Without one, the companies that collect our data will likely face compliance with California’s take-no-prisoners law, in effect 1 January 2020.
Daily Archives: October 3, 2019
PDF encryption standard weaknesses uncovered
Researchers have discovered weaknesses in PDF encryption which could be exploited to reveal the plaintext contents of a file to an attacker.
Google’s Password Manager now checks for breached credentials
Google has taken the next step in its strategy to secure users’ passwords. The search giant has taken a password-checking feature released in February as an extension to its Chrome browser and embedded it directly into its password manager service.
Ransomware attacks paralyze, and sometimes crush, hospitals
New attacks on the perennially besieged sector have crippled hospitals in the US and Australia and caused one health clinic to shut down.