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Data privacy continues to make headlines. These issues are symptoms of a profound shift in the world of data privacy and security that have major implications for organizations. With the rise of big data and machine learning, privacy and security are now converging.

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@thegrugq shared
On Aug 14, 2021
RT @cepa: ⬜🟥⬜ “The most successful cyber-attack in the history of Belarus, involving entry to the regime’s most secret and sensitive data vaults, has been revealed by a group calling itself Belarusian Сyberpartisans.” @TadeuszGiczan https://t.co/55R9SnocT9
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Lukashenka’s Secrets: Not So Secret Anymore

Lukashenka’s Secrets: Not So Secret Anymore

The most successful cyber-attack in the history of Belarus, involving entry to the regime’s most secret and sensitive data vaults, has been revealed.

@wbm312 shared
On Aug 17, 2021
RT @lorenzofb: NEW: Hackers have found a ‘tractorload of vulnerabilities’ in agriculture tech makers John Deere and Case New Holland. “If nobody does what we did for free, then the bad guys will come in and do it for money,” one of the hackers said. https://t.co/HouJ4xvHoQ
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Hacker Says He Found a ‘Tractorload of Vulnerabilities’ at John Deere

Hacker Says He Found a ‘Tractorload of Vulnerabilities’ at John Deere

A group of security researchers released their findings after spending months researching weaknesses in the operating systems of two major agriculture companies.

@runasand shared
On Aug 17, 2021
“An Army Special Operations veteran said it’s possible that the Taliban may need additional tools to process the HIIDE data but expressed concerns that Pakistan would assist with this.” https://t.co/NsyXcFGZaN
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The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices

The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices

Biometric collection and identification devices were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive.

@Infosec_Tourist shared
On Aug 13, 2021
RT @KTinnovate: #healthcarecybersecurity #healthcaresecurity #healthcareit https://t.co/FP6L4eoaGU
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Hospitals see cyber security investment as a low priority

Hospitals see cyber security investment as a low priority

Almost half of hospitals have experienced an IT shutdown as a result of a cyberattack in the last six months, but just over one in ten hospital executive see cybersecurity investment as a ...

@securityweekly shared
On Aug 13, 2021
RT @SecWeekly: This week on Paul's Security Weekly: OSINT & Social Engineering, Offensive Operations with Mythic, Cyber-Symposiums, Apple Backdoor, Crypto Theft, and more! Full episode and show notes: https://t.co/AKFpLmUGvl . https://t.co/Q8qrRfp159
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psw706

psw706

Paul’s Security Weekly Episode #706 – August 12, 2021 Subscribe to all of our shows and mailing list by visiting: https://securityweekly.com/subscribe 1. OSINT & Social Engineering – 06:00 ...

@josephfcox shared
On Aug 12, 2021
As for why data may be exfiltrated, there's more working from home, and Amazon's ambitions to expand into more countries that it says have a higher level of corruption and organized crime https://t.co/aC8ztcBfZG https://t.co/xReINXDDER
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Amazon to Monitor Customer Service Workers’ Keyboard and Mouse Strokes

Amazon to Monitor Customer Service Workers’ Keyboard and Mouse Strokes

An internal document also mentions cases where imposters have stolen Amazon customer data.

@matthew_d_green shared
On Aug 15, 2021
@benmontour @granick I don’t know what “scan” would mean otherwise. It’s been called scanning for a lot longer than Apple has been doing it. And I would argue that checking your private (not shared with any other person) photos against a secret database is pretty invasive. https://t.co/7ckUm6wwTR
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The Law and Policy of Client-Side Scanning (Originally published by Lawfare)

The Law and Policy of Client-Side Scanning (Originally published by Lawfare)

American University Washington College of Law Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law Joint PIJIP/TLS Research Paper Series Summer 8-20-2020 The Law and …

@BrianHonan shared
On Aug 13, 2021
RT @josephfcox: Zoom agrees to pay $85 million for lying about its end to end encryption and the transfer of data to Facebook and Google. Settlement says Zoom will not re-integrate the Facebook SDK. Comes after we reported Zoom sending data to Facebook without consent (https://t.co/DhzQ3RB64V) https://t.co/UGcpfbSNG0
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Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.

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