Am I the last one to know about “corrupt my file” sites? Joshua Long reports that apart from file corruption that occurs accidentally in our lives or in some cases intentionally by malware, there are sites that will intentionally corrupt a file for you. While that may seem entirely counterproductive, corrupt-a-file sites make claims such…
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Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware
Brian Krebs reports: TTEC, a company used by some of the world’s largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident that appears to be the result of a ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. […] On Sept. 14, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a…
FTC Warns Health Apps and Connected Device Companies to Comply With Health Breach Notification Rule
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a policy statement affirming that health apps and connected devices that collect or use consumers’ health information must comply with the Health Breach Notification Rule, which requires that they notify consumers and others when their health data is breached. In a policy statement adopted during an open meeting, the Commission noted…
Kaspersky releases its first Transparency Report
Kaspersky has released its first transparency report concerning requests received from government and law enforcement agencies, and users for data and technical expertise in 2020 and H1 2021. Kaspersky has publicly shared its approach in responding to requests from global government and law enforcement agencies for two categories: user data and technical expertise. It also…
Walgreens’ Covid-19 test registration system exposed — and still exposes? — patient data
Sara Morrison reports: If you got a Covid-19 test at Walgreens, your personal data — including your name, date of birth, gender identity, phone number, address, and email — was left on the open web for potentially anyone to see and for the multiple ad trackers on Walgreens’ site to collect. In some cases, even…
US fines former NSA employees who provided hacker-for-hire services to UAE
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice has fined three former NSA employees who worked as hackers-for-hire for a United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company. Marc Baier, 49, Ryan Adams, 34, and Daniel Gericke, 40, broke US export control laws that require companies and individuals to obtain a special license from the State Department’s Directorate of Defense…