Tag: law
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Vidar Rises to Top of Chaotic Infostealer Market
The malware has filled the gap created by last year’s law enforcement takedowns of Lumma and Rhadamanthys. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/vidar-top-chaotic-infostealer-market
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Open is Not Costless: Reclaiming Sustainable Infrastructure
<div cla For years, the software industry treated public package registries like a law of nature. They were simply there. Immutable, invisible, and somehow outside the normal rules of cost, capacity, and responsibility. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/open-is-not-costless-reclaiming-sustainable-infrastructure/
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Canada’s first SMS blaster case leads to three arrests
Tags: lawCanadian law enforcement arrested three men who face 44 charges for operating an SMS blaster device that mimicked a legitimate cellular tower. The device was operated from … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/28/canada-sms-blaster-arrests/
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U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025
The increase is being driven by powerful privacy laws in states like California, new interstate partnerships and a renewed focus on the privacy impacts of AI and automation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/privacy-companies-hit-with-record-fines-2025-gartner/
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U.S. companies hit with record fines for privacy in 2025
The increase is being driven by powerful privacy laws in states like California, new interstate partnerships and a renewed focus on the privacy impacts of AI and automation. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/privacy-companies-hit-with-record-fines-2025-gartner/
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Helping Romance Scam Victims Requires a Proactive, Empathic Approach
People targeted by confidence schemes find getting help is a lonely road. Experts want law enforcement, financial, and government institutions to work together and protect them. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/building-teams-to-help-cyber-scam-victims
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FBI, Indonesian Authorities Team to Take Down Site Ripping Off Users for Millions
Phishing still hooks users around the world and coaxes them to hand over credentials. But on occasion the good guys take them down, like the FBI in collaboration with Indonesian law enforcement did with W3LLStore marketplace. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/fbi-indonesian-authorities-team-to-take-down-site-ripping-off-users-for-millions/
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FBI, Indonesian Authorities Team to Take Down Site Ripping Off Users for Millions
Phishing still hooks users around the world and coaxes them to hand over credentials. But on occasion the good guys take them down, like the FBI in collaboration with Indonesian law enforcement did with W3LLStore marketplace. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/fbi-indonesian-authorities-team-to-take-down-site-ripping-off-users-for-millions/
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Helping Romance Scam Victims Require a Proactive, Empathic Approach
People targeted by confidence schemes find getting help is a lonely road. Experts want law enforcement, financial and government institutions to work together and protect them. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/building-teams-to-help-cyber-scam-victims
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New US House privacy bills raise hard questions about enterprise data collection
Tags: access, ai, awareness, banking, business, cio, ciso, compliance, credentials, data, finance, framework, governance, group, identity, insurance, Internet, jobs, law, privacy, regulation, risk, service, strategy, supply-chainWhere privacy law overlaps with AI governance: The SECURE Data Act does not contain broad, standalone AI governance rules, but it still touches AI in meaningful ways.The bill includes opt-outs for fully automated profiling used for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. That language can clearly implicate some uses of AI, particularly in hiring,…
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Data Breaches, Malware Campaigns, and Cyber Fraud Investigations
In this week’s edition of The Cyber Express weekly roundup, we explore the latest developments in the world of cybersecurity, focusing on high-profile data breaches, growing malware campaigns, and law enforcement actions against cybercriminals. First seen on thecyberexpress.com Jump to article: thecyberexpress.com/tce-weekly-roundup-april-2026/
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The curious case of Sean Plankey’s derailed CISA nomination
Questions over who wanted Plankey blocked: On March 3, Ana Visneski, a former head of global disaster response at Amazon Web Services and former chief of digital media for the US Coast Guard, posted on Bluesky that she was “hearing from multiple sources” that Plankey “has been fired and escorted out of Coast Guard HQ…
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Germany Tries, Tries Again With ISP Data Retention Mandate
Berlin Proposes 3 Month Requirement to Store IP Addresses. The German government says it’s unlocked the secret to passing a law that would require internet service providers to keep customer data without running afoul of privacy and security concerns that sunk earlier attempts. Critics say that’s impossible First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/germany-tries-tries-again-isp-data-retention-mandate-a-31496
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Germany Tries, Tries Again With ISP Data Retention Mandate
Berlin Proposes 3 Month Requirement to Store IP Addresses. The German government says it’s unlocked the secret to passing a law that would require internet service providers to keep customer data without running afoul of privacy and security concerns that sunk earlier attempts. Critics say that’s impossible First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/germany-tries-tries-again-isp-data-retention-mandate-a-31496
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House Republicans unveil data privacy law that would override state protections
The bill, known as the SECURE Data Act, is backed by top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce and Financial Services committees. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/house-republicans-unveil-data-privacy-law-override-state-measures
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CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros
Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366641875/CYBERUK-26-UK-lagging-on-legal-protections-for-cyber-pros
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Vercel Confirms Security Breach Affecting Customer Accounts
Vercel has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorised access to certain internal systems, and the company says the incident affected a limited number of customer accounts and stored data. The cloud platform provider disclosed that it is actively investigating the incident with help from outside incident response experts and has also notified law enforcement. According…
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Telco Privacy Violation? Fine! No, Telco Privacy Violation, Fine. Supreme Court to Determine if FCC Can Charge Telcos for Data Breaches
The intersection of constitutional law and cybersecurity enforcement, specifically the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial in regulatory data privacy cases. Central Conflict: Whether federal agencies (like the FCC, SEC, or FTC) can administratively impose monetary penalties for data misuse without a jury, or if such actions are “Suits at common law” requiring Article…
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Apple fixes iOS bug that kept deleted notifications, including chat previews
A vulnerability in iPhones and iPads allowed law enforcement to recover deleted notifications, including Signal message previews. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/apple-fixes-ios-bug-that-kept-deleted-notifications-including-chat-previews/
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House Republicans roll out national privacy bill
Experts say the federal legislation takes inspiration from states laws in Virginia and Kentucky, but a lack of bipartisan support could spell trouble. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/house-republicans-release-national-privacy-legislation/
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House Republicans roll out national privacy bill
Experts say the federal legislation takes inspiration from states laws in Virginia and Kentucky, but a lack of bipartisan support could spell trouble. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/house-republicans-release-national-privacy-legislation/
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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/apple-fixes-bug-that-cops-used-to-extract-deleted-chat-messages-from-iphones/
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Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones
The iPhone and iPad bug allowed law enforcement using forensic tools to read messages that had long been deleted by the Signal app. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/apple-fixes-bug-that-cops-used-to-extract-deleted-chat-messages-from-iphones/
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The Time Is Now to Prepare for CRA Enforcement
Tags: cyber, cybersecurity, Hardware, international, law, network, resilience, software, supply-chain<div cla When the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) was introduced into law in 2024, it represented one of the most significant regulatory shifts we’ve seen anywhere in the world with implications for how organizations build, ship, and maintain software. It establishes cybersecurity requirements for hardware and software products sold within the European Union or…
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Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on people in London, say judges
Tags: lawJudges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights laws First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/high_court_gives_thumbs_up/
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Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on Londoners, say judges
Tags: lawJudges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights laws First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/high_court_gives_thumbs_up/
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The FTC’s AI portfolio is about to get bigger
The commission is preparing to enforce key parts of a new law against sexual deepfakes and searching for ways to block AI-driven scamming using voice clones. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ftc-ai-portolio-getting-bigger-take-it-down-voice-cloning/