It is not news that the majority of breaches are not caused by sophisticated attackers figuring out how to bypass robust defenses. For example, one of the largest attacks in the U.S., the Equifax breach, was caused by Equifax failing to patch a known bug, for which there was an available patch, even after DHS […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Norway fined Meta for its targeted advertising practices and issued a temporary ban several months ago. Now Norway has gone to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and asked for the ban to be made permanent and EU/EEA wide. Since Facebook makes most of its money from targeted ads and untargeted ads fetch a dramatically […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]California’s privacy regulator has released draft regs covering cybersecurity audit requirements and risk assessments. While they have not started the formal rulemaking process, they are putting out bait to see what kind of comments they get. They also discussed the drafts at their last meeting. The Draft Cybersecurity Audit Regulations make both modifications and additions to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Writers Guild Settles Strike With Anti-AI Provision The Writers Guild has tentatively agreed to a new contract with Hollywood that has some sort of anti-AI provision as writers don’t want to be replaced by a computer for much less money. The details have not yet been released, but will likely be copied in many contracts […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I think this lawsuit is a bit ballsy but the attorney who filed it won an almost $90 million verdict against Monsanto, so who am I to judge. The suits alleges that the three companies’ joint actions should be considered a pattern of racketeering on a massive scale. The issue is that H&R Block inserted […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You probably haven’t thought about this if you are privately owned. You might not even heard about it. Effective September 5th, publicly traded companies have four business days to disclose a material breach. That disclosure, on a form 8-K, will be publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR public company reporting site. The same place they […]
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