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Cybercriminals Accelerate Online Scams During Ramadan and Eid Fitr

Security Affairs

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.

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Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is hacking crooks behind Coronavirus-themed attacks

Security Affairs

The Australian government will use any means to crack down on cybercriminals exploiting the coronavirus outbreak, including hacking back. Recently the Australian consumer protection agency Australian Competition & Consumer Commission warned of scammers targeting superannuation in COVID-19 crisis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google will pay $29.5M to settle two lawsuits over its location tracking practices

Security Affairs

I am proud of how the exceptional lawyers and professionals in my office have creatively applied the District’s strong consumer protection laws to set the standard nationally and provide users far greater control of their personal information.”. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). — AG Karl A. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CSO's ultimate guide to security and privacy laws, regulations, and compliance

CSO Magazine

Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Maryland Personal Information Protection Act – Security Breach Notification Requirements – Modifications (House Bill 1154). Massachusetts 201 CMR 17 (aka Mass Data Protection Law). 4806 — An Act relative to consumer protection from security breaches.

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Watch out for Omicron COVID-19-themed phishing messages!

Security Affairs

One of the samples shared by UK’s consumer protection organization ‘ Which? ’ ” The recipients have to fill a form with their data (name, date of birth, home address, mobile phone number, and email address), some security questions (i.e. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Omicron COVID-19). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data

Security Affairs

Google violated state consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its location tracking practices since at least 2014. SecurityAffairs – hacking, privacy). The post Google to Pay a record $391M fine for misleading users about the collection of location data appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Uber agrees to pay $148 million in massive 2016 data breach settlement

Security Affairs

In November 2017, the Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced that hackers broke into the company database and accessed the personal data (names, email addresses and cellphone numbers) of 57 million of its users, the disconcerting revelation was that the company covered up the hack for more than a year. ” continues the AP.