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Facebook to Pay $5 Billion Fine & Setup New Privacy Program
Retrieved from THN - By: Mohit Kumar
The FTC confirmed that Facebook agreed to pay the imposed $5 Billion fine and enforce a 20 year long privacy framework as a result of user privacy violations surrounding the Cambridge Analytica...
July 24, 2019 · 3:01 PM
AT&T Fails to Have $224M SIM-Swap Attack Lawsuit Dismissed
Retrieved from ZDNet Security - By: Charlie Osborne
Michael Terpin is suing AT&T for a hacking incident involving his cellphone where he lost millions in cryptocurrency. AT&T appealed to get the lawsuit thrown out of court to which a Los...
July 24, 2019 · 8:49 AM
Equifax to Pay $575m in Data Breach Settlement
Retrieved from InfoSecurity - By: Kacy Zurkus
Equifax settles with the United States, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay $575million for damages following the 2017 data breach. Read more...
July 23, 2019 · 3:39 PM
Over 60 US Colleges Compromised by ERP Exploit
Retrieved from InfoSecurity - By: Phil Muncaster
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in a popular ERP software that compromised over 60 colleges and universities. Read more here:...
July 22, 2019 · 8:43 AM
Slack Initiates Mass Password Reset After Data Breach
Retrieved from ThreatPost - By: Tara Seals
Slack is currently sending password reset emails to tens of thousands of users after new information about a 2015 data breach (which revealed more victims) has come to light. Read more here:...
July 19, 2019 · 8:44 AM
With FaceApp in the Spotlight, New Scams Emerge
Retrieved by WeLiveSecurity - By: Lukas Stefanko
The FaceApp application has had a spike in popularity recently as people have been using the various face-modifying filters and posting the new photos onto social media. However, information about...
July 19, 2019 · 8:36 AM
Microsoft Notified 10,000 Victims of Nation-state Attacks
Retrieved from ZDNet - By: Catalin Cimpanu
Microsoft reported that over the past year it notified nearly 10,000 users that they had been targeted and/or compromised by nation-state hackers; most coming from Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
July 18, 2019 · 9:21 AM
Attack Lets Android Apps Function Without Permission
Retrieved from The Hacker News - by: Swati Khandelwal
Research has revealed that over 1,300 Android apps are gathering sensitive information even when users specifically deny permission for those apps to function.  Read more here:...
July 17, 2019 · 9:49 AM
Cracked windshield helps hacker find bug in Tesla
Retrieved from SC Magazine - By: Bradley Barth
A hacker cracked the windshield in his Tesla which led to the the discovery of a software bug. This discovery, under Tesla's bug bounty reward program, resulted in a hefty reward for the hacker. ...
July 17, 2019 · 9:34 AM
Firefox will mark all HTTP pages as 'not secure'
Retrieved from ZDNet - By: Catalin Cimpanu
Mozilla Firefox has announced that, like Google Chrome has done in the past, this coming October they will be introducing a "not secure" indicator for HTTP websites in Firefox Red more here:...
July 17, 2019 · 9:19 AM

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