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DNA testing company fined after customer data theft

Malwarebytes

The company will pay a total fine of $400,000 for Ohio and Pennsylvania—and has promised to tighten its information security. Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry added, "The more personal information these criminals gain access to, the more vulnerable the person whose information was stolen becomes."

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The Dark Web Has Nothing on Data Brokers

Daniel Miessler

And the media doesn’t help either, not to mention InfoSec marketing departments. and in 2012 the New York Times said they had the largest commercial database on customers. Acxiom collects, analyzes and sells customer and business information used for targeted advertising campaigns. Those numbers are surely far higher now.

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Herjavec Group is Recognized by Cyber Defence Black Unicorn Awards

Herjavec Group

He has over 30 years of experience in information security and has established himself as a leading voice in business and cybersecurity. Along with these contributions, Robert is active in a number of impactful infosec initiatives. Winner: Top 10 Cybersecurity Experts – Robert Herjavec. Connect with Robert.

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Microsoft rolled out emergency update for Windows PrintNightmare zero-day

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity #Infosec — US-CERT (@USCERT_gov) June 30, 2021. 2008 and 2012 but require Point&Print configured for Windows 2016,2019,10 & 11(?). CERT/CC has released a Vulnerability Note flagging a critical remote code execution vulnerability “PrintNightmare“ in the Windows Print spooler service. Learn more at [ [link] ].

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Water utility CISO offers tips to stay secure as IT and OT converge

SC Magazine

As critical infrastructure facilities increasingly converge their IT and OT systems, visibility into traditionally isolated operational systems is turning into a key security challenge. So far, “it’s been going really well,” she said. However, such modernization is not without risk.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Right To Repair

ForAllSecure

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Right To Repair

ForAllSecure

To answer these questions, Paul Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of the Security Ledger, has founded securepairs.org , a group of infosec experts who are volunteering their free time to fight for the digital right to repair in local legislation. Back then Paul was writing infosec stories for IDG and I was doing the same at ZDNet.

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