Laws and regulations Archives - Page 14 of 42

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2018

Justice Department announces actions to disrupt the VPNFilter botnet

The Justice Department announced an effort to disrupt the VPNFilter botnet of hundreds of thousands of infected home and office (SOHO) routers and other networked devices under the control of a Russia-linked APT group. Yesterday Talos and other security firm revealed the discovery of a huge botnet tracked as VPNFilter composed of more than 500,000 compromised routers and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 23, 2018

Experts warn: it is too easy to steal WiFi access key from TalkTalk ‘s Super Routers

Home Wi-Fi networks in the UK using Super Router provided by TalkTalk ISP are affected by a vulnerability that exposes them to cyber attacks. Security researchers at software house IndigoFuzz have discovered a security flaw in the implementation of the WPS feature of the TalkTalk Super Router that can be exploited to compromise to steal […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018

Uber agrees to new FTC settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber agrees to a new settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the massive 2016 data breach, the authorities could assign civil penalties against the company if it will fail to share incident data with FTC. Uber agrees to a new settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over the massive 2016 data breach. “Uber Technologies, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018

Airbnb China will share hosts information with the government

Airbnb China announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government to comply with national laws and regulations. Airbnb announced that it will share user data belonging to Chinese users with the Government. The company is notifying the Chinese users it will share guest’s information with local authorities to comply […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2018

Any social media accounts to declare? Visa applicants would have to declare them

The US Department of State wants to ask visa applicants to provide details on the social media accounts they’ve managed in the past five years. The US Government wants to make it mandatory for all foreigners (immigrant /non-immigrant) to provide social media details, telephone numbers, email addresses, and international travel during this period. when applying for […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 20, 2018

Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide FSB encryption keys

A Supreme Court in Russia ruled Telegram must provide the FSB with encryption keys to access users’ messaging data to avoid being blocked. Bad news for Telegram, a Supreme Court in Russia ruled the company must provide the FSB with encryption keys to access users’ messaging data. If Telegram will refuse to comply the request the authorities […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 02, 2018

European Commission requests IT firms to remove ‘Terror Content’ within an hour

The UE issued new recommendations to tackle illegal content online, it asked internet companies to promptly remove terror content from their platforms within an hour from notification. On Thursday, the UE issued new recommendations to internet companies to promptly remove “harmful content,” including terror content, from their platforms. “As a follow-up, the Commission is today recommending a set […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2018

UK Government Advices Industry Sectors To Comply With Guidance Or Pay $17 Million Fine

Aiming to tackle threats from rogue nations and hackers The UK Government urges to boost security measures of services in critical sectors. On November 2016 United Kingdom published the National Cyber Security Strategy to address cyber threats from rogue nations like Iran, Russia, China, terrorists, states sponsored hackers and cyber menaces like ransomware against the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2017

Chinese censorship – authorities have shut down 13,000 websites since 2015

China continues to strengthen its online censorship, it has shut down or revoked the licenses of 13,000 websites since 2015 for violating the country’s internet rules. State media also reported that service providers have closed nearly 10 million internet accounts for “violating service protocol.” “These moves have a powerful deterrent effect,” Xinhua quoted Wang Shengjun, vice […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017

China widely disrupted WhatsApp in the country, broadening online censorship

The popular instant messaging application WhatsApp has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government broadening online censorship. Bad news for the Chinese users of the popular instant messaging app WhatsApp because the application has been widely blocked in mainland China by the Government. Users are not able to send text messages, photo and video sharing. It isn’t […]