Melissa's Musings(My opinionated view of life)

Biden cyber strategy a 'game changer' and 'revolutionary,' industry pros say | SC Media : Many industry professionals viewed the Biden administration’s cybersecurity strategy as a positive step, but warned of the investment that will be needed to carry it out.

What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked - Techlicious : How to prevent your email from getting hacked and the 8 steps to take if you're hacked to get everything back in order and keep hackers out for good.

Zero-Day Exploit Found Affecting Chrome and Edge Browsers - Techlicious : If you use the Chrome or Edge browser on your computer, update it now. A recently-found zero-day exploit could let hackers perform malicious activities.

IRS plans for facial recognition draw scrutiny from privacy, cybersecurity advocates : An IRS plan to use ID.me and facial recognition software would represent a massive expansion of the federal government's (long and controversial) biometric surveillance record and carries real privacy and cybersecurity concerns, experts say.

Medtronic Recalls Remote Controllers Used with Paradigm and 508 MiniMed Insulin Pumps for Potential Cybersecurity Risks | FDA : Medtronic recalled all remote controllers used with the MiniMed 508 and Paradigm family of insulin pumps due to potential cybersecurity risks.

38M Records Were Exposed Online—Including Contact-Tracing Info | WIRED : MORE THAN A thousand web apps mistakenly exposed 38 million records on the open internet, including data from a number of Covid-19 contact tracing platforms, vaccination sign-ups, job application portals, and employee databases. The data included a range of sensitive information, from people’s phone numbers and home addresses to social security numbers and Covid-19 vaccination status. The incident affected major companies and organizations, including American Airlines, Ford, the transportation and logistics company J.B. Hunt, the Maryland Department of Health, the New York City Municipal Transportation Authority, and New York City public schools. And while the data exposures have since been addressed, they show how one bad configuration setting in a popular platform can have far-reaching consequences.

Microsoft finds new NETGEAR firmware vulnerabilities that could lead to identity theft and full system compromise | Microsoft Security Blog : We discovered vulnerabilities in NETGEAR DGN-2200v1 series routers that can compromise a network's security—opening the gates for attackers to roam untethered through an entire organization. We shared our findings with NETGEAR through coordinated vulnerability disclosure via Microsoft Security Vulnerability Research (MSVR), and worked closely with NETGEAR security and engineering teams to provide advice on mitigating these issues.

Actors steal data of 500K patients during eye clinic ransomware attack

Study: Facebook’s Top Three Apps Tie For Least Respect For Privacy : Facebook’s entire business model is built on hoovering up as much user data as possible in order to monetize it with advertisers. However, it’s always shocking to see just how little Facebook respects our privacy. For example, a recent study from Surfshack analyzed the web’s top apps to see which ones were the most data-hungry,…

Recycled Phone Numbers Threaten Digital Privacy and Safety, Study Shows – HOTforSecurity : A study from the Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University draws attention to security and privacy risks that stem from recycling mobile phone numbers. Researchers... #accounttakeoverattacks #digitalprivacy #personallyidentifiableinformation