Category «Cybersecurity»

SEC’s new data breach disclosure rules take effect

TechCrunch – What you need to know: “Starting December 18, publicly-owned companies operating in the U.S. must comply with a new set of rules requiring them to disclose “material” cyber incidents within 96 hours. The regulation represents a significant shake-up for organizations, many of which have argued that the new rules open them up to …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Securities Law

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 16, 2023

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 16, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Privacy

Proton Mail Now Has a Desktop App

How to Geek: “Proton now makes a whole suite of software geared towards privacy and security enthusiasts, following the strictest standards of encryption, but it all had its start back when the company launched Proton Mail. It was the company’s first product back in 2013, but there still hasn’t been a true desktop client. That’s …

Subjects: Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Privacy

How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google

ZDNet – The best online data removal services. Erasing yourself from the internet isn’t an easy or quick process, but these services can assist you. Google – Find and remove personal contact info in Google Search results. “When you use “Results about you,” you can find out if your personal contact info, like your home …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 9, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 9, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines, Social Media

Mozilla Privacy Not Included Gift Guide

Mozilla Foundation: “Make smart choices to protect your privacy.  Search for products. Read expert reviews. Get tips and tricks. Dozens of products are reviewed, include Tips to Protect Yourself when using each product, What data does the company collect for each product, as well as the following explanations that document each evaluation:  A Little Creppy, …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Privacy

Facebook watches teens online as they prep for college

PopSci: “Picture a high school student who wants to go to college, likes to cheer on her school’s football team, and plays in a sport or two herself. .  One day after school, she signs up for an official ACT account so she can schedule her college entrance exam and see what score she gets after taking …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines

A Bold New Plan for Preserving Online Privacy and Security

IEEE Spectrum: “…We’re all hoping that companies will keep us safe, but it’s increasingly clear that they don’t, can’t, and won’t. We should stop expecting them to.” To ensure that cloud services do not learn more than they should, and that a breach of one does not pose a fundamental threat to our data, we …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, E-Records, ID Theft, Internet, Privacy

Gmail’s AI-powered spam detection is its biggest security upgrade in years

Ars Technica: “The latest post on the Google Security blog details a new upgrade to Gmail’s spam filters that Google is calling “one of the largest defense upgrades in recent years.” The upgrade comes in the form of a new text classification system called RETVec (Resilient & Efficient Text Vectorizer). Google says this can help …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Privacy