Thought GDPR Compliance Was Hard? Buckle Up

Guy Tytunovich, founder and CEO of CHEQ, says the days of a one-size-fits-all consent strategy are gone. Consider a two-pronged approach and use smart consent management technology to adapt to differing regulations.


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Okta: October data breach affects all customer support system users


Okta's investigation into the breach of its Help Center environment last month revealed that the hackers obtained data belonging to all customer support system users. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...tem-users/

How Continuous Pen Testing Protects Web Apps from Emerging Threats


The nature and ubiquity of modern web apps make them rife for targeting by hackers. Learn more from Outpost24 about the value of continuous monitoring to secure modern web apps. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...g-threats/

US seizes Sinbad crypto mixer used by North Korean Lazarus hackers


The U.S. Department of the Treasury has sanctioned the Sinbad cryptocurrency mixing service for its use as a money-laundering tool by the North Korean Lazarus hacking group. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...s-hackers/

Japanese Space Agency JAXA hacked in summer cyberattack


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was hacked in a cyberattack over the summer, potentially compromising sensitive space-related technology and data. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...berattack/

Hackers breach US water facility via exposed Unitronics PLCs


CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency) is warning that threat actors breached a U.S. water facility by hacking into Unitronics programmable logic controllers (PLCs) exposed online. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...nics-plcs/

Black Basta ransomware made over $100 million from extortion


Russia-linked ransomware gang Black Basta has raked in at least $100 million in ransom payments from more than 90 victims since it first surfaced in April 2022, according to joint research from Corvus Insurance and Elliptic. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...extortion/

Microsoft starts testing new Windows 11 Energy Saver feature


Microsoft has started testing a new Windows 11 Energy Saver feature that helps customers extend their portable computers' battery life. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi...r-feature/

SIM swapper gets 8 years in prison for account hacks, crypto theft


Amir Hossein Golshan, 25, was sentenced to eight years in prison by a Los Angeles District Court and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution for crimes involving SIM swapping, merchant fraud, support fraud, account hacking, and cryptocurrency theft. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...pto-theft/

Dollar Tree hit by third-party data breach impacting 2 million people


Discount store chain Dollar Tree was impacted by a third-party data breach affecting 1,977,486 people after the hack of service provider Zeroed-In Technologies. [...]


https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/se...on-people/