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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 202

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 202

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI HSM Update RFC. Vampire Skimmer. New breaches: New Ransomware. Encryption and Breaches. SolarWinds. NIST. Zero Days. Defender. Drivers. TCP Stacks. SAP. SonicWall. WordPress. SuperMicro. Trends. Water Plant Hack. Nation States. Supply-Chain Attack. Arrests, etc. SIM Swappers. AI Manipulators. Ambivalence. Health, Safety & Environment. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Spikes, Waves, & reinfections. New Variants. Immunity, Vaccines, and Vaccination. The Good, Bad, and Ugly (Behaviour). And more.

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.

Privacy

Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.

Laws, Regulations, Platforms, Standards, and Public Policy

News about laws, regulations, platform rules, 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, alerts, 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.

Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side

A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 210

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 210

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI 3DS, New e-skimmers, Card breaches. EU's SCA. Big-Hacks: Facebook, Linkedin. New breaches: Clubhouse, Q...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 203

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 203

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Texas Disaster. News/Link Taxing. More SolarWinds. SLC Update. PINs vs. Passwords. Skimmers. New breaches: CRA...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 234

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 234

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: Remote assessments, magecart. New breaches: Thai visitors, Event Builder, Exchange. New...

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