Baltimore schools struggling with ransomware The November 25th attack forced the Baltimore County Public Schools to announce they would be closed through December 1st, promising more information after 5pm ET on that day. School officials are urging students and staff…

Brazil continues to recover from its worst cyberattack Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court was hit with a ransomware attack on November 3rd, with systems taken offline for 26 hours to mitigate damage and gather evidence. The court had limited functionality restored…

New Jersey passes anti-doxxing law Governor Phil Murphy signed Daniel’s Law into effect, barring the publication of home addresses and unlisted phone numbers for judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers. The law also requires anyone posting it or platforms hosting…

Worldwide campaign targets ZeroLogon exploit Security researchers at Symantec have documented companies in 17 regions being impacted by this campaign across automotive, pharmaceutical, engineering, and the managed service provider industries. The campaign has been linked back to the Cicada threat…

Apple responds to macOS privacy concerns Apple’s Gatekeeper security service was first released on Mac’s in 2012, and “performs online checks to verify if an app contains known malware and whether the developer’s signing certificate is revoked.” Last week, the…

Finland pushes through change to ID code law  The Finish government said it was preparing new legislation to allow citizens to change their personal identity codes in cases of data breaches that carry a high risk of identity theft. The…

Facebook extends ban on political ads In the announcement, the social network said that the ban would extend for another month. Facebook cited the delays in election results for extending the ad moratorium. The company did say there may be…

Inrupt launches enterprise privacy platform In 2017, Tim Berners-Lee launched a company called Inrupt to market products that used the open-source Solid system. Monday, Inrupt announced an enterprise product to let developers  build apps that use Solid’s Personal Online Data…

Facebook updates its premature victory policy On election night, Facebook told the Wall Street Journal that it’s policy to label candidate posts claiming premature victory in the US election only applied to claims over the Presidential race overall, not for…

Facebook and Instagram add pop-up banners about election results The banners inform US users that the results of the US election have not been determined, with a time stamp to show when the platform’s information was updated. It accurately informs…