Data Security

France’s privacy watchdog fined Microsoft €60 million ($64 million) for not offering clear enough instruction for users to reject cookies used for online ads, as part of the move to enforce Europe’s tightening data protection law.

LastPass case underscores the downside of password managers as a single point of failure and the need for security teams to focus on cloud security.

Data breach hits sports betting firm BetMGM New Jersey-based sports betting operator BetMGM has been impacted by a data breach that resulted in the theft of its customers' personal information, BleepingComputer reports.

Google has unveiled the new Magritte and updated FHE C++ Transpiler open-source technologies aimed at bolstering user data processing efficiency while maintaining privacy requirement compliance, SiliconAngle reports.

A ransomware attack at top Colombian energy company Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) may damage its credit quality, setting an alarm clock for the critical infrastructure industry to develop efficient mitigation practices and vulnerability management programs, Moody’s said.  

StateScoop reports that the National Science Foundation has been urged by Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., to require encryption for data in the new National Secure Data Service to ensure the protection of shared data against foreign threats.

A settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Morley in the wake of a 2021 hacking and data exfiltration incident.

Akamai researchers hypothesized that the KmsdBot botnet, which has been used to target security firms, luxury brands, and game modifiers for "Red Dead Redemption 2" and "Grand Theft Auto V," may have been a DDoS-for-hire service, with most of its victims scattered across North America, Europe, and Asia, reports The Hacker News.