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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 232

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 232

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: Back-to-Basics. Dotty's & NRS. New breaches: Fortinet, UN, Tesla, Israel, Morocco, Singapore, McDonalds. New Ransomware: ReVil, Afghanistan, Russia, Follow-ups & Fall-out. Espionage vs. breach? Privacy: WhatsApp, smart-dumb-glasses, Ear-buds. Laws & Regs: Canada: US: Epic v. Apple, Ransomware disclosure. World: Crypto-wars. Standards: NIST. Defense: Webinars, Webinars. Cooperation, quantum RNG. Vulnerabilities: MSHTML zero day, OWASP #1 in 2021, Node JS, Netgear. Cybercrime: Trends: Canada, Pegasus. Nation States. Crime: Other Risks: Connected-to Service Providers, Facebook, Cables, Proton Mail controversy, Elections, IPv6, Health, Safety & Environment: CO2 capture, Batteries, Fusion, Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Waves, and Variants; Response; Treatments; Immunity; Covid Ugly; Covid Compliance. And more.

PCI Compliance and Payments

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

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, Platforms, Standards, and Public Policy

News about laws, regulations, platform rules, 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, alerts, 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 225

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 225

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Card Production, Data Removal, Digesting PCI, Issuers. Fingerprint cards. New breaches: Saudi Aramco, Mexican...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 234

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 234

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: Remote assessments, magecart. New breaches: Thai visitors, Event Builder, Exchange. New...

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This Week's [in]Security - Issue 182

This Week's [in]Security - Issue 182

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. Draft DSS v4 RFC. Breach Reporting. New breaches: XP Source. Bing. Shopify. Spots. games. Airbnb. New...

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