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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 180

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 180

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. VoIP skimmers? New breaches: New Ransomware. Contact tracing. Facial Recognition. Supreme Court and Security Research. CRA class-action. Link tax. Post-Quantum-Crypto. ICS. Raccoon. BLURtooth. BitCoin. Election Security. Nvidia/Arm. AI. Deepfaking. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Spikes, Waves, & reinfections. Lockdown, Reopening, & The New Normal. Vaccine Progress. More of the Good, Bad, and Ugly. And more.

Note: The COVID section appears later in the article.

PCI Compliance and Payments

News and announcements relating to Payment Security, PCI, Card Brands, Payments, Payment Malware and Fraud.

Breaches / Ransomware / Leaks

Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware (as potential breach), and their fallout.

Privacy

Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.

Laws & Regulations / Standards

News about laws, regulations, and standards affecting security, privacy, technology, and public interest.

Defense / Techniques / Solutions

Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.

Bugs / Design Flaws / Vulnerabilities / Research

Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.

Hacking / Malware / Cybercrime / Exploitation

News covering active trends and events.

Other Security / Risk

Articles covering other types of risks.

COVID-19 updates.

COVID related articles. We have been following coronavirus risks since https://controlgap.com/blog/this-weeks-insecurity-issue-147.

Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side

A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 179

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 179

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Magecart. Warner Music. American Payroll. New breaches: US Voter db? Norway. Experian SA. Telmate. New...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 196

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 196

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. SolarWinds. Espionage vs Cyberwar. Year in Review Articles. Magecart. New breaches. New Ransomware. Ransomware...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 192

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 192

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI Updates PTS, P2PE, PFI. PCI eLearning. Magecart. Another mega-breach, plus: data protection, healthcare,...

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