The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) was hacked over the summer following intensified trade talks between the U.S. and Beijing. A cybersecurity firm hired by NAM confirmed that the attack …
McDonald’s AI Drive-Thrus May Be Too Smart For Their Own Good
The fast-food chain Mcdonald's has been implementing measures to stylize restaurants in order to compete in the current landscape in which fast food is becoming increasingly less popular. Following …
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Verizon: As credit-card regulation compliance drops, cybersecurity risk rises
For the past nine years, Verizon has released a Payment Security Report (PSR). Verizon's PSR sheds light on the compliance of companies with regulations within the payment card industry and the value …
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Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone
With the value of data skyrocketing, there has been an increase in cyberattacks against larger enterprises. These organizations often host data for thousands of customers, and the risk from these …
Three Charged in US With Spying on Twitter Users for Saudi Arabia
The US Justice Department is charging three individuals, two of which are former Twitter employees, of conducting espionage targeting users of the social media platform who criticized the Saudi royal …
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Your Social Media Is (Probably) Being Watched Right Now, Says New Surveillance Report
A new report[pdf] by Freedom House indicates that the social media accounts of 89% of all Internet users around the globe are actively being monitored by their country's government. This comes down to …
Facebook quietly discloses another serious privacy breach
One again, Facebook has announced a rather serious data breach. The social media giant said that after April of 2018, when it implemented new privacy measures in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica …
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Three Reasons You Should Never Save Payment Information Online
While a recent survey by Bankrate.com found that 64% of US adults with a credit and/or debit card have saved their payment card data on websites or in mobile apps, there are at least three reasons why …
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Study Reveals the Worst State for Online Privacy
A new report by Comparitech identifies Wyoming as the worst US state in terms of laws governing the online privacy of citizens. The study checked for the presence of privacy laws covering 20 criteria. …
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Bedside Hotel Robot Hacked to Stream In-Room Video
Earlier this year, a security researcher discovered a security flaw in bedside robots used by a Japanese hotel chain that could allow threat actors to remotely spy on hotel guests in their room. …
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