UK Slaps Facebook with $645K Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

The UK has fined Facebook $645,000 over Cambridge Analytica’s data harvesting practices, which exploited the data of 87 million users of the social network. That represents a gnat bite for the tech giant, which generated $5.1 billion in net profit in the second quarter of the year. However, the...

Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office ICO and was calculated using the UK's old...

Obamacare Sign-Up Channel Breach Affects 75K Consumers

A hack of the government’s Affordable Care Act-mandated healthcare exchanges has exposed the files of 75,000 individuals. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS, its staff detected “anomalous activity” in the Direct Enrollment pathway on Oct. 13 – with a breach declared...

Privacy Regulation Could Be a Test for States’ Rights

When the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA passed in June, security experts applauded the state legislation as a win for consumers. The ruling gave residents certain rights around how their personal data can be stored, accessed, sold and deleted. But months later in September, the U.S. Chamber...

Credit Freezes are Free: Let the Ice Age Begin

It is now free in every U.S. state to freeze and unfreeze your credit file and that of your dependents, a process that blocks identity thieves and others from looking at private details in your consumer credit history. If you've been holding out because you're not particularly worried about ID...

CVE-2018-16724

An issue is discovered in baijiacms V4. Blind SQL Injection exists via the order parameter in an index.php?act=index request...

CVE-2018-15678

An issue was discovered in BTITeam XBTIT 2.5.4. The "act" parameter in the sign-up page available at /index.php?page=signup is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting...

When spyware goes mainstream

Stealware. Surveillanceware. Stalkerware. These are terms alternately used to effectively identify a file-based threat that has been around since 1996: spyware. More than two decades later, consumer or commercial spyware has gone mainstream, and the surprising number of software designed, openly...

act-b7.co.il XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-663135 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| act-b7.co.il Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Onwards and Upwards: Our GDPR Journey and Looking Ahead

At Imperva, our world revolves around data security, data protection, and data privacy. From our newest recruits to the most seasoned members of the executive team, we believe that customer privacy is key. For the better part of the last two years, Imperva has laid the foundation for our complian...

EU Cybersecurity Act IoT FAIL

The EU recently announced that its plans for a Cybersecurity Act had been backed by industry committee MEPs. This was a significant opportunity for consumer IoT security to be regulated and resolve the current mess. Sadly, they’ve stopped short and made the code voluntary for all but certain...

Privacy Advocates Say Kelsey Smith Act Gives Police Too Much Power

The delicate balancing act between security and privacy is once again being tested. A bill making its way through Congress seeks to allow law enforcement to more easily uncover location data for cell phones from mobile carriers. The Kelsey Smith Act H.R. 5983 and S. 2973 would allow police and...

CVE-2018-13032

ECESSA ShieldLink SL175EHQ 10.7.4 devices have CSRF to add superuser accounts via the cgi-bin/plweb.cgi/utilconfigloginact URI...

The CMS Allows Health Plans to Host Their Own Enrollment Applications for Improved Consumer Experience

As part of the ongoing implementation of the Affordable Care Act ACA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS recently began permitting direct enrollment entities qualified health plan issuers and web-brokers to host their own enrollment applications on their websites instead of proxyi...

ASUSTOR AS6202T ADM Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability

ADM ASUSTOR Data Manager is the operating system and user interface for ASUSTOR NAS. An insecure direct object reference vulnerability exists in download.cgi in ASUSTOR AS6202T ADM 3.1.0.RFQ3. An attacker could use this vulnerability to reference the "downloadsyssettings" action to arbitrarily...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in UQCMS Cloud Business B2B2C Multi-store System Version V1.3.2_20180309

UQCMS cloud business system is a program using PHP + MYSQL, template using smarty template B2B2C e-commerce software. UQCMS cloud business B2B2C multi-store system goodsact.class page SQL injection vulnerability, attackers can use the vulnerability to obtain database sensitive information...

Calls For Regulation Build After Facebook Privacy Fallout

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress this week, politicians stressed the need for regulation to secure end users’ data privacy on social media platforms. The series of hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday gave members of Congress an opportunity to question Facebook about multiple...

Senate Gives Nod To Controversial Cross-Border Data Access Bill

The United States Senate on Thursday approved a controversial cross-border data access act, dubbed the CLOUD Act, that was part of the overall omnibus government spending bill. Buried on page 2,201 of the government spending bill is the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act the CLOUD Act, a...

Election Security

I joined a letter supporting the Secure Elections Act S. 2261: The Secure Elections Act strikes a careful balance between state and federal action to secure American voting systems. The measure authorizes appropriation of grants to the states to take important and time-sensitive actions, includin...

January 19, 2018 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Puppies” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! January 19, 2018 - Headlines The Five Laws Of Cybersecurity - Forbes 3 things y...