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White House to Regulate Cloud Security: Good Luck With That

| | Biden administration , Biden National Cybersecurity Strategy , Cloud Security , cybersecurity regulation , regulation , SB Blogwatch , White House
Be careful what you wish for: Biden wants new regulations for cloud providers—but we’re not sure it’ll help ... Read More

‘Extraordinary, Egregious’ Data Breach at House and Senate

| | Congress , DC Health Link , Health insurance , HIPAA , House of Representatives , pii , Privacy , SB Blogwatch , US Congress , US Senate
Capitol Trouble: Senators, representatives and staffers suffer PII leak. Could it finally kickstart some action? ... Read More

How Cybersecurity Delays Critical Infrastructure Modernization

| | Critical Infrastructure , Cybersecurity , Data Security , Energy , Utilities , water
Cybersecurity concerns relating to the protection of data are having a significant impact on the modernization (or lack thereof) of critical and public utility infrastructure, with many utility companies failing to adopt new tools and technology available to them. However, it is possible to integrate advanced tools in these areas ... Read More

Ban TikTok, say FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, GOP, DNC, POTUS (but not ACLU)

| | ACLU , Biden administration , Bytedance , CIA , DATA Act , DNI , FBI , FBI Director Christopher Wray , nsa , RESTRICT Act , SB Blogwatch , senate hearing , TikTok , US Senate , White House
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. RESTRICT: The White House and both sides of the Senate agree that TikTok needs to be stopped—or at least RESTRICT’ed. A bipartisan bill seeks to make that happen ... Read More

Voice-Clone AI Scams — it’s NOT ME on the Phone, Grandma

| | 419 , 419 scam , AI , Artificial Intelligence , ElevenLabs , Resemble AI , SB Blogwatch , scam , spanish prisoner , voice masquerading
Voice AI tech being misused by scammers: Scrotes fake your voice and call your grandparents. Then “you” beg them for money ... Read More

US Marshals Ransomware Hack is ‘Major Incident’

| | Data leak , DevSecOps in Government , Federal Government , government , government compliance , government cyber attacks , government data leak , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch , U.S. Marshals , USMS
The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has been hacked (again). Scrotes stole sensitive stuff (supposedly) ... Read More

‘See No Evil’ — Mozilla SLAMS Google’s App Privacy Labels

| | android , Android apps , facebook , google , Google Play Store , Minecraft , Mozilla , Mozilla Foundation , Play Store , Privacy , SB Blogwatch , See no evil , Twitter
Google doesn’t want you to know what your Android apps do with your data. That seems to be the conclusion from a Mozilla study into the Play Store ... Read More

Surprise! US DoD Server Had no Password — 3TB of Sensitive Data Leaked

| | azure , Azure cloud , Azure Government Cloud , defense department , Department of Defense , DoD , email , Microsoft , Microsoft Azure , Microsoft Azure Security , pentagon , SB Blogwatch , U.S. Department of Defense , United States Department of Defense , US DOD , USSOCOM
Sensitive military data found on unprotected Microsoft Azure server. Defense Department email store left insecure for at least 11 days ... Read More

GoDaddy Hosting Hacked — for FOURTH Time in 4 Years

| | cPanel , GoDaddy , GoDaddy hacked , godaddy.com , hacked WordPress , hosting , hosting provider , persistence , Persistent Threats , SB Blogwatch , webhosting , Website Hosting
GoDaddy’s web hosting service breached yet again. This time, the perps were redirecting legit websites to malware ... Read More

‘Serious’ Ransomware Emergency in Oakland, Calif. — Legacy FAIL

| | California , local government , Oakland , Ransomware , SB Blogwatch
Oakland is still reeling from last week’s ransomware attack. San Francisco’s poorer neighbor is asking for help ... Read More
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