We also looked at how New data rulings in Europe could stop Meta from sending data from the European Union to the US, potentially causing application outages across the continent. However, the decisions also have a broader impact: US surveillance law reform.
Also this week, a new phone maker launched and it has a specific goal: to protect your privacy. The Good PGPP service or phone security, by Invisv, separates the phone user from the identifier associated with your device, which means it cannot track your mobile browsing or associate you with a location. This service helps to solve a large number of privacy issues. And if you want to increase your security even more, here it is how to use Apple’s new Lock Mode in iOS 16.
But that’s not all. Every week we highlight news that we don’t cover in depth. Click on the title below to read the full story. And it’s safe out there.
Federal Trade Commission this week announced it has begun the process of writing new data privacy rules in the United States. In one statement, FTC President Lina Khan emphasized the need for strong privacy rules to curb the “surveillance economy” which she considers opaque, manipulative and responsible for “doing aggravated… the imbalance of power”. Anyone can submit the rules for review by the agency between now and mid-October. And the FTC will hold a public “virtual event” on the matter on September 8th.
This week, media company Twilio said “sophisticated” attackers had successfully carried out a phishing campaign targeting company employees. The attackers sent text messages with malicious links and included words like “Okta,” its own identity management platform. hacked plain Lapsus hacker group $ this early year. Twilio later said that the scheme allowed attackers to access the data of 125 customers. But the campaign didn’t stop there: Cloudflare later also revealed that it also targeted by attackers—Though they were blocked by the company’s hardware-based multi-factor authentication tools. As always, be careful what you click on.
Elsewhere, enterprise technology giant Cisco disclosure that it fell victim to a ransomware attack. According to Talos, the company’s cybersecurity division, the attacker compromised an employee’s login credentials after gaining access to a personal Google account, where they could access the login information. synced from the browser. The attacker, identified as part of the Yanluowang ransomware gang, then “performed a series of sophisticated voice phishing attacks” to trick victims into accepting multi-factor authentication requests, eventually were also successful. Cisco said the attacker was unable to access critical internal systems and was eventually eliminated. However, the attacker claims to have stolen more than 3,000 files with a total of 2.75 GB of data.
Meta’s WhatsApp is the world’s largest end-to-end encrypted messaging service. While it may not be the best encrypted messenger you will want Use Signal for best protection—The app prevents billions of messages, photos, and calls from being tracked. WhatsApp is now introduce some additional features to help improve people’s privacy on its app.
Later this month, you will be able to leave a WhatsApp group without notifying every member that you have left. (Only admins of the group will be alerted). WhatsApp will also let you choose who can and cannot see your “online” status. And finally, the company is also testing a feature that allows you to block screenshots on photos or videos sent with a “see once” feature, which will destroy messages as they are viewed. Here are some other ways to enhance your privacy on WhatsApp.
And finally, security researcher Troy Hunt perhaps best known for Have I been Pwned yet? website, allowing you to check if your email address or phone number was included in any of the 622 data breaches, for a total of 11,895,990,533 accounts. (Spoiler: It might be.) Hunt’s latest project is Take revenge on spammers. He created a system, named Purgatory Passwordthat encourages spammers who email him to create an account on his site so they can work together to “really empower real-time experiences.”
The chase? All password requirements cannot be met. Each time a spammer tries to create an account, they are required to go through more rounds to generate the proper password. For example, “Password must end with dog” or “Password must not end with ‘!’” A spammer spent 14 minutes trying to create an accounttry 34 passwords, before finally giving up: catCatdog1dogPeterdogbobcatdoglisadog.
