Cybercrime
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: new RSA encryption attack, Meta’s AI privacy safeguards, and ShinyHunters hackers’ guilty plea.
Hi, what are you looking for?
SecurityWeek
Privacy
The ruling was made in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.
Data Protection
An optional ‘username key’ adds another layer by requiring a secondary credential before someone can message users.
Privacy
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-6770 and it has been patched with the release of Firefox 150 and Tor 15.0.10.
Privacy
Claims that “Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history” face scrutiny as researchers analyze LinkedIn’s browser extension probing
Data Protection
A group of academic researchers devised a technique to extract sounds from still images captured using smartphone cameras with rolling shutter and movable lens...
Government
A Key US Government Surveillance Tool Should Face New Limits, a Divided Privacy Oversight Board Says
A sharply divided privacy oversight board is recommending that the FBI and other agencies be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications...
Government
British lawmakers approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies.
Privacy
California Law Restricting Companies’ Use of Information From Kids Online Is Halted by Federal Judge
A federal judge has halted implementation of a California data collection law intended to protect the privacy of minors
Privacy
European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app...
Privacy
California state Legislature has passed the Delete Act to allow individuals to order data brokers to delete their personal data — and to cease...
Privacy
Search giant Google has agreed to a $93 million settlement with the state of California over its location-privacy practices.
Privacy
Mozilla has analyzed the privacy and security of 25 major car brands and found that they collect a lot of data and can share...
Data Protection
The Digital Services Act aims to protect European users when it comes to privacy, transparency and removal of harmful or illegal content.
Data Protection
Indian lawmakers approved a data protection legislation that “seeks to better regulate big tech firms and penalize companies for data breaches” as several groups...
Data Protection
Norway's data protection agency wants to ban Facebook and Instagram owner Meta from using the personal information of users for targeted advertising, threatening a...
Data Protection
A group of congressional Democrats reported that three large tax preparation firms sent “extraordinarily sensitive” information on tens of millions of taxpayers to Facebook...
Privacy
The EU signed off on a new agreement over the privacy of people’s personal information that gets pinged across the Atlantic, aiming to ease...
Data Protection
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against...
Data Protection
Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle FTC charges that it illegally collected the data of children who signed up for...
Privacy
New options allow paid Zoom customers to specify certain data for meetings, webinars, and team chat to be stored within the EEA.
Data Protection
Apple on Monday detailed new privacy and security features rolling out to both desktop and mobile users.
Privacy
The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine and ordered it to stop transferring user data across the Atlantic.
Data Breaches
Judge refuses to dismiss shareholder lawsuit alleging that Facebook violated the law and fiduciary duties in failing for years to protect user data privacy.
Join this live webinar as we explore if detection-first security operations can keep pace with AI, or if it’s time to rethink prevention as the strongest default.
RegisterCodeSecCon bridges the gap between dev and security. Discover best practices for secure coding, innovative risk-reduction tools, and safe AI integration to cultivate a true DevSecOps culture. Safely secure your apps!
RegisterExpert Insights
Organizations are rushing to implement AI without fully grasping where its legal protections begin and end.
(Steve Durbin)
Build your strategy around answering these questions to ensure employees use AI productively while keeping sensitive data, IP, and agent behavior within the boundaries set for safe AI use.
(Etay Maor)
The best compliance programs aren't the biggest ones. They're the ones built on a short list of questions that can actually be answered, and that still hold true when the models change.
(Matt Honea)
You cannot out-patch a machine that writes a working exploit from a vulnerability description in twenty hours. Stop trying to optimize a game you cannot win.
(Danelle Au)
Identity confidence changes throughout every interaction and should be reassessed continuously as new risk signals emerge.
(Torsten George)