Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
GitHub data from Twilio leaked after Codecov hack
CPaaS company Twilio has fallen victim to the Codecov breach. Via the vulnerability in Codecov's software, an...
VMware’s cost management tool has a vulnerable ‘unauthorized API’
VMWare has admitted that vRealize Business for Cloud includes an "unauthorized VAMPI API' that is vulnerable ...
VMware launches “Zero Carbon Committed” initiative
The company is partnering with its cloud providers to fight Climate Change. VMware is working to reduce th...
Imperva to acquire CloudVector for API security capabilities
Imperva, the cybersecurity company, announced on Monday that it plans to acquire API security company CloudVe...
Verizon sells entire media division, which gets renamed to Yahoo
The American telecom provider has decided to split off its entire media division. The various media under Ver...
Social media must remove terrorist content within the hour
The European Parliament has adopted a new law concerning terrorist content on the Internet. Platforms will ha...
Data breach at DigitalOcean, “small percentage” of data leaked
Cloud infrastructure provider DigitalOcean has reported a data breach. A hacker has accessed customer data an...
ASML CEO warns Europe not to ban export of technology to China
Peter Wennink, the CEO of the EU’s highest-valued tech company said that Europe should not block exports of...
Cloudflare is offering $100,000 to fight patent infringement claims
This week, Cloudflare offered $100,000 for evidence of prior art to nullify the patent infringement lawsuits ...
Critical vulnerability in Homebrew package manager for macOS fixed
Homebrew, an alternative package manager for macOS, contained a vulnerability that allowed attackers to run t...