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Ouch! Millions of Kaiser Permanente patients’ data was likely handed over to Google, Microsoft Bing, X/Twitter, and other third-parties, according to the American healthcare giant.… READ MORE HERE…

Analysts brand deal a ‘nail in the coffin’ for UK tech investment Private equity investor Thoma Bravo has successfully completed a second acquisition attempt of UK-based cybersecurity company Darktrace in a $5.3 billion deal.… READ MORE HERE…

Only minor changes from original proposals that kicked up privacy storm The UK’s contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King’s nod of approval and will become law.… READ MORE HERE…

Check out the SANS CISO Primer for tips on hardening your organisation’s security posture in 2024 Sponsored Post  Ever get nostalgic for the good old days of cybersecurity protection? When attacks were for the most part amateurish and infrequent, and perhaps more in the nature of an occasional nuisance rather than a daily existential threat?… READ MORE HERE…

Huawei is OK, but Xiaomi, OPPO, and Samsung are in strife. And Honor isn’t living its name Many Chinese keyboard apps, some from major handset manufacturers, can leak keystrokes to determined snoopers, leaving perhaps three quarters of a billion people at risk according to research from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.… READ MORE HERE…

Suspects in Portugal and the US said to have laundered over $100M Two men alleged to be co-founders of cryptocurrency biz Samourai Wallet face serious charges and potentially decades in US prison over claims they owned a product that facilitated the laundering of over $100 million in criminal cash.… READ MORE HERE…