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Senate Committee Questions Pentagon’s Information Restrictions
PRIVACY PRIVACY Panel queries whether Pentagon is abusing new data protection designation to keep info from public Read More
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Estonian Tied to 13 Ransomware Attacks Gets 66 Months in Prison
PRIVACY PRIVACY An Estonian man was sentenced today to more than five years in a U.S. prison for his role in at least 13 ransomware attacks that caused losses of approximately $53 million. Prosecutors say the accused also enjoyed a lengthy career of “cashing out” access to hacked bank accounts worldwide. Maksim Berezan, 37, is…
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Florida Sheriff’s Officer Charged with Cyber-Flashing Minor
PRIVACY PRIVACY Law man was the subject of 28 complaints before his arrest over obscene Snapchat images Read More
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Major League Baseball Players’ Personal Data Stolen
PRIVACY PRIVACY Sports stars’ information swiped in cyber-attack on third-party vendor Read More
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Utah Becomes Latest US State to Pass a Data Privacy Law
PRIVACY PRIVACY The Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA) follows in the footsteps of laws passed in California, Virginia and Colorado Read More
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ServiceNow adds new features to Major Security Incident Management Workspace
PRIVACY PRIVACY ServiceNow has added new features to its Major Security Incident Management (MSIM) Workspace platform, which it launched in December 2021. The features allow security teams greater customization of the incident response service and come as ServiceNow announced its latest Now Platform San Diego release. MSIM Workspace a mechanism to track and resolve security…
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EU and US Agree Deal to Reopen Seamless Transatlantic Data Flows
PRIVACY PRIVACY The new framework is designed to revamp the previous Privacy Shield arrangement between the EU and US Read More
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New Guidance for Securing Cloud Environments
PRIVACY PRIVACY The CIS Critical Security Controls (CIS Controls) team has created guide to help organizations create secure cloud environments. Read More
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US, EU reach preliminary data privacy agreement
PRIVACY PRIVACY The US and the European Union (EU) have a preliminary agreement over the storing of European data on US soil. It was announced by President Biden and EU President Ursula von der Leyen, speaking on Friday March 25. If successful, the data agreement would resolve a significant point of contention in US-EU relations…
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Gus Simmons’s Memoir
PRIVACY PRIVACY Gus Simmons is an early pioneer in cryptography and computer security. I know him best for his work on authentication and covert channels, specifically as related to nuclear treaty verification. His work is cited extensively in Applied Cryptography. He has written a memoir of growing up dirt-poor in 1930s rural West Virginia. I’m…