Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2021.01.07
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Rioters Had Physical Access to Lawmakers’ Computers. How Bad Is That? (VICE, Jan 07 2021) Several Trump supporters gained access to computers in the U.S. Capitol building. Is the security of the building’s networks compromised? How China Uses Stolen US […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.17
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud CPRA hints at the future of cybersecurity and privacy (Help Net Security, Dec 11 2020) One of the most notable ballot propositions impacting the privacy and cybersecurity world during the US 2020 election was the passage of the California Privacy […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.10
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Apple to Tighten App Privacy, Remove Apps That Don’t Comply (SecurityWeek, Dec 08 2020) Apple is stepping up privacy for app users, forcing developers to be more transparent about data collection and warning they could be removed if they don’t […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.12.03
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Researchers Find Powerful Cellphone Location Surveillance SS7 (VICE, Dec 01 2020) Security researchers claim to have identified deployments of SS7 tracking technology in 25 countries, including Belgium, Denmark, Mexico, Thailand, and Australia. The deployments are linked to surveillance vendor Circles, […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.26
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Home Depot Settles with US States Over 2014 Data Breach (Infosecurity Magazine, Nov 25 2020) ‘Fraud’ Is a Banned Word in U.S. Aid Program Overwhelmed by It (Bloomberg, Nov 20 2020) A U.S. agency facing mounting scrutiny over how it […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.19
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud “Privacy Nutrition Labels” in Apple’s App Store (Schneier on Security, Nov 12 2020) Apple will start requiring standardized privacy labels for apps in its app store, starting in December: Apple allows data disclosure to be optional if all of the […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.12
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud How Hackers Blend Attack Methods to Bypass MFA (Dark Reading, Nov 10 2020) Protecting mobile apps requires a multilayered approach with a mix of cybersecurity measures to counter various attacks at different layers. Ex-Microsoft Engineer Gets Nine Years for $10m […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.11.05
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud California Proposition 24 Passes (Schneier on Security, Nov 05 2020) “California’s Proposition 24, aimed at improving the California Consumer Privacy Act, passed this week. Analyses are very mixed. I was very mixed on the proposition, but on the whole I […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.10.29
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Buyers Abused DMV Data, California DMV Says (VICE, Oct 29 2020) On the whole, driver’s license data ends up in too many hands which increases the risk of personal information being abused. CBP Refuses to Tell Congress How it is […]
Identity Mgt & Web Fraud – The Week’s Best News – 2020.10.22
A Review of the Best News of the Week on Identity Management & Web Fraud Clear – U.S. Airports. Now It Wants Your Entire Digital Identity. (Medium, Oct 20 2020) ‘You are your driver’s license, your credit card, your health care card, your building access card’ Singapore’s World-First Face Scan Plan Sparks Privacy Fears (SecurityWeek, […]