Countdown to GDPR: For GDPR Compliance, Web App Security Is a Must

With web and mobile apps becoming a preferred vector for data breaches, organizations must include application security in their plans for complying with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. First discussed in the 1990s and turned into law in 2016, GDPR goes into effect in May of thi...

GDPR and Breach Detection: How to Ask the Right Questions to Meet the GDPR Breach Notification Rule

It is now less than four months before the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR becomes effective. This new data regulation of the European Union is designed to provide individuals with rights and protections over their personal data collected by business around the world. It aims to unify dat...

Data Privacy in the Age of IoT

On Data Privacy Day, January 28th, we should have all taken a few moments to think more carefully about safeguarding our personal data, staying safe online, and improving our privacy habits. Just what does that mean in the age of IoT — the Internet of Things? In previous years, cyber threats most...

How to Protect Your Personal Data in 3 Simple Ways

By Carolina As the big tech corporations are coming under increased attack This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How to Protect Your Personal Data in 3 Simple Ways...

Meltdown and Spectre fallout: patching problems persist

Last week, the disclosure by multiple teams from Graz and Pennsylvania University, Rambus, Data61, Cyberus Technology, and Google Project Zero of vulnerabilities under the aliases Meltdown and Spectre rocked the security world, sending vendors scurrying to create patches, if at all possible, and...

Three Reasons Why GDPR Encourages Pseudonymization

The General Data Protection Regulation GDPR is the European Union’s new data regulation designed to provide individuals with rights and protections over their personal data that is collected or created by businesses or government entities. It unifies data protection regulation across all member...

The seven most colossal data breaches of 2017

By Logan Strain If it seems like the words “leak,” “compromised data,” and “breach” are constantly in the news, it’s not just you. The frequency of major data breaches is increasing. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, the number of breaches is expected to top 1,500 in 2017. That’s a...

OV-chipkaart: Personal data of all Dutch public transport cards ("OV-Chipkaart") accessible

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Uber Paid 20-Year-Old Florida Hacker $100,000 to Keep Data Breach Secret

Last year, Uber received an email from an anonymous person demanding money in exchange for the stolen user database. It turns out that a 20-year-old Florida man, with the help of another, breached Uber's system last year and was paid a huge amount by the company to destroy the data and keep the...

Massive Breach Exposes Keyboard App that Collects Personal Data On Its 31 Million Users

In the digital age, one of the most popular sayings is—if you're not paying, then you're not the customer, you're the product. While downloading apps on their smartphones, most users may not realize how much data they collect on you. Believe me; it’s way more than you can imagine. Nowadays, many...

CVE-2017-1484

IBM WebSphere Commerce Enterprise, Professional, Express, and Developer 7.0 and 8.0 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain information such as user personal data. IBM X-Force ID: 128622...

CVE-2017-1484

IBM WebSphere Commerce Enterprise, Professional, Express, and Developer 7.0 and 8.0 could allow an authenticated attacker to obtain information such as user personal data. IBM X-Force ID: 128622...

IBM WebSphere Commerce Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-37836)

IBM WebSphere Commerce is a suite of e-business solutions from IBM in the United States. The solution supports all sales business models, including B2C, B2B and B2B2C, on a single customer interaction platform. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in IBM WebSphere Commerce. A remote...

10 tips for safe online shopping on Cyber Monday

Shoppers familiar with the Cyber Monday circus know they’re stepping into the lion’s den. The Internet has always been a lawless place, but it becomes particularly rough during the holiday shopping season. In preparation for the frenzy, cyber villains have crafted a virtual onslaught of social...

iSmartAlarm cube Device Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The iSmartAlarm cube devices are a smart home device from iSmartAlarm USA. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the iSmartAlarm cube devices. A remote attack could exploit this vulnerability to obtain arbitrary passwords or personal data...

GDPR Requirements: Get Started with Classifier

The GDPR requires that organizations exhibit commitment to individuals’ data privacy by implementing a data protection by design and by default approach, meaning organizations need to build privacy and protection into their products, services, and applications. GDPR also mandates that organizatio...

Mobile Stock Trading App Providers Unresponsive to Glaring Vulnerabilities

More than 20 of the most popular mobile trading applications used by consumers and day-traders for securities transactions contain glaring vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to sniff personal data or steal money from accounts. Researchers from IOActive today published a report describing...

Passwords For 540,000 Car Tracking Devices Leaked Online

Another day, another news about a data breach, though this is something disconcerting. Login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR Tracking have leaked online, potentially exposing the personal data and vehicle details of drivers and...

ZKTeco ZKTime Web 2.0.1.12280 Information Disclosure

Vulnerability Type: Broken Authentication Vendor of Product: ZKTeco Affected Product Code Base: ZKTime Web - 2.0.1.12280 Affected Component: ZK Time Web Interface Management. Attack Type: Local - Unauthenticated Impact: Information Disclosure ------------------------------------------ Product...

Fitbit’ Fitness Tracker Devices Leak Personal Data: Researchers

By Waqas We do know that the inherent flaws in wearable devices This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Fitbit’ Fitness Tracker Devices Leak Personal Data: Researchers...