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UN hacked via unpatched SharePoint server

January 31, 2020 0 Comments cve-2019-0604, data loss, exposed data, GDPR, GDPR compliance, hacked servers, Privacy, security threats, sharepoint, the new humanitarian, un, un secretary-general, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:04:44 +0000

UN staffers: the “entire domain” was probably compromised by an attacker who was lurking on the UN’s networks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RonIAIVbyIQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Financial tech firms disagree on ban of customer data screen-scraping

January 31, 2020 0 Comments apis, australia, ban, consumer data right, data aggregation, data loss, financial industry, financial technology, fintech, Law & order, lisa schutz, open banking, Privacy, privacy act, screen scraping, security threats, verifier

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:05:49 +0000

They use it to offer things like budgeting apps. It puts passwords and privacy at risk, but some say they can’t afford to build APIs instead.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/p33_Z7ZunMU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data

January 30, 2020 0 Comments craig jones, data breach, data loss, exposed data, gmail passwords, Privacy, public boards, public data, security threats, shadow it, trello

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:07:16 +0000

A surprising number of users seem to be setting Trello boards, and their often highly sensitive content, to ‘public’.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xSnZVFqX8_4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

January 30, 2020 0 Comments ‘ndrangheta, Android, black team, data loss, employee surveillance, employees, esurv, fraud, Government security, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Privacy, salvatore ansani, security threats, unauthorized access, virus scans

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:30:55 +0000

eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/08noJbBMayg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland

January 29, 2020 0 Comments bill, bug disclosure, data loss, disclosure, katie moussouris, Law & order, legislation, malware, maryland, prosecution, Ransomware, researchers, responsible disclosure, security threats, vulnerability disclosure

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:53:54 +0000

… with a clumsily worded proposed bill that wouldn’t protect researchers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/d9HY01sLptw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New York wants to ban taxpayer-funded ransomware payments

January 27, 2020 0 Comments data loss, Law & order, legislation, malware, New York, new york senate, ransom payment, Ransomware, s7246, s7289, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:12:18 +0000

One of the proposed bills would set up a $5m fund to help small towns upgrade their systems and bolster their security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M15zqIhc3yU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple allegedly made nice with FBI by dropping iCloud encryption plan

January 23, 2020 0 Comments #nobackdoors, Apple, backdoors, backups, Cryptography, data loss, encryption, FBI, icloud, iOS, iPhone, keydrop, Law & order, Mobile, plesio, Privacy, security threats

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:05:12 +0000

Sources told Reuters that Apple may have been convinced by arguments made during the legal fight over cracking the San Bernardino iPhone.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qyltSL5-IRc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Regus spills data of 900 staff on Trello board set to ‘public’

January 22, 2020 0 Comments data breach, data loss, exposed data, misconfiguration, Privacy, regus, trello

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:44:23 +0000

Another company has ended up accidentally spilling sensitive data from business collaboration tool Trello.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2lrLx8iOU38″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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China and US top user data requests in Apple transparency report

January 21, 2020 0 Comments Apple, apple transparency report, australia, brazil, data loss, fraud, iPhone, Law & order, phishing, Privacy, transparency report, transparency reports, US, user data

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:53:00 +0000

Most of the US and China’s requests had to do with investigations into fraud, suspected account access and phishing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AMKPqWhR4n0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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What do online file sharers want with 70,000 Tinder images?

January 21, 2020 0 Comments data leak, data loss, dating apps, deepfakes, online dating, online privacy, Privacy, Social networks, tinder

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:50:32 +0000

A researcher has discovered thousands of Tinder users’ images publicly available for free online.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HtlXzKkoA5E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>