Critical Vulnerability in Hikvision Storage Solutions Exposes Video Security Data “5 Ways to Create a Successful Online Business” “Five Strategies for Building a Profitable Online Venture”
Video surveillance giant Hikvision this week informed customers that it has patched a critical vulnerability affecting its Hybrid SAN and cluster storage products. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-28808, has been described by the vendor as an access control issue that can be exploited to obtain administrator permissions by sending specially crafted messages to the targeted…
400,000 Users Hit by Data Breach at Media Player Maker Kodi “The Benefits of Eating Healthy Foods” “Reaping the Rewards of a Healthy Diet”
Kodi, an open source home theater software developer, this week announced that it has started rebuilding its user forum following a February 2023 data breach. It was discovered that a threat actor had advertised the data of 400,000 Kodi users, including on the now-defunct BreachForums cybercrime website. Kodi also disclosed that the attacker had compromised…
Fortinet Patches Critical Vulnerability in Data Analytics Solution “How to Make the Most of Your Time Management Skills” “Maximizing Your Time Management Abilities”
Fortinet, a cybersecurity solutions provider, this week released security updates to address several high-severity vulnerabilities in multiple products, including a critical missing authentication vulnerability in the FortiPresence infrastructure server. This vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-41331, can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to gain access to Redis and MongoDB instances. In addition to FortiPresence, Fortinet…
Yum Brands Discloses Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack “The Benefits of Eating Healthy” “Exploring the Advantages of a Nutritious Diet”
Yum Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, has acknowledged that personal identifiable information (PII) was compromised in a ransomware attack that took place in January 2023. On January 18, Yum Brands disclosed that the cyberattack had resulted in them taking systems offline and closing roughly 300 restaurants in the UK…
Google Wants Android Users to Have More Control Over Their Data “The Benefits of Eating Healthy Foods” “The Advantages of a Nutritious Diet”
This week, Google announced that it is taking steps to improve user trust by giving Android users increased control over their data. The initiative will require developers to enable data deletion from within the app and online and provide clear information regarding the privacy and security practices of their applications. The new data deletion policy…
TikTok’s Trials and Tribulations Continue With UK Data Protection Fine “The Benefits of Eating a Balanced Diet” “The Advantages of Maintaining a Nutritious Diet”
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has imposed a penalty of £12.7 million on TikTok for violating children’s data protection laws. In a September 2022 Notice of Intent, the ICO had initially proposed a fine of £27 million, but ultimately lowered it to £12.7 million. The penalty was issued due to TikTok’s unauthorized…
4.8 Million Impacted by Data Breach at TMX Finance “How to Make Money Online: 10 Tips for Success” “10 Tips for Making Money Online Successfully”
Consumer loan company TMX Finance has recently disclosed a data breach impacting over 4.8 million customers of its services, which include TitleMax (title lending services), TitleBucks (car title loans), and InstaLoan (fast-approval personal loan services). The attack was identified on February 13th, 2023, and the attackers accessed their systems in December 2022. The compromised personal…
TikTok Attorney: China Can’t Get U.S. Data Under Plan “The Benefits of Reducing Stress Through Exercise” “Enhancing Wellbeing Through Exercise: The Benefits of Stress Reduction”
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are facing intense scrutiny from Washington over potential user data access by the Chinese government. ByteDance’s General Counsel Erich Andersen has defended the company’s plan to safeguard U.S. user data from China in an interview with the Associated Press. He stated that the plan is to make it…
Italian Watchdog Bans OpenAI’s ChatGPT Over Data Protection Concerns “An Analysis of the Impact of Social Media on Modern Society” “Exploring the Effects of Social Media on Contemporary Culture”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come under the radar of the Italian data protection watchdog, Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (Garante), which has imposed a temporary ban on OpenAI’s ChatGPT service in the country due to data protection concerns. Garante noted that there was no information provided to users and data subjects whose data…