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Passwordless by default: Make the switch to passkeys

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Dissent

From Google: Earlier this year we rolled out support for passkeys, a simpler and more secure way to sign into your accounts online. We’ve received really positive feedback from our users, so today we’re making passkeys even more accessible by offering them as the default option across personal Google Accounts. This means the next time you…

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Citizen data leak: NID wing suspends access for suspected govt, pvt partner organisations

Posted on October 7, 2023 by Dissent

The national identity registration wing of the Election Commission [of Bangladesh] has suspended data access to a number of its government and private partner organisations over suspicions of leaking citizens’ data online, while putting all of its 174 service recipient organisations under watch. The wing’s Director General AKM Humayun Kabir informed reporters of the suspension…

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23andMe Cyberbreach Exposes DNA Data, Potential Family Ties

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Dissent

DarkReading reports: 23andMe, the popular DNA testing company, has launched an investigation after client information was listed for sale on a cybercrime forum this week. On Oct. 1, a post was published on the forum with a link to a sample of allegedly “20 million pieces of data” from the genetic testing company, claiming that it…

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FDA finalizes advice on cybersecurity info to include in device submissions

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Dissent

Jodi K. Scott, Lina Kontos, Randy Prebula, and Alex Smith of Hogan Lovells write: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized its guidance on “Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions,” which advises medical device manufacturers on how to tighten cybersecurity measures in response to rapidly evolving online threats to…

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Your Online Account May Have Been Breached? Don’t Just Sit There. Do Something.

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Dissent

Sabrina I. Pacifici writes: WSJ via MSN: “How do consumers respond when their online accounts are exposed to hackers? Many of them simply don’t. Data breaches at major firms have become all too common, with more than 110 million user accounts exposed in just the second quarter of 2023. Yet our research found that nearly…

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8 rules for “civilian hackers” during war, and 4 obligations for states to restrain them

Posted on October 4, 2023 by Dissent

Written by Tilman Rodenhäuser and Mauro Vignati: As digital technology is changing how militaries conduct war, a worrying trend has emerged in which a growing number of civilians become involved in armed conflicts through digital means. Sitting at some distance from physical hostilities, including outside the countries at war, civilians – including hacktivists, to cyber security professionals,…

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