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Striking a Balance: Senator Wyden's Act and AI in Healthcare

SecureWorld News

Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore, recently proposed the Algorithmic Accountability Act, legislation that would require companies to assess their automated systems for accuracy, bias, and privacy risks. But some of these big data systems are riddled with bias that discriminate against patients based on race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability.

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Best 3 Cloud, Container and Data Lake Vulnerability Scanning Tools

eSecurity Planet

This article will highlight three specialized tools that can be considered for any organization’s vulnerability scanning tool arsenal. This article assumes that the reader already has capabilities for other infrastructure and is seeking a specialty tool for specialized vulnerability scanning. and the number of instances.

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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

Schneier on Security

In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, news articles and commentators have focused on what Facebook knows about us. It collects data from our posts, our likes, our photos , things we type and delete without posting, and things we do while not on Facebook and even when we're offline. It buys data about us from others.

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How bitcoin payments unmasked a man who hired a Dark Web contract killer

Malwarebytes

According to a news article published by European policing entity Europol on April 7, they assisted Italian communications crime law enforcement Polizia Postale e Delle Comunicazioni in arresting a local citizen suspected of paying about $12,000 USD worth of bitcoin (at the moment of writing) to a Dark Web hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend.

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School Cyberattack Aftermath: What Happens to Kids' Data?

SecureWorld News

Other children had been successfully signed up for an electric company account. For instance, a Wildworks game Animal Jam was breached , and hackers stole information from more than 46 million accounts in November 2020. One parent told ABC13 he received these kinds of messages and more. “I

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How to Prevent Data Breaches: Data Breach Prevention Tips

eSecurity Planet

Finally, the transportation management data is still important to protect, but perhaps not as financially or legally critical as the others. Know your business, your most important data, the kinds of attacks you might face, and practice the steps you need to limit any network incursions that might turn into big data breaches.

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Fintech Cybersecurity Trends in 2021

Security Boulevard

Article by Beau Peters. Hastily implemented cloud data processes and security needs failing to keep pace with tech innovations have left financial data exposed. Meanwhile, greater reliance on mobile devices for everything from managing our bank accounts to checking credit scores leaves fintech users more at-risk than ever.