Pierluigi Paganini
February 02, 2020
Russia’s Roskomnadzor watchdog wants to fine Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. “On January 31, 2020, Roskomnadzor instituted administrative […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 29, 2020
A vulnerability in the Zoom online meeting system could be exploited to join meetings and view all content shared by participants. The popular video conferencing Zoom is affected by a vulnerability that could be exploited to join meetings and view all content shared by participants. The issue allowed anyone to remotely eavesdrop on unprotected active […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 27, 2020
A German privacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Hamburgâs data protection commissioner has launched an investigation into Swedish clothing retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) amid evidence that the company was spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. According to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 25, 2020
Cisco addressed a vulnerability in Cisco Webex that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to join a protected video conference meeting. Cisco has addressed a high-severity flaw in the Cisco Webex video conferencing platform (CVE-2020-3142) that could be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to enter a password-protected video conference meeting. In order […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 21, 2020
The NIST released version 1.0 of Privacy Framework, it is a tool designed to help organizations to manage privacy risks. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the release version 1.0 of its privacy framework. The Framework is a voluntary tool that can be used by organizations to manage risks in compliance […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2020
Chinese authorities continue operations against unauthorized VPN services that are very popular in the country. China continues to intensify the monitoring of the cyberspace applying and persecution of VPN services that could be used to bypass its censorship system known as the Great Firewall. The Great Firewall project already blocked access to more hundreds of the worldâs 1,000 top […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2020
Facebook addressed last week a security flaw that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited against several high-profile pages. Last week Facebook has addressed a security issue that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited in attacks in the wild against several high-profile pages. The page admin accounts are anonymous unless the Page […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 10, 2020
A database containing the personal details of 56.25 million US residents that allegedly belongs to CheckPeople.com website was exposed online. A database containing the personal details of 56.25 million US residents that allegedly belongs to the CheckPeople.com website was exposed online on a server having a Chinese IP address. The huge trove of data includes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2020
Google has recently disabled all Xiaomi smart home integrations on Nest Hub after being informed that some users could access other peopleâs camera feeds. On January 1st, 2020, a Reddit user (‘/u/Dio-V’) posted a discussion revealing that Nest Hub was able to access feeds from other Xiaomi cameras. As proof of the issue, the user […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2020
HappyHotel, a Japanese search engine used to find and book rooms in “love hotels,” announced to have suffered a security breach in December. HappyHotel is a popular Japanese search engine for “love hotels,” it is used by married couples and unfaithful spouses, it allows users to book rooms in love hotels in Japan. Almex, the […]
