APIs Are Here to Stay, so Get in Front of Securing Them

A recent IDC survey reported that 38 percent of organizations identified cybersecurity threats and regulations as the factor having the greatest impact on their technology investment planning over the next two years. The survey also revealed that for organizations taking a digital-first business...

5 Ways to Determine if you do Cybersecurity or Cybersecurity Theater

For a sentient species, humans, in general, have curious ideas when it comes to reckoning and responding to risk. For example, studies show using seat belts when driving in automobiles save lives. Studies also show when cyclists use helmets more cyclists’ lives are saved. This research drives...

Covid app’s privacy information ruled not clear enough

The UKs data watchdog has issued a reprimand to both the Scottish government and NHS National Services Scotland about their Covid Status app. The Information Commissioners Office ICO urged both to act swiftly to address its concerns about the app that, according to the ICO, failed to provide peop...

How Crisis Text Line crossed the line in the public’s mind: Lock and Code S03E05

Last month, Politico reported that Crisis Text Line, a national mental health support nonprofit whose volunteers help people through text-based chats, was sharing those chats with a for-profit company that Crisis Text Line spun-off in an attempt to boost funding for itself. That for-profit ventur...

A week in security (February 21 – February 27)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Potential cybersecurity impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Cyber lures and threats in the context of the war in Ukraine CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater” Google and Microsoft accused of feeding smaller search engines spam ads Cyclops Bli...

How to Use Google Chrome's Enhanced Safety Mode

You get a safer, more secure browser experience, but Google gets a lot more data about you...

Akamai’s Compliance with Cross-border Transfer Laws

Akamai is compliant with applicable data privacy regulations in countries where we and our customers conduct business. This is a fundamental tenet of our company’s core values. After all, when you make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day, there’s an expectation that you wi...

Myanmar’s Fight for Democracy Is Now a Scrap Over Phone Records

Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor wants to leave Myanmar. Activists say its exit risks putting their data— and their freedom—at risk...

Behind The Buzzword: Four Ways to Assess Your Zero Trust Security Posture

With just about everything delivered from the cloud these days, employees can now collaborate and access what they need from anywhere and on any device. While this newfound flexibility has changed the way we think about productivity, it has also created new cybersecurity challenges for...

A week in security (January 24 – 30)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: QNAP update stops Deadbolt ransomware, annoys some users, starts debate Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids Update now! Apple patches another actively used zero-day Let’s Encrypt to revoke “mis-issued” certificates North...

Build a privacy-resilient workplace with Microsoft Priva

Today, we celebrate international Data Privacy Day. This day reminds us of the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. However, annual reminders are insufficient to drive material change, which can be seen in the effectiveness rates of one-off trainings. According...

Build a privacy-resilient workplace with Microsoft Priva

Today, we celebrate international Data Privacy Day. This day reminds us of the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. However, annual reminders are insufficient to drive material change, which can be seen in the effectiveness rates of one-off trainings. According...

Big Mother is watching: What parents REALLY think about tracking their kids

Every year on Data Privacy Day, we’re greeted with countless arguments about the absolute merits of data privacy protections good, invasions bad, but we rarely see a faithful, factual accounting for the biggest data privacy conundrum facing billions of people every single day: Should parents inva...

Five Data Privacy Tips for Consumers

As a consumer, you must assume that your personal information is not 100% safe online. Hackers cause data breaches every single day, exposing our email addresses, passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers and other sensitive personal data in the process. Most people don’t think abou...

CVE-2021-43799

Zulip Server before version 4.9 runs RabbitMQ for internal messaging, and at initial install may leave port 25672 open without strong protection. The RabbitMQ cookie is generated with a weak PRNG, yielding about 20 bits of entropy, enabling a remote attacker to brute-force the cookie if OS/networ...

The Data-Centric Approach to Data Privacy

All organizations understand how critical it is to have access to their customers and prospects’ sensitive personal data. This intelligence is essential to helping them create and maintain relationships so they can deliver tailored experiences and recommendations. Having this sensitive personal...

Imperva Champions Data Privacy Week 2022

As a cybersecurity industry leader, Imperva is working with the National Cybersecurity Alliance NCA as a 2022 Data Privacy Week Champion to promote the need for businesses to prioritize data privacy and protection and the importance of individuals and companies to secure their online data. As par...

Data Privacy Day: Know your rights, and the right tools to stay private

Not all data privacy rights are the same. There’s the flimsy, the firm, the enforceable, and the antiquated, and, unfortunately, much of what determines the quality of your own data privacy rights is little more than your home address. Those in Chile, for example, enjoy a globally rare...

Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller has an unspecified vulnerability (CNVD-2022-17340)

Oracle Communications is a product of Oracle Corporation USA. A security vulnerability exists in Oracle Enterprise Session Border Controller that could be exploited by an attacker to cause unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification of critical data or all Oracle Enterprise Session Border...

The Facebook Pixel Hunt aims to unravel Facebook’s tracking methods. Will you join?

Browser developer Mozilla has announced a research project to provide insights into, and data about, a space that’s opaque to policymakers, researchers and users themselves. Tracking the trackers is the name of the game. Give up some of your data voluntarily to stop the involuntary collection by...