Top news of the week: 10.12.2020.
Data Privacy
E.U. Privacy Rule Would Rein In the Hunt for Online Child Sex Abuse
Regulators argue that while abuse imagery on the internet is abhorrent, unchecked scanning for it by tech companies could violate privacy rights. A showdown looms.
A dying man, a therapist and the ransom raid that shook the world
Patients put their trust in a therapy company to keep their notes and diagnoses private. Then the ransom demands arrived
Ransomware Attack on Maryland’s GBMC Health Spurs EHR Downtime
This week's breach roundup is led by a ransomware attack on GBMC HealthCare. The provider has been operating under EHR downtime procedures for several days, after hackers encrypted the ...
InstaHide Disappointingly Wins Bell Labs Prize, 2nd Place
InstaHide (a recent method that claims to give a way to train neural networks while preserving training data privacy) was just awarded the 2nd place Bell Labs Prize (an award for …
Free webinar – How to set the ISMS scope according to ISO 27001
Register for this free webinar to learn about defining the ISMS scope when implementing ISO 27001, what to include/exclude, what to document, examples, etc.
State Shocked by Cyberattack That Audits Warned for Years
Just before Thanksgiving, Baltimore County Public Schools were hit by a ransomware attack, worrying school districts across the state. But state audits have routinely found vulnerabilities ...
How an ICE Contractor Tracks Phones Around the World
New documents show how Venntel, which sells some of its location data to ICE, CBP, and the FBI, obtains the information from ordinary apps.
My Phone Was Spying on Me, so I Tracked Down the Surveillants
There are 160 apps on my phone. What they're actually doing, I don't know. But I decided to find out. This is an English translation, read the original here. I have a feeling these ...