Password managers are vital tools that can help you stay safe online and be more digitally secure by simplifying the steps to using strong passwords. And they’re easier to use than you may think. Yet four out of five American adults don’t use a password manager, according to a study from Security.org.
Bank of Ireland failed to:– report dataleaks without delay;– provide sufficient detail to the DPC;– issue communications to data subjects without undue delay;– failed to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures. Result: €463,000 fine
Network manufacturer Zyxel warns of a critical vulnerability that could allow an attacker to become administrator of Zyxel firewalls. The devices contain a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to the device. The impact of the leak, designated CVE-2022-0342, has been rated 9.8 on a scale of 1 […]
VPNs may claim in their ads and on their websites that they can protect your PC from hackers, or keep your passwords safe, or make sure that websites can’t track you. But is it worth paying between $50 and $150 a year for these VPN services? In 2021, Grauer and Troutman from the University of […]
‘MFA Bombing’ examples include:– Sending a bunch of MFA requests and hoping the target finally accepts one to make the noise stop.– Sending one or two prompts per day. This method often attracts less attention, but “there is still a good chance the target will accept the MFA request.”– Calling the target, pretending to be […]
“Various claims are filed as a result of the issuance of duplicate SIM cards to third parties other than subscribers. As a result of the above, the holders of the telephone line are not only left without service, but the third parties access their bank accounts.” “Spanish DPA carries out research actions to analyze the […]
“The European Union has just announced reaching an agreement in principle with the US on a revived transatlantic data flows deal — potentially signalling an end to the many months of legal uncertainty that has dogged cloud services after a landmark court ruling in July 2020 which struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield. ‘We have found an agreement in […]
Systematically asking a copy of the ID of the data subject as a condition to send an access request is illegal, says the Belgian DPA, in accordance with the EDPB guidelines on the right to access.
Ministers and government officials could be stopped from sending ‘disappearing messages’ after failing to keep public records of exchanges on personal phones, email and WhatsApp.Some of those communications addressed matters of considerable public importance relating to the pandemic response and the awarding of government contracts.”
This study by the European Parliamentary Research Service describes two main dimensions of 5G technology, i.e. privacy and security. The focus of this research paper is the analysis of cybersecurity risks and threats, privacy challenges and 5G technology opportunities, at the EU level and worldwide, as well as the relationship between cybersecurity risks and privacy […]