privacy

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2020
Russian govn blocked Tutanota service in Russia to stop encrypted communication

Tutanota, the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service. Tutanota is listed in the registry of blocked […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2020
NextMotion plastic surgery tech firm data leak

Photos and personal information belonging to patients of the NextMotion plastic surgery tech firm have been exposed online through an unsecured S3 bucket. Hundreds of thousands of documents containing photos and personal information belonging to patients of the plastic surgery technology company NextMotion have been exposed online through an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2020
Russian watchdog fines Twitter, Facebook for not moving user data to local servers

A Russian court fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each for refusing to store the personal data of Russian citizens on local servers. At the end of January, Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. On Thursday, a court […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 11, 2020
South Korean Woori Bank is accused of unauthorized use of customer data

Unauthorized use of customer information by Woori Bank, ‘crime act’ for customers. The bank changed 23,000 passwords in 2018 without consent. It is controversial that Woori Bank changed the passwords of 23,000 customer dormant accounts without consent in July 2018. The accounts are deactivated if there is no transaction for one year after their opening. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2020
Google mistakenly shared private videos of some users with others in 2019

Google has accidentally shared private videos of some users that were stored on its servers with other, the tech giant notified impacted users. Google admitted a new privacy incident, it has accidentally shared private videos saved on its servers with other users. At the time it is not clear the number of impacted users, anyway, […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2020
Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook

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 Zoom platform allowed miscreants to join Zoom meetings

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
Did H&M spy on its German employees? Privacy watchdog opens an investigation

A German privacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Hamburg’s 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 Webex flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to join private meetings

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
NIST releases version 1.0 of the Privacy Framework

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 […]