FTC’s ‘Reclaim Your Name’ Would Regulate Big Data
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill proposed a plan she called Reclaim Your Name that would regulate how data brokers collect and share consumers’ personal information.
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
Google Fortifies Chrome’s Web Store Vetting Process
Google announced late last week that it would add more security controls to its browser-based Chrome Web Store by adding a new application-vetting feature called ‘Enhanced Item Validation.’
BlackBerry Resolves Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Z10
Last week BlackBerry released a security update resolving an escalation of privilege vulnerability that existed in “BlackBerry Protect” enabled devices running version 10.0.10.261 and earlier operating systems. The company claims that version 10.0.9.2743 is not affected and that they have found no evidence of attackers exploiting this vulnerability in the wild.
ICS-CERT issued an advisory warning of hard-coded passwords built into medical devices that can be abused to modify settings on insulin pumps, defibrillators and more.
An iPhone user has managed a screen-lock bypass on the beta version of Apple iOS 7, which has been available since Monday.
A convenience feature native to iOS combined with a directory of carrier-specific SSID preloaded onto iPhones could lead to some devices automatically connecting to rogue networks spoofing a legitimate Wi-Fi access point.
Google’s chief legal officer addressed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller contesting recent media reports regarding the breadth of the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs and requesting that his company be allowed to publish more national security request data in order to quell media speculation.
Microsoft announced today in an advanced patch Tuesday notification that it will ship just five bulletins in the June edition of patch Tuesday.
DNS servers running BIND 9 should upgrade the latest version of the software after an Internet Systems Consortium advisory warned a remotely exploitable vulnerability had been publicly disclosed.
The predominant narrative among U.S. officials and cybersecurity experts is that Chinese hackers, allegedly at the behest of their government, are thoroughly compromising the computer networks of American government, defense, and public sector organizations in order to steal any valuable data found within them on a daily basis. What you don’t hear so often, though we’d be remiss to ignore it and you’d be a fool not to believe it, is that the U.S. is doing the same exact thing to China.
