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CG Blogger : Feb 6, 2022 7:59:00 AM
Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: Target's anti-skimmer Merry Maker, Segway. Payments, Training & events. New breaches: Securitas (S3), News Corp, Whisper. New Ransomware: Changing tactics, Oiltanking, Kronos. Follow-ups & Fall-out: Equifax. Privacy: GPU-fingerprinting, Ungoogling yourself. Laws & Regs - Canada: C-11/streaming, Online harms, Digital Taxes. US: EARN IT, Cyber Review board, EFF. World: EU vs. US. Standards: NIST Software, IoT, &, Security Labeling. NVD API. Defense: volunteers, browsers. Vulnerabilities, Zerodays: Zimbra. Other Vulnerabilities: CISA alerts, Log4shell lives on, Firmware, Cisco, ESET, Supply chains, MSIX, Finding Open Source vulns, Walmart analyzes new ransomware. Patching: CISA must patch, Samba. Crypto-research. Cybercrime: Trends: Reverse proxy attacks, Nation States: taking down North Korea, China, more spyware, Ukraine. Crime & Enforcement; fraud & blackmail, big heists, drones, Other Risks: Automation. Banning ideas. App monopolies, too many secrets, Internet next, Health, Safety & Environment. Covid-19: Spread, Curves, Waves, and Variants; Response; Treatments; Learned; Covid Ugly; Innovation and more.
News and announcements relating to Payment Security, PCI, Card Brands, Payments, Payment Malware and Fraud, and Payment Related Compliance.
Other payment related:
Other educational events, webinars, courses:
Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware (as potential breach), and their fallout.
New Breaches:
New Ransomware and "Incidents":
Follow-ups and fall-out:
Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.
News about laws, regulations, platform rules, and standards affecting security, privacy, technology, and public interest.
Canada:
US:
World:
Standards News:
Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.
Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.
Other Zero-day news:
Other Vulnerabilities:
Patching:
Cryptography and Cryptographic Research:
News covering active trends, alerts, events.
Trends, Alerts, and Events (other than major breaches):
Nation State Actors:
Crime & Arrests, etc.:
Articles covering other types of risks.
Health, Safety & Environment:
COVID related articles. We have been following coronavirus risks since https://controlgap.com/blog/this-weeks-insecurity-issue-147.
The spread, curves, spikes, waves, reinfection, and variant strains:
Guidance, Response, and Recovery:
Treatments, Testing, Triage, Trials, and things we Learned:
More of the good, the bad, and the ugly:
A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.
Innovations & Inventions:
Other:
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