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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, June 2022 Edition

Krebs on Security

” Kevin Beaumont , the researcher who gave Follina its name, penned a fairly damning account and timeline of Microsoft’s response to being alerted about the weakness. All an attacker needs to do is lure a targeted user to download a Microsoft document or view an HTML file embedded with the malicious code.”

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Russian National Faces 9 Years in Prison for Cybercrimes

SecureWorld News

See you in 2029, Aleksei Burkov. credit card accounts. Charged: Russian hacker running two cybercrime websites. When it came to cybercrime websites, Russian national Aleksei Burkov ran the gambit. Called “Cardplanet,” it sold previously stolen debit and credit card numbers. And the profit margin was high.

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Minnesota Passes Data Privacy Law, Joining Growing State Movement

SecureWorld News

Organizations have long struggled with whether and when to designate a Chief Privacy Officer to their ranks, where that role should sit (in compliance, legal, or other department), and who the CPO or privacy official should report to and be accountable for," said Myriah Jaworski Esq., Minnesota's new privacy law makes clear: the time is now.

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What Happens to Your Credit After 7 Years?

Identity IQ

Other types of negative information include late payments, charge-off accounts, bankruptcies, and more. Your credit report will reflect that fact, and your credit score may suffer until February of 2029. The only time that positive information doesn’t stay on your credit report permanently is if you close an account.

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Author Q&A: Former privacy officer urges leaders to prioritize security as part of cloud migration

The Last Watchdog

Related: What China’s spy balloons portend A stark reminder of this relentless malaise: the global cyber security market is on a steady path to swell to $376 billion by 2029 up from $ 156 billion in 2022, according to Fortune Business Insights. Collectively, enterprises spend a king’s ransom many times over on cyber defense.

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Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS

WIRED Threat Level

CBP’s contract with ARC started in June 2024 and may extend to 2029, according to the documents. “As with many other types of sensitive and revealing data, the government seems intent on using data brokers to buy their way around important guardrails and limits.” The CBP contract 404 Media obtained documents for was an $11,025 transaction.

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