According to the claim, some users received targeted ads via Facebook and Instagram while logged in to personal accounts. The ads were including sensitive data such as specific sexually transmitted diseases. The company has settled the case by agreeing with the FTC to a $1.5 million fine. Read more here
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners in their program for a worthy defender of small devices’ generated data, a group of cryptographic algorithms called Ascon. Read more here
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook, developed in collaboration with Accenture, examines the cybersecurity trends that will impact our economies and societies in 2023. Read more here
The Danish Data Protection Authority seriously criticizes the fact that the Danish Growth Fund has neither obtained valid consent nor fulfilled the obligation to provide information through the use of spy pixels in its newsletters. Read more here (Danish only)
The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has shared a warning on a large scale attack hitting Europe and North America. The most affected countries so far have been France, Finland and Italy. Read more in this article by Politico
The document provides finance sector firms with a guide for the assessment of their resilience against malicious cyber incidents through simulation and a guide for authorities considering the use of Threat-Led Penetration Testing (TLPT) within their jurisdictions. Read more at the UK’s Government website