Data Breaches Hack Privacy Security

Email hacked senstive personal data exposed

The America’s leading not-for-profit health plans and health care provider Kaiser Permanente,, has recently disclosed a data breach that exposed the health information of more than 69,000 individuals. An attacker accessed an employee’s email account containing patients’ protected health information (PHI) which included the patients’ first and last names, medical record numbers, dates of service […]

Privacy Security

Scanning of communication in order to combat child pornography

Providers of hosting services and providers of interpersonal communication services that have received a detection order shall execute it by installing and operating technologies to detect” CSAM upon request by the competent judicial authority or independent administrative authority, the draft regulation states. The obligation also requires tech platforms to conduct risk assessments and “reasonable mitigation […]

Security VPN Vulnerability

Paolo Alto VPN vulnerable to OpenSSL Bug

Palo Alto Networks warned customers yesterday that some of its firewall, VPN, and XDR products are vulnerable to a high severity OpenSSL infinite loop bug disclosed three weeks ago.Threat actors can exploit this security vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2022-0778) to trigger a denial of service state and remotely crash devices running unpatched software.Even though the OpenSSL […]

Data Breaches GDPR Security

Vodafone Spain almost 4 million Euros GDPR fine for loss of confidentiality related to mobile phone sim card duplicate and a lack of accountability

“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 […]

5G Privacy Security

Privacy and security aspects of 5G technology

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 […]

Malware Multifactor Authentication Password Management Security
Passwordless requires a key

Watch out for Google Authenticator Codes being stolen

Escobar malware steals Google Authenticator multi-factor authentication codes, and this malware is the remake of the Aberebot Android banking trojan. This new version of Aberebot Android banking trojan has been detected with a name and icon similar to the legitimate anti-virus app McAfee, and it enables its operators to perform the following tasks:– Using VNC take […]