Key Lawmakers Float New Rules for Personal Data Protection; Bill Would Make Privacy a Consumer Right 2024-04-08 at 17:01 By Associated Press The American Privacy Rights Act would preempt most state privacy laws — though it wouldn’t impact certain states’ laws already on the books that protect financial, health or employee data. The post Key […]
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Browsing in Incognito Mode Doesn’t Protect You as Much as You Might Think 2024-04-06 at 15:46 By Associated Press Incognito modes generally do not prevent the websites you visit from seeing your location, via your IP address, or stop your internet service provider from logging your activities. The post Browsing in Incognito Mode Doesn’t Protect
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How Google plans to make stolen session cookies worthless for attackers 2024-04-03 at 08:31 By Zeljka Zorz Google is working on a new security feature for Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), meant to prevent attackers from using stolen session cookies to gain access user accounts. Session (i.e., authentication) cookies are stored by browsers
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Location tracking and the battle for digital privacy 2024-04-03 at 08:01 By Help Net Security While some online privacy issues can be subtle and difficult to understand, location tracking is very simple – and very scary. Perhaps nothing reveals more about who we are and what we do than a detailed map of all the
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Securing privacy in the face of expanding data volumes 2024-04-01 at 06:01 By Help Net Security One of the primary concerns regarding data privacy is the potential for breaches and unauthorized access. Whether it’s financial records, medical histories, or personal communications, individuals have a right to control who can access their data and for what
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How immersive AI transforms skill development 2024-03-25 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Organizations are becoming more laser-focused on extracting the value of AI, moving from the experimentation phase toward adoption. While the potential for AI is limitless, AI expertise sadly is not. In this Help Net Security video, David Harris, Principal Generative AI Author
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Surviving the “quantum apocalypse” with fully homomorphic encryption 2024-03-19 at 10:04 By Help Net Security In the past few years, an increasing number of tech companies, organizations, and even governments have been working on one of the next big things in the tech world: successfully building quantum computers. These actors see a lot of potential
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Harnessing the power of privacy-enhancing tech for safer AI adoption 2024-03-18 at 12:01 By Help Net Security A consensus on regulatory AI frameworks seems distant. Yet, the imperative for secure and responsible AI deployment cannot be overstated. How can leaders proactively address AI adoption challenges while waiting for regulatory clarity? In this Help Net Security
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Worldcoin: Trail of Bits audit shows no vulnerability for Orb software 2024-03-14 at 16:37 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Roark A third-party audit of the project reportedly claimed that Orb devices do not record users’ iris-codes onto persistent memory and that they only transmit codes through end-to-end encrypted messaging. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com
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Bill That Could Ban TikTok Passed in the House. Here’s What to Know 2024-03-14 at 14:01 By Associated Press The House passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the popular social media platform within six months of the bill’s enactment. The post Bill That Could Ban
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LastPass’ CIO vision for driving business strategy, innovation 2024-03-13 at 08:39 By Mirko Zorz Recently, LastPass appointed Asad Siddiqui as its CIO. He brings over two decades of experience leading startups and large technology organizations. It was the perfect time for Help Net Security to find out what’s next for Siddiqui in his new role
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How organizations can keep up with shifting data privacy regulations 2024-03-12 at 06:31 By Help Net Security With no sign of regulations slowing down, enterprises struggle to keep pace with the rapid changes. According to a recent NTT Data survey of business executives, 3 in 4 organizations can’t keep up with data regulations, holding them
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Navigating regulation challenges for protecting sensitive healthcare data 2024-03-06 at 07:10 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Chris Bowen, CISO at ClearDATA, emphasizes the importance of digital health companies being more transparent with their users. As more and more Americans flock to direct-to-consumer digital health apps and resources, most people don’t
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White House to Issue Executive Order on Personal Information Protection 2024-02-28 at 17:46 By Ionut Arghire A coming White House Executive Order seeks to protect personal information by preventing the mass transfer of Americans’ sensitive data to countries of concern. The post White House to Issue Executive Order on Personal Information Protection appeared first on
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Cybersecurity crisis in schools 2024-02-26 at 06:08 By Help Net Security Primary school systems handle sensitive data concerning minors, while higher education institutions must safeguard intellectual property data, making them prime targets for cyberattacks, according to Trustwave. These attacks not only threaten the safety and security of teachers and administrators but also put the privacy
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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data 2024-02-23 at 13:18 By Help Net Security The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries
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FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing Data to Advertisers 2024-02-22 at 22:17 By Ryan Naraine European security vendor Avast is charged with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and anti-virus software and “and sold it without adequate notice and without consumer consent.” The post FTC Accuses Avast of Selling Customer Browsing
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A step-by-step plan for safe use of GenAI models for software development 2024-02-22 at 08:01 By Help Net Security If you are a large-scale company, the recent AI boom hasn’t escaped your notice. Today AI is assisting in a large array of development-related and digital-related tasks, from content generation to automation and analysis. The development
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How decentralized identity is shaping the future of data protection 2024-02-20 at 07:32 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Patrick Harding, Chief Architect at Ping Identity, discusses the promises and implications of decentralized identity (DCI) in cybersecurity. By redistributing identity management responsibilities among issuers, holders, and verifiers, DCI empowers individuals to selectively
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Balancing “super app” ambitions with privacy 2024-02-19 at 08:31 By Help Net Security When Elon Musk’s ambitions to transform X into an “everything app” were divulged last year, he joined several companies known to be exploring or actively working on developing super apps, suggesting there’s clearly a niche to be filled. In fact, since the
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