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Archive for December, 2021

Dates : December 2021

Predator spyware-for-hire caught hacking in tandem with Pegasus

December 21, 2021
While Pegasus (NSO Group) has been in the news for hacking politicians and journalists, new surveillance groups have been identified for using never-before-seen tactics to quietly hack and steal phone data of critics of authoritarian governments. Predator, from North Macedonian company Cytrox, was found by Citizen Lab and Meta (fka Facebook) to be targeting as many as 50,000 victims in more than 100 countries.
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Despite mass increase in breaches, most US consumers unaware of data laws & best practices

December 21, 2021
US survey of 1,000 consumers finds 71% don’t know about data laws like CCPA, despite the huge increases in data breaches (incidences were up 141% between 2019-2020) and their desire for data protection. Thirty-nine  percent of those surveyed said they want more government regulation – but in terms of best practice, 71% admitted they never, or only occasionally, read data sharing disclosures that are provided to tell them how their data is being used.
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Lack of centralized data and widespread use of spreadsheets to track regulatory change adds to risk factors when addressing threats

December 21, 2021
A survey of 200 risk and compliance executives conducted by Compliance Week indicated that companies that lack integration of their risk, compliance and audit data are impeded when It comes to detecting and responding to data threats. Fifty-six percent said their organizational data was stored across multiple internal and external platforms with only 16% saying their data resides in a single, centralized place.
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