Due to the large number of vulnerabilities in software, the continuous stream of cyber attacks and the conflict in Ukraine, the threat situation in cyberspace is higher than ever before, according to the German government in a new management report for 2022. The annual report of the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI), part […]
CNIL fined Clearview AI with €20 Million for processing data without legal basis and orders to delete data already collected. Clearview AI is an US FacialRecognition company, providing software to companies, law enforcement, universities, and individuals. The company’s algorithm matches faces to a database of more than 20 billion images indexed from the Internet, including […]
Fortinet revealed that the newly patched critical security vulnerability impacting its firewall and proxy products is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-40684 (CVSS score: 9.6), the flaw relates to an authentication bypass in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager that could allow a remote attacker to perform unauthorized operations on the administrative interface via […]
The order will create a new body within the U.S. Department of Justice that will oversee how American national security agencies are able to access and use information from both European and U.S. citizens. It will also give new powers to the civil liberties protection officials within the U.S. Office of the Director of National […]
There is still no new agreement for the exchange of data between organizations in the European Union and the United States, as a result of which organziations continue to violate the GDPR, according to privacy activist Max Schrems. After the European Court of Justice declared the Privacy Shield treaty invalid in 2020, new agreements are […]
WhatsApp silently fixed two critical zero-day vulnerabilities that affect both Android & iOS versions allowing attackers to execute an arbitrary code & Take Full App Control Remotely. So please update your WhatsApp asap!
The British privacy regulator ICO is considering imposing a fine of EUR 30 million on TikTok for possibly violating privacy legislation. Investigation by the ICO shows that the platform may not have protected the privacy of children and would therefore be in violation of UK data protection law. TikTok may have processed data from children […]
Danish organizations and companies are no longer allowed to use Google Analytics unless they take additional measures such as setting up a proxy, the Danish privacy regulator has ruled. In doing so, the Danish data protection authority follows other European privacy regulators, including those from Austria, Italy and France, who also prohibit the use of […]
The South-Korean watchdog fined Google and Meta for not having implemented legitimate consent in the process of collecting information from users who visit their websites and use other websites as well as apps for customized advertisements.
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WPGateway & have attacked more than 280,000 sites in the last 30 days, adding malicious admins to the successfully breached sites.