Irish Regulator Fines Facebook for Privacy Law Violations
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined Facebook’s parent company, Meta, 17 million euros, or about $19 million, for violating Europe’s privacy law. The regulator, the...
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No rational basis: Defamation law expert says Australia’s anti-trolling Bill should be canned
Image: Getty Images A defamation law expert has slammed the federal government’s so-called anti-trolling Bill, accusing it of changing Australia’s defamation laws for no...
Utah inches closer to becoming fourth state to pass privacy law
Last week, the Utah House of Representatives unanimously passed a consumer privacy bill — the Utah Consumer Privacy Act — moving it one step...
FBI warns of online scammers impersonating government officials, law enforcement
The FBI released a warning on Monday about scammers impersonating government officials or law enforcement agencies before attempting to extort people and steal personal...
France Rules That Using Google Analytics Violates GDPR Data Protection Law
French data protection regulators on Thursday found the use of Google Analytics a breach of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws...
Russian Law Enforcement Take Down Several Cybercrime Forums
Russian authorities this week announced that they have seized Ferum Shop, Sky-Fraud, and Trump’s Dumps, three well-known online shops for stolen payment card data....
Recent GootLoader Campaign Targets Law, Accounting Firms
A recently observed GootLoader campaign has been focusing on infecting the devices of legal and accounting company employees with malware, eSentire reports. Initially detailed...
GootLoader Hackers Targeting Employees of Law and Accounting Firms
Operators of the GootLoader campaign are setting their sights on employees of accounting and law firms as part of a fresh onslaught of widespread...
Data assessment, user consent key to compliance with China law
International businesses that process information from China should obtain user consent and establish a data map, so they do not run afoul of the...
New Ransomware Variants Flourish Amid Law Enforcement Actions
Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics and techniques to deploy file-encrypting malware on compromised systems, notwithstanding law enforcement’s disruptive actions against the cybercrime...