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March 7, 2019

The not-so-definitive guide to cybersecurity and data privacy laws

US cybersecurity and data privacy laws are, to put it lightly, a mess. Years of piecemeal legislation, Supreme Court decisions, and government surveillance crises, along with repeated corporate failures to protect user data, have created a legal landscape that is, for the American public and American businesses, confusing, complicated, and downright annoying. Businesses are expected to comply with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: California Online Privacy Protection, California Online Privacy Protection Act, Childrens Online Privacy Protect Act, COPPA, cybersecurity, cybersecurity compliance, cybersecurity laws, data breach, data breach notification, data breach notification law, Data privacy, data privacy compliance, data privacy laws, Do Not Track, EU, European Union, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Google, Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility, HIPAA, legal, privacy, privacy policy, Security world, startup
February 11, 2019

A week in security (February 4 – 8)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a closer look at the technical and reputational challenges for Facebook as it tries to integrate secure messaging across Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. We explored Google’s latest attempts to change how the public sees—literally—web browser URLs, gave some of our best tips on how to safely browse the Internet at work, and detailed a unique spam campaign … [Read more...]

Filed Under: amazon, Apple, AT&T, Australia, bitcoin, bounty hunters, cryptocurrency, cryptography, cybersecurity, Do Not Track, eBooks, facebook, Google, Instagram, internet, Jeff Bezos, John wick, kindle, messenger, safari, secure messaging, Security world, Sprint, T-Mobile, URLs, Week in security, whatsapp, Zcash, zero day