Facebook to pay $550m to settle face-tagging suit

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:14:22 +0000

A class-action lawsuit against Facebook for the use of its tag suggestions feature looks like it’s finally done churning through the courts.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-vpu7yQz3I0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The perils of shouting 'fire' in a crowd of PC patchers

Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:14:00 -0800

Time and again we see the same drama play out. Microsoft releases a security patch and scary warnings appear from every corner. When your local news broadcast tells you that you better patch Windows right now…, more temperate advice should prevail.

A little over two weeks ago, on Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released a patch for a security hole known as  CVE-2020-0601 – the Crypt32.dll vulnerability also called ChainOfFools or CurveBall

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Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 17:07:16 +0000

A surprising number of users seem to be setting Trello boards, and their often highly sensitive content, to ‘public’.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xSnZVFqX8_4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook knows a lot about your online habits – here’s how to stop it

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:12:34 +0000

Facebook’s new Off-Facebook Activity feature is part of the company’s effort to appear more privacy-friendly to its users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/sYdMXSoeSaM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Securing the MSP: their own worst enemy

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

Behind each cyberattack on the MSP is typically a system left unpatched, asset management undone, security officer not hired, or board who sees investment in security as a cost center rather than a long-term investment.

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 11:30:55 +0000

eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/08noJbBMayg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fed rule on patient access to healthcare data gets EMR vendor pushback

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800

The largest electronic medical record (EMR) vendor in the U.S. is fighting a proposed government rule to allow patients and their physicians greater access to electronic health information – regardless of the technology platform – to promote data exchange.

According to a number of recent reports, EMR vendor Epic Systems is lookng to derail the finalization of a rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that would implement some provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act. In particular, the rules governing information-blocking of patient healthcare information and EMR interoperability are at the heart of the fight.

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