Data
Insider Threat Alert as employees take data while leaving a Job
According to a recent survey conducted by email security providing firm Tessian, nearly one third of employees take data while leaving their job. And there is a high probability that the information can be used for various malevolent purposes. With COVID-19 pandemic ruining careers of many in 2021, workers are seen taking data with them […]
What data does Google store about you
It seems almost impossible to make Google stop tracking data about you. Yes, unless you stop using your smart phone and stop accessing any of the google services like the search engine, Maps, YouTube, Gmail via web and such. But we can delete the information tracked by the Alphabet Inc’s subsidiary. Want to know how? […]
Facebook turns least trusted website in America over data and privacy
In a surprising revelation, over 72% of Americans stated they distrust Facebook and its management regarding data and privacy. Over 56% of Americans believe that the social media giant is causing a negative impact on the society. The Washington Post was the source that conducted the survey and stated that the populace of North America […]
Australia and United States enter a Data Sharing CLOUD Agreement
Australia has agreed with the United States to share digital data that will ease the investigation of cyber crimes that include ransomware attacks, terrorism, cyber extortion, child ab$se and banking related frauds that include crimes involving cryptocurrency. The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, that was passed by Congress in 2018, endorsed the […]
Grindr fined £5.5m for selling user data to advertising companies
Grindr, the online dating app, has been slapped with a penalty of £5.5 million for selling user information to advertisement firms without the consent of its users on a respective note. The final decree was announced against the lawsuit that was filed in April 2018 against Grindr. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (NDPA) pronounced the […]
Hackers access DNA data of over 2 million patients
Ohio based DNA Diagnostics Center(DDC) that deals with DNA research, and paternity tests has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that its IT staff have discovered a cyber incident that relates to the data exposure of over 2 million patients whose DNA was tested between 2004 and 2012. Going deep into the incident, it’s revealed […]
Rules to follow for data destruction on Hard Drives
Data stored on hard drives and SSDs should be destroyed before the storage media are destructed. And this should be done as per the standards specified by NSA that are summarized as follows- All SSDs and optical media like pen drives should be crushed or shredded and wiping of data on them before doing so […]
Telegram becomes a hub for hackers buying stolen data
Next time you find your corporate database breached, just be sure that the siphoned data might already been traded on a Telegram platform. Yes, this news was confirmed by Cyber Intelligence Group named Cyberint that discovered that a large set of hacking groups were super-active in sharing data on the messaging platform, sometimes on broadcasted […]
UK ICO slaps £200,000 penalty for sending spam mails and messages
We Buy Any Car, Sports Direct and Saga Insurance were slapped with a £450,000 penalty for sending over 351 million emails and an equivalent number of text messages. And per the details available to our Cybersecurity Insiders, the data watchdog slapped the above said penalty against the said three companies for using its user data […]
Data of 61 million Fitbit and Apple users exposed on web
All those using Fitbit trackers and wearables, here’s a news piece that needs your immediate attention. Reports are in that an unsecured database led to the exposure of over 61 million records of users related to Fitbit and Apple Healthkit repository users. WebsitePlanet researchers team led by Jeremiah Fowler have discovered a database that wasn’t […]
