Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2024

Middle Eastern enterprises, facing this heightened risk, are urged to bolster consumer protection and reinforce their brand security. Notably, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), consumer spending topped regional charts, exceeding $16 billion.

Scams 106

Scams Consumer Protection Retail Government 106

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2018

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. Here is my testimony before before the House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection last November. Lance Spitzner also commented on this.

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Data breaches Consumer Protection Government Hacking 193

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

The Australian government will use any means to crack down on cybercriminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak, including hacking back. The option chosen by the Australian government for cracking down on scammers exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic is raising a debate in the cybersecurity community. Pierluigi Paganini.

Hacking 120

Hacking Consumer Protection Advertising Government 120

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools. Financial Data Protection Laws. financial data must comply with consumer-protection laws such as the Electronics Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) and a litany of regulations enforced by the SEC (such as Sarbanes-Oxley), CFTC, FISMA, and other financial regulatory bodies.

Data privacy 145

Data privacy Encryption Data breaches Insurance 145

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hearing on "Securing Consumers' Credit Data in the Age of Digital Commerce". Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. In May 2016, one of its websites was hacked, resulting in 430,000 people having their personal information stolen. Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.

Computers and Electronics 210

Computers and Electronics Identity Theft Internet Internet 210

Krebs on Security

JULY 27, 2020

In some cases, the scammers create dashboard accounts in the business’s names at Dun & Bradstreet’s credit builder portal; in others, the bad guys have actually hacked existing business accounts at DNB, requesting a new DUNS numbers for the business (a DUNS number is a unique, nine-digit identifier for businesses).

Identity Theft 360

Identity Theft Small Business Energy and Utilities Computers and Electronics 360

Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

By developing more advanced security features and building them into these products, hacks can be avoided. Consumers will buy products without proper security features, unaware that their information is vulnerable. It falls upon lawmakers to create laws that protect consumers. But we need more, and soon.

IoT 223

IoT Manufacturing Internet Internet 223