Industry minister to address Canadian marketers on proposed privacy law
Speech today will support the Liberal government’s second attempt at privacy
Inventor of assembly language dies at 100
Professor Kathleen Booth, designer of one of the first operational computers in the world and co-author of two of the first books on computer design and programming, Asynchronous and Synchronous programming published in 1947, and Automatic Digital Calculators published in 1953 has died at the age of 100. Kathleen Booth, who died on September 29, […]
Second international summit to combat ransomware begins
The White House has begun its second annual International Counter Ransomware Summit, where Biden administration officials will meet with representatives of the countries and companies involved to discuss the growing threat of data-destroying cyberattacks. The International Counter Ransomware Summit will be attended by 36 countries and technology companies, including Microsoft Corp., Siemens AG and Mandiant, […]
Meta quietly launches a service that allows people to verify if their contact data is on the platform
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has quietly launched a new service that allows people to check whether the company has their contact details, such as their phone number or email address, and to delete or block them if necessary. When a Facebook friend shares his or her address book with Facebook, that person has also shared […]
Anonymous hacks China’s emergency management website
In retaliation for Chinese operatives deleting Anonymous’s activities on Wikipedia, Anonymous hacked into the websites of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Mino Space on October 29. Anonymous raided the People’s Republic of China and released a compromised menu page for its CMS, followed by 19 more pages of vandalism, seven forum defacing photos and […]
Instagram accounts suspended due to a mysterious outage
At around 1.30pm UK time on October 31, Instagram experienced a strange outage that suspended thousands of user accounts. However, after a brief outage last night, the accounts were restored and the company said it had resolved the issue, which had temporarily suspended users’ accounts without notice. The Meta-owned company has not revealed what caused […]
Kela reveals ransomware victims and network access sales for Q3
According to a new report by Israeli cyber intelligence firm KELA, hackers are selling access to 576 corporate networks worldwide for a total sale price of $4 million. LockBit, Black Basta, Hive, Alphv (aka BlackCat), and BianLian were the most prolific ransomware and data leak actors in the third quarter, according to the report, with […]
NSA and CISA share best practices for securing the software supply chain
The National Security Agency (NSA), whose cybersecurity division prevents and eliminates threats to American security systems, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), an agency that improves the security, resilience, and reliability of America’s cybersecurity and communications infrastructure, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have all communicated a set of recommended […]
Chegg sued by FTC over lax data security
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued education technology company Chegg for exposing sensitive information of students and employees four times since 2017. The FTC wants Chegg to improve data security by encrypting sensitive information, requiring multi-factor authentication for users and employees, limiting the amount of personal information collected and retained, allowing customers to […]
New York Legislature Passes Right to Repair bill
The Right to Repair Act, which requires companies to offer equipment and components to independent repair shops or individuals outside the companies that repair equipment, has passed both houses of the New York State Legislature, but has yet to be signed into law by Kathy Hochul. If Governor Kathy Hochul signs it, New York will […]
