Stephen Jewkes reports: Italian oil services company Saipem said it had identified a cyber attack out of India on Monday that had primarily affected its servers in the Middle East. […] Saipem’s head of digital and innovation, Mauro Piasere, told Reuters the attack had originated in Chennai, India. Servers in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab…
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New Zealand Privacy Commissioner releases annual report
Stuff reports on a case in New Zealand that was cited in a newly-released annual report by the Privacy Commissioner. Disturbingly, the unnamed government agency not only did not set a great example for data protection, but they demonstrated less than admirable response to the incident of insider-wrongdoing that harmed a member of the public….
New China Guideline for Internet Personal Information Security Protection
Barbara Li and Bohua Yao report: On November 30, 2018 the Cyber Security Protection Bureau, under the auspices of the PRC Ministry of Public Security (the “MPS”), issued a draft Guideline for Internet Personal Information Security Protection (the “Guideline”) along with a request for public comments. Even though, upon reaching final form and taking effect, the…
Syrian Electronic Army Hackers Are Targeting Android Phones With Fake WhatsApp Attacks
Thomas Brewster reports: The Syrian Electronic Army was causing carnage half a decade ago. Outside of attacking the U.S. government and major publications like Forbes, two of the hacker crew’s chief operators even made it onto the FBI’s Most Wanted list. But the SEA hasn’t made headlines in some time, largely because it’s turned its focus…
Ca: Father says teen, other students had info hacked at Markham District High School
Michelle McQuigge reports: When Kirk Tobias’ daughter logged onto her school’s student portal one morning last month, she was greeted by an ominous note. Under the image of a leering face was a list containing her address, telephone numbers and school-related log-in details, accompanied by a threat of further contact from what appeared to be…
Location, location, location — Thursday edition
So here’s a comforting headline (NOT!) that popped up in my news reading this morning: About 69% of Indian Android apps have access to your exact location: Study. And if you read the article, you learn that not only have Indian firms reportedly made no progress since last year, but About 99 per cent Android…