The headline says it all. About 142 million customer records were stolen from MGM Resorts, the data included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. Rich pickings for any threat actor. MGM’s data breach was over two years ago and the data has been on sale since …
Ad tracking on iPhone and Android and how to disable it
Here is something to do whilst sitting having a coffee (or drink of your choice!) this weekend. Make sure you have disabled ad tracking on your phone. The article from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) also explains why you should do this. Hint: you should be protective of your privacy! …
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This story starts off as Science Fiction come true but rapidly becomes about privacy
Contact lens computer screens, you cannot get more Mission Impossible, Batman (have you seen the latest Batman?) or just science fiction than that. Pop in your contact lenses and useful info is floating there in front of your world. Need a photo, blink twice. Need to know what “today’s Specials” …
I wrote some simple malware to steal credit card data and how that connects to a Texas data breach
OK it was part of my Master course, and it was an attack against a sand-boxed compromised server, and the malware, to be honest, would not last a moment in the real world with the current state of the art when it comes to protecting customer payment information. However the …
Bedfordshire Council is sorry – well that’s OK then! Advice on CIA, AAA and Policies and Procedures
Here is another example of a data breach at a council. Although breach implies someone broke in and stole the data – as opposed to what happened which was that the Council employees themselves just sent the sensitive information out as part of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request – …
