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Virginia Passes Consumer Data Protection Law

Virginia joins California in enacting a comprehensive data privacy law with the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, becoming the second state to have legislation giving consumers the right to access data organizations have collected about them.

Government, Data Protection

Making 0-Day Hard is Still Hard

The difficulty of detecting zero days in the wild and incomplete patches for the ones that are found is making life easier for attackers.

Google, Vulnerability

Privacy Rules Not Strictly Enforced for iOS, Android

New privacy-focused rules banning location trackers and requiring disclosing data collection rules for privacy are not consistently enforced on the App Store and Google Play.

Privacy, Mobile Apps

Political Campaigns Face Tough Security Challenges

The short lifespans and limited budgets of political campaigns adds to the security challenges they face as advanced adversaries target them.

Government, 2fa

FBI Director Urges More Cooperation, Relationships

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been beating the public-private sector cooperation drum for several years now, and FBI director Christopher Wray stuck to that theme during his talk at Fordham University’s International Conference on Cyber Security.

Fbi, Information Sharing, Threat Intelligence