Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched Can Hacking Be Treason Group-IB contributes to joint operation of Royal Thai Police and Singapore Police Force leading to arrest of cybercriminal behind more than 90 data leaks worldwide UAC-0173 against the Notary Office of Ukraine (CERT-UA#13738) North Korea Responsible for $1.5

Cybercrime

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

One month into his second term, President Trump’s actions to shrink the government through mass layoffs, firings and withholding funds allocated by Congress have thrown federal cybersecurity and consumer protection programs into disarray. CONSUMER PROTECTION? Image: Shutterstock. KING TRUMP?

Consumer Protection

Zero Day

JULY 1, 2025

"The differences between states with respect to AI regulation reflect the different approaches states have to the underlying issues, like employment law, consumer protection laws, privacy laws, and civil rights," Ballew points out. "AI regulation needs to be incorporated into these existing legal schemes." 

Artificial Intelligence

Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

"The differences between states with respect to AI regulation reflect the different approaches states have to the underlying issues, like employment law, consumer protection laws, privacy laws, and civil rights," Ballew points out. "AI regulation needs to be incorporated into these existing legal schemes." 

Internet

The Hacker News

JULY 23, 2024

The European Commission said the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network has notified the social media giant of the model adopted on Facebook and Instagram of potentially violating

Consumer Protection

Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

If you’re planning to skip in-store holiday shopping, or if your state is already in lockdown, it’s important to be on the lookout for the online scams that will undoubtedly show up in people’s email, texts and social media feeds. Credit cards come with consumer protections that limit your liability if your card information is stolen.

Scams

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 3, 2021

ukhsa advise of a #SCAM doing the rounds on social media purporting to offer #Omicron #PCRs #tscovid19 This has been reported & will be taken down but it is likely there will be more instances before it is removed, & there are reports of people querying it at test sites.

Phishing

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

These fraudulent activities not only compromise wireless account access but also pose significant risks to financial accounts, social media profiles, and other online services utilizing phone numbers for multi-factor authentication (MFA).

Mobile

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

This bug is making the rounds on social media , and as 9to5Mac points out, there are major privacy concerns involved. We need a full accounting of the facts to confirm businesses are abiding by New York consumer protection laws and to help make sure this type of privacy breach does not happen again.”.

Consumer Protection

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Paxton also alleges that the social media platform engaged in deceptive acts, breaking the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Consumer Protection Act (DTPA). Paxton doesn’t see Facebook’s face recognition technology as a means to protect its user’s identities.

Artificial Intelligence

CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 23, 2023

Patrick Loyola is the student who filed the suit as the University failed to protect the data storage servers that stored highly sensitive information about former and present students.

Ransomware

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2022

“In the Box” dark web marketplace is leveraged by cybercriminals to attack over 300 financial institutions (FIs), payment systems, social media and online-retailers in 43 countries. Resecurity has identified a new underground marketplace in the Dark Web oriented towards mobile malware developers and operators.

Mobile

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Describing the dual-enforcement aspect of the CPRA and CCPA, with the California Attorney General and California Consumer Protection Agency having oversight and enforcement power. How penalties are assessed and how much each penalty assessment is.

InfoSec

Malwarebytes

JULY 3, 2023

From the FTC release : Our proposed rule on fake reviews shows that we’re using all available means to attack deceptive advertising in the digital age,” said Samuel Levine, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. ” Fake reviews are a huge aggravation online. There will be some limits, however.

Media

SC Magazine

JUNE 1, 2021

As our lives continue to move online both at work and at home, the GDPR will continue on as a landmark for privacy, risk, and consumer protection. The post Three takeaways from three years of GDPR appeared first on SC Media. Chad Gross, associate director of services and international operations, A-LIGN.

Data privacy

Identity IQ

JUNE 27, 2023

Hermann said, with just a short voice clip usually taken from social media, a scammer can clone a loved one’s voice and call a victim pretending to be that person. As new trends emerge, we will continue to help consumers protect themselves and their families.”

Scams

Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Provides certain services, such as browsers, messengers, and social media, that have 45M EU users per month minimum and 10,000 annual business users. EUR ($8.2B) or a market capitalization of 75B EUR ($82B). The agreement ushers in a new era of tech regulation worldwide. The new rules will help enforce that basic principle.

