack on the health center’s database was...
