Facebook's FTC-Mandated Privacy Committee Now in Effect

Facebook on Thursday said it has started to report its privacy practices to a newly formed, independent Privacy Committee. The creation of the independent committee was part of the company’s settlement a year ago with the Federal Trade Commission FTC over data privacy violations, which came in...

Going dark: encryption and law enforcement

UPDATE, 05/22/2020: In the advent of the EARN IT Act, the debate on government subversion of encryption has reignited. Given that the material conditions of the technology have not changed, and the arguments given in favor of the bill are not novel, we've decided to republish the following blog...

Design/Logic Flaw

Under certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnostic file when logs are collected for troubleshooting on GlobalProtect app also known as GlobalProtect Agent for MacOS and Windows. For this issue to occur all of these conditions must be true: 1 'Sav...

CVE-2020-2004 GlobalProtect App: Passwords may be logged in clear text while collecting troubleshooting logs

Under certain circumstances a user's password may be logged in cleartext in the PanGPS.log diagnostic file when logs are collected for troubleshooting on GlobalProtect app also known as GlobalProtect Agent for MacOS and Windows. For this issue to occur all of these conditions must be true: 1 'Sav...

Cloud data protection: how to secure what you store in the cloud

The cloud has become the standard for data storage. Just a few years ago, individuals and businesses pondered whether or not they should move to the cloud. This is now a question of the past. Today, the question isn't whether to adopt cloud storage but rather how. Despite its rapid pace of...

Zoom Bombing Attack Hits U.S. Government Meeting

A U.S. House Oversight Committee meeting was the most recent victim of a Zoom bombing attack, after the meeting was disrupted at least three different times by uninvited attendees. The incident was disclosed in a recent internal letter from Jim Jordan R-Ohio to Carolyn Maloney R-NY, chairwoman fo...

How to transform your revolutionary idea into a reality: $100K Nokia Bell Labs Prize

Revolutionary ideas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics don't occur every day. But when those "eureka" moments happen, we need to provide a forum to explore those ideas, judge them on their merits, and distinguish the extraordinary from the merely good. Once a year, Nokia Bell La...

CVE-2020-2808

CVE-2020-2808 affects Oracle E-Business Intelligence (DBI Setups) in Oracle E-Business Suite, specifically versions 12.1.1–12.1.3. The vulnerability enables an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle E-Business Intelligence, with successful attacks requiring use...

TikTok Flaw Allows Threat Actors to Plant Forged Videos in User Feeds

A security weakness in the popular TikTok video-sharing service allows a local attacker to hijack any video content streamed to a user’s TikTok feed and swap it out with hacker-generated content. Researchers created a proof-of-concept PoC hack using a technique called a man-in-the-middle MiTM...

CCPA and Global Consumer Privacy Protection

Back in 2018 with the implementation of GDPR, global retailers with business in the EU faced great pressure to be compliant. This year, the California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA, another tough and impactful data privacy regulation from the U.S., will come into play. Global retailers need to...

Official Government COVID-19 Mobile Apps Hide a Raft of Threats

A rash of COVID-19 Android mobile apps have emerged that are aimed at helping citizens in Iran, Italy and Colombia track symptoms and virus infections. However, they’re also putting people’s privacy and the security of their data at risk, researchers have found. Security researchers at the ZeroFO...

GDPR: An impact around the world

A little more than one month after the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation GDPR to extend new data privacy rights to its people, the governor of California signed a separate, sweeping data protection law that borrowed several ideas from GDPR, sparking a torch in a...

Lock and Code S1Ep3: Dishing on data privacy with Adam Kujawa

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Adam Kujawa, a director of Malwarebytes Labs, about the state of data privacy today, including how users and businesses can protect sensitive information...

How To Keep Your Router And WiFi Safe From Hackers

By Waqas Just yesterday it was reported that hackers have been using vulnerable and exposed routers to redirect users to malicious COVID-19 related app aiming at your personal data. Now... This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: How To Keep Your Router And WiFi Safe From Hackers...

U.S. Dept Of Defense: Improper Access Controls Allow PII Leak via ████

Summary: Dashboards in ██████████ allow a user to add widgets and obtain large amounts of information to include PII and diagnostic information. Additionally, a user is able to make changes to certain catalogs via these widgets. Description: Impact An adversary can gain access to PII to include...

Introduction to Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Low Energy BLE is used by almost everyone in our everyday lives, from wireless headphones, to car stereos, computer keyboards and mice, and other everyday items. Even though this standard is popular there seems a general lack of understanding of how it works and what certain terms mean...

The Case for Limiting Your Browser Extensions

Last week, KrebsOnSecurity reported to health insurance provider Blue Shield of California that its Web site was flagged by multiple security products as serving malicious content. Blue Shield quickly removed the unauthorized code. An investigation determined it was injected by a browser extensio...

South Korean Data Protection Laws

I am a Senior CIAM Solution Engineer. While doing research to prepare for a client conversation, I discovered a number of International Data Protection laws that are less talked about than GDPR or CCPA, but are important considerations for global brands. To help you better navigate the complex...

Ring Mandates 2FA After Rash of Hacks

Connected doorbell-maker Ring is now requiring two-factor authentication 2FA for all users when they sign into their accounts. The new requirement comes after Ring faced a backlash in December following a rash of disturbing hacks and security issues tied to the smart doorbell. While Amazon-owned...

Privacy Experts Skeptical of Proposed Data Protection Agency

A new federal bureaucracy, the Data Protection Agency DPA, has been proposed to completely revamp how the U.S. government regulates data collection and misuse by big tech companies. However, while privacy experts call the agency a “good first step,” they remain skeptical about how effective it...