Kirsten Doyle reports that international airline Emirates is denying claims by a researcher claiming that they are leaking customers’ sensitive data. The alleged leak was discovered by Konark Modi, a data security engineer for Cliqz, who explained in post last Friday, how he was booking tickets for his family through the Emirates Web site when…
Month: March 2018
Waltham Forest Council has breached data protection laws
Alice Richardson reports: A Waltham Forest Council employee uploaded a video containing “sensitive information” to Youtube, a report filled with damning personal data breaches has revealed. The report by private consultants Agilisys noted the council is currently not currently compliant with data protection regulations. It also shows how personal information was wrongly disclosed 18 times…
FBI chief: Corporate hack victims can trust we won’t share info
Nate Raymond reports: The FBI views companies hit by cyber attacks as victims and will not rush to share their information with other agencies investigating whether they failed to protect customer data, its chief said Wednesday. Christopher Wray, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, encouraged companies to promptly report when they are hacked to…
Spy v. Spy: An NSA Leak Reveals the Agency’s List of Enemy Hackers
Andy Greenberg reports: When the still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers spilled a collection of NSA tools onto the internet in a series of leaks starting in 2016, they offered a rare glimpse into the internal operations of the the world’s most advanced and stealthy hackers. But those leaks haven’t just let the outside world…
Hackers can use Cortana to open websites on Windows 10 even if your PC is locked
Tristan Greene reports: A pair of independent researchers yesterday uncovered a particularly worrisome security vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows 10. If your PC’s OS was installed with default settings this could affect you. The simple “hack” involves activating Cortana via voice command to open websites on a PC that’s been locked. Read more on TNW.
Alabama Senates Passes Data Breach Notification Act
Maya Atrakchi and Joseph Lazzarotti of Jackson Lewis write: There are only two states in the U.S. that have yet to enact data breach notification laws, but that may change in 2018. Several weeks ago, the South Dakota state legislature announced that a data breach notification bill (Senate Bill No. 62) was pending. Now, Alabama…