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Intelligence Points to Likely Russian Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Russia - April 21 2022 The cybersecurity authorities of the United States (including CISA, FBI, NSA and DOE), Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom released…
Privacy Tip #328 - Ukraine Charity Scams
Ukraine - April 21 2022 Unscrupulous criminals use crises to their advantage. Scammers are using the conflict in Ukraine to bilk money from people trying to help those…
Kentucky is The Latest State to Adopt the NAIC Insurance Data Security Model Law
USA - April 21 2022 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear recently signed House Bill 474 to become the latest state to enact data insurance security legislation. The new law is…
Virginia Amends New Privacy Law
USA - April 14 2022 Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia recently approved legislation to amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). In a time when data…
FTC Chair Signals Crackdown on Confusing Privacy Policies
USA - April 14 2022 At the International Association of Privacy Professionals Global Privacy Summit earlier this week, FTC Chair Lina Khan rounded out her first year on…
Patch Tuesday Release Includes Fix for Actively-Exploited Flaw
USA - April 14 2022 Microsoft released its monthly patches this week to fix 128 vulnerabilities, including 10 rated as critical, 115 as important, and three flagged as…
U.S. Navy Tests Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at Sea
USA - April 14 2022 The U.S. Navy will begin testing logistics drones on an aircraft carrier to see if the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is practical in this…
DOJ Takes Down RaidForums’ Website
USA - April 14 2022 In an action against what has been described as one of the largest hacker forums in the world, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on…
Last Week Tonight Host Pokes at Congress Over Data Brokering Regulation
USA - April 14 2022 John Oliver, comedian and host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, called on Congress to issue broad data privacy legislation by making it elegantly personal…
Privacy Tip #327 - Scammers Spoof Cell Phone Numbers
USA - April 14 2022 Scammers use familiarity to get victims to fall for their scams. One way to do that is to spoof a cell phone number from the same area code to make…
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