Tag: ransomware

Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 9, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of October 9th, 2020 Representatives Garcia and Wagner introduce EARN IT Act to the House The EARN IT Act has officially been introduced to the House of Representatives. The EARN IT Act previously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year and has bipartisan support in both the House … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: October 9, 2020”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 21, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of August 21st, 2020 How the government legally tracks your smartphone use with the Anomaly Six SDK Some of the apps on your smartphone could be sending information back to the government. The Wall Street Journal reports that the US government is actively tracking smartphones through a software development … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 21, 2020”

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  • Jul 29, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News,

The Garmin hack could have been a disastrous, large scale privacy breach

Garmin recently suffered a ransomware attack that crippled services for days. The ransomware attack could have been a cover for a more targeted attack on individuals around the world. This wouldn’t be the first time that a more public facing hack ends up being a smokescreen for a more targeted attack. In the recent Twitter … Continue reading “The Garmin hack could have been a disastrous, large scale privacy breach”

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  • Nov 30, 2018 |
  • Sean Doyle |
  • General Privacy News, Guides,

What is Malware? 5 Tips for Malware Protection

Malware is a term used to describe a malicious program or code that was written with the intent to cause harm to a computer system, smartphone, tablet, or other device. Malware is defined as any kind of software that corrupts computer system, gathers sensitive information, and gains access to private computer systems and networks. There … Continue reading “What is Malware? 5 Tips for Malware Protection”

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  • Nov 20, 2017 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments,

Two ways to help preserve privacy in an age of massive leaks and deep hacks

We live in the golden age of leaks. That’s not to say that leaks didn’t happen before. But the move to digital data and the availability of high-speed Internet connections has made the exfiltration of data on a massive scale much easier. Where in 1971 Daniel Ellsberg had to photocopy 7,000 pages of what became … Continue reading “Two ways to help preserve privacy in an age of massive leaks and deep hacks”

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