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US Federal Judge Upholds Automakers' Right to Record Texts, Call Logs

SecureWorld News

The automakers argued that their practice was necessary to provide certain features and services, such as hands-free calling and texting, and that customers had consented to the data collection by agreeing to the terms of service when they purchased their vehicles. For the auto manufacturers involved, this is a significant victory.

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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

It’s often difficult for small businesses to invest significantly in data privacy compliance or security measures because they don’t have large budgets. In fact, many SMBs have to choose between investing in new technology and making payroll. Data protection is an ongoing process.

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The Future of Privacy: How Big Tech Is Changing the Way We Think About Our Data

Cytelligence

Major cybersecurity corporations specializing in services such as cybersecurity audits, vulnerability assessments, and ransomware consulting play a critical role in fortifying defenses against cyber threats, including ransomware attacks. The impact of Big Tech on privacy is multifaceted.

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Threat Hunting with MITRE ATT&CK

IT Security Guru

The number of security technologies often results in fragmented data and hinders a comprehensive threat-hunting approach. Automated threat hunting has become a solution that can advance the capabilities of any security team. Each solution generates logs and alerts, creating data silos.

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Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

SecureList

What is cyber threat intelligence, and how do we use it in GReAT? We at GReAT are focused on identifying, analyzing and describing upcoming or ongoing, preferably unknown cyberthreats, to provide our customers with detailed reports, technical data feeds, and products. This is what we call cyber threat intelligence.

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What’s in the NIST Privacy Framework 1.1?

Centraleyes

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to update the Privacy Framework to Version 1.1. However, in response to recent developments in information technology, including the release of NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) and the initiation of an update to NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to Version 2.0,

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Let’s Talk About Cookies!

Approachable Cyber Threats

To simplify what a cookie is in the context of technology, it’s a small text file sent to your internet browser by the website you visit for a better user experience. It is part of most websites' technology stack; we have all been using it for a while now. The goal of 'cookie' technology is to improve your experience on the website.