Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. P2PE Key Block Deadlines. PCI Case Studies. ATM Alerts. NIST. 250M+ in New breaches: Mega breach, Social Data, Experian, Freepik, Cense AI, RMC. New Ransomware. Carnival. Facial Recognition. Privacy Shield. Windows. Google. Alexa. Cisco. SpiKey. IoT. email encryption. Zip Crypto. Zip Crypto. Supply Chains. Fake Recruiters. Spear Vishing. HTML Smuggling. 2xHurricanes. Blackouts. AI Dogfight. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Spikes & Waves. Disinformation. And more.
Note: The COVID section appears later in the article.
PCI Compliance and Payments
News and announcements relating to Payment Security, PCI, Card Brands, Payments, Payment Malware and Fraud.
Breaches / Ransomware / Leaks
Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware (as potential breach), and their fallout.
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New breaches:
- Hundreds of millions of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube accounts compromised by data breach https://www.techradar.com/news/hundreds-of-millions-of-instagram-tiktok-youtube-accounts-compromised-by-data-breach
- Hackers Leak Alleged Internal Files of Chinese Social Media Monitoring Firms https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzewz/hackers-leak-alleged-internal-files-of-chinese-social-media-monitoring-firms
- Social media data broker exposes nearly 235 million profiles scraped from Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/social-data-leak/
- Experian South Africa discloses data breach impacting 24 million customers https://www.zdnet.com/article/experian-south-africa-discloses-data-breach-impacting-24-million-customers
- Free photos, graphics site Freepik discloses data breach impacting 8.3m users https://www.zdnet.com/article/free-photos-graphics-site-freepik-discloses-data-breach-impacting-8-3m-users/
- LiveAuctioneers - 3,385,862 breached accounts https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#LiveAuctioneers
- Cense AI Leaks Over 2.5M Medical and Insurance Records https://www.pcmag.com/news/report-ai-company-leaks-over-25m-medical-records
- Catho - 1,173,012 breached accounts (Mar 2020) https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Catho
- Sonicbids - 751,700 breached accounts (Dec 2019) https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Sonicbids
- Utah Gun Exchange - 235,233 breached accounts https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#UtahGunExchange
- Unico Campania - 166,031 breached accounts https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#UnicoCampania
- Medical records for more than 61,000 cardiac patients left unsecured online https://www.databreaches.net/medical-records-for-more-than-61000-cardiac-patients-left-unsecured-online/
- CO: Mental Health Partners discloses email hack potentially compromised employee and patient data https://www.databreaches.net/co-mental-health-partners-discloses-email-hack-potentially-compromised-employee-and-patient-data/
- TX: Dozens of boxes of medical records found at Odessa Recycling Center https://www.databreaches.net/tx-dozens-of-boxes-of-medical-records-found-at-odessa-recycling-center/
- NC: Lawsuit: ‘Alarming’ data breach at Coastal Prep Academy exposed sensitive personal data https://www.databreaches.net/nc-lawsuit-alarming-data-breach-at-coastal-prep-academy-exposed-sensitive-personal-data/
- NSW Police Leak Private Information of Complainants https://www.databreaches.net/nsw-police-leak-private-information-of-complainants/
- UAE Hack and Leak Operations https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/uae_hack_and_le.html
- Student information, financial info published in suspected RMC data leak after cyber attack https://globalnews.ca/news/7283754/student-financial-rmc-data-leak-cyber-attack/
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New Ransomware:
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Follow-ups:
Privacy
Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.
Laws & Regulations / Standards
News about laws, regulations, and standards affecting security, privacy, technology, and public interest.
Defense / Techniques / Solutions
Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.
Bugs / Design Flaws / Vulnerabilities / Research
Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.
Hacking / Malware / Cybercrime / Exploitation
News covering active trends and events.
Other Security / Risk
Articles covering other types of risks.
COVID-19 updates.
COVID related articles. We have been following coronavirus risks since https://controlgap.com/blog/this-weeks-insecurity-issue-147.
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The spread, curves, spikes, and waves:
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Guidance, Response and Recovery:
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Treatments, Testing, Triage, and Trials, and things we learned:
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Disinformation:
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Masks, anti-maskers, and distancing:
Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side
A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.