In this edition of Privacy alert: cyber crime targets businesses in the UK, the FCC ramps up protections for privacy, and more. These are the stories of privacy that we have identified in recent weeks you need to know.
UK Business victim of "industrial scale" Cyber Crime
GCHQ reported that companies and universities suffer be generalized "flight on an industrial scale." In response, Robert Hennigan, the head of GCHQ, has launched the first National Cyber Security Centre of Britain. The impact of cybercrime in the UK was expensive. In 2015, companies victims of cybercrime and intellectual property theft occurred an average of £ 375,000 in damages. The largest attacks were even more expensive, with an average of about £ 3 million in damages. Read more ...
FCC proposes stricter rules to protect privacy
the FCC has proposed its strict privacy rules on service providers to date. The regulations limit the user data sharing service providers with third parties without the explicit consent of the opt-in. They will not, however, be restricted to share user data with affiliates that provide communications services. Therefore, the conglomerates that offer multiple services, such as cable, Internet and cellular services could target users of one of these categories, such as cable, with ads related to another category, such as cell . It is still unclear exactly how these regulations will be implemented, and will probably fight provider against them. Read more ...
Bug Android could jeopardize permanently Nexus Devices
A vulnerability Android that could specifically impact the vast majority of Nexus was discovered. The bug has the ability to do permanently compromise such devices, even those running the latest version of Android. Fortunately, the bug is unlikely to be used in the current attacks; Web drive-by attacks to the specific bug have been described as "impractical if not impossible." Read more ...
Research suggests government oversight is silencing Free Speech
since 2013 revelations of Edward Snowden, most Americans are hyper-aware that their online activity is monitored and collected. The effect of such monitoring seems to be the restriction of citizens expressing dissent online and in public, according to an article in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly . Specifically, the paper found the "online monitoring government programs may threaten the disclosure of minority views and contribute to the strengthening of the majority." Read more ...
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