Marketing

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

RealNetwork’s system, for instance, derives from the streaming technology it pioneered for media players in the 1990s, combined with images amassed via its RealTimes free app that let’s users build photo slideshows. Facial recognition by itself can be a major advancement in data analysis and consumer protection in so many areas.

Surveillance

Centraleyes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

2021 Hawaii Privacy Bills HB125 (Enacted into Law) In 2021, the Governor of Hawai‘i signed into law (HB125) the Uniform Employee and Student Online Privacy Protection Act creating additional protections for student privacy, and this time imposing liability directly on educational institutions. They were not enacted into law.

Consumer Protection

SC Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Sachin Bansal, general counsel at SecurityScorecard, spoke with SC Media about ratings, and how they can be used to strengthen the supply chain, determine cyber insurance premiums and as an investigative tool for an oversight body. The post CISA, SolarWinds up interest in security scoring appeared first on SC Media.

Cyber Insurance

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Through its comprehensive study, it evaluates companies in three major categories: a company’s consumer protection, data and site security and adherence to responsible privacy practice. Media Contact. The Online Trust and Honor Roll Audit is the only independent online trust benchmark study. Kimberly Waterhouse.

Consumer Protection

Malwarebytes

AUGUST 7, 2023

That enforcement action was taken in coordination with the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, which brought a lawsuit under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act against several entities and individuals associated with the enterprise. Do not give out your number online or post it publicly in your social media profiles.

Scams

Identity IQ

JULY 22, 2024

While the Federal Communications Commission recently ruled to expand the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to make it illegal to use AI-generated voice for robocalls, criminals are still going to take full advantage of this technology.

Scams

SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The non-profit organization Online Trust Alliance conducted a study that audited 1,000 websites, including websites of 50 leading Internet of Things device makers and other leading retailers, banks, social media, news and government bodies. According to the result of the study, Twitter topped the overall ratings three years in a run.

Cybersecurity

SC Magazine

MARCH 10, 2021

If I were a state attorney general or a consumer protection official at the state or federal level, I would certainly take a very close look at what’s happened here and I would think there have to be lawsuits and enforcement proceedings coming.”.

Surveillance

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 13, 2017

” Entities should notify “affected individuals and the media unless a law enforcement official has requested a delay in the reporting.” Report the breach to OCR as soon as possible, “but no later than 60 days after the discovery of a breach affecting 500 or more individuals.”

Cyber Attacks

Identity IQ

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Stay informed and aware: Keep yourself updated on the latest holiday scams and trends by reading reputable blogs , news sources, and consumer protection websites. Enable two-factor authentication: Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for all your online accounts, including email, social media, and financial accounts.

Scams

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

3] The phrase “protected health information” under the CCPA is defined by 45 C.F.R. 160.103 to mean “individually identifiable health information” that is: (i) transmitted by electronic media; (ii) maintained in electronic media; or (iii) transmitted or maintained in any other form or medium.

Government

Centraleyes

APRIL 15, 2024

Genetic Information Maryland was one of a select group of states that included genetic information in their listing of personal information categories in previous Maryland consumer protection acts. HB962 expands and specifies exactly which types of genetic information are subject to breach notification requirements.

Data privacy

Responsible Cyber

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Research shows that only 19 out of 60 countries have detailed regulations that cover taxation, AML/CFT, consumer protection, and licensing [1]. Current Global Regulatory Framework Cryptocurrency regulations around the world lack uniformity. Different countries follow different approaches.

Cryptocurrency

Responsible Cyber

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The platform offers flexible pricing models based on organizational size and complexity.

Risk

Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

This misinformation is extremely dangerous for kids, first consumers of videos published on the principal social media platform. There are many blogs that for the greater part deal with issues of cybersecurity and the rights of the digital population in terms of consumer protection and privacy.

Marketing

Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Arkansas – S 396: Social Media Safety Act Arkansas’s S 396, known as the Social Media Safety Act, mandates age verification for social media use to address the growing social media concerns. It also explores the implications for social media companies regarding responsibility and liability.

Data privacy

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

That’s your applications, your web browser, you streaming media. So system matching learns what to what's an anomaly in addition to all the hundreds of rules that are typically written into a sim and the built in data governance, or GDPR, the CCPA California Consumer Protection Act, and then the fact that the programming is is easier.

Backups