Staples Data Breach Caused by Bug in Order Tracking System The reason for the recent notification from Staples to some of its customers about exposed order details was caused by insufficient protections for retrieving shopper information from current and past orders. Staples said that they found no evidence of unauthorized purchases on Read more…
What Legislation Exists in Singapore Regarding Data Protection and Security? Before even thinking about what legislation exists in Singapore regarding data protection and security, it’s crucial to learn first the definition of key terms used in this narrative. What is Personal Data? Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission defines personal data Read more…
Advisory Guidelines on Key Concepts in the PDPA: 23 Chapters By now, Singaporeans must already be aware that the Personal Data Protection Act of 2012 is Singapore’s legislative response to the pre-existing patchwork of laws. The latter includes common law, sector-specific legislation and various self-regulatory or co-regulatory codes. It is Read more…
Contract for Service Template: 5 Important Sections It may not look that much different at first glance, but believe it or not, a contract of service is not exactly the same as a contract for service. Although there is no definitive test to distinguish one from the other, Singapore’s Ministry Read more…
Outlook.com now lets you schedule emails for a later date If you have ever wanted to schedule emails on Outlook on the Web (Outlook.com), you now easily do it from the web interface. Gmail has offered its users the ability to schedule an email for some time, and Outlook desktop Read more…
Windows Zerologon PoC exploits allow domain takeover. Patch Now! Researchers have released exploits for the Windows Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 vulnerability that allow an attacker to take control of a Windows domain. Install patches now! As part of the August 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft fixed a critical 10/10 rated security Read more…
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs data breach affects 46,000 veterans The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has suffered a data breach that has led to the exposure of personal information for over 46,000 veterans. The VA department was created to ensure United States veterans receive the health services, benefits, and Read more…
Google Drive is having an outage, users see spinning wheel Google Drive is suffering an outage causing users to be unable to access their stored files and are instead shown a spinning wheel. At approximately 9:30 AM EST today, Google Drive users began experiencing problems accessing their accounts. They would Read more…
Adobe releases out-of-band security update for Adobe Media Encoder Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for Adobe Media Encoder that fixes three ‘Important’ security vulnerabilities. The three vulnerabilities are classified as ‘Information Disclosure,’ which could allow sensitive information to be leaked in the security of the active user. Adobe advises Read more…
Surge in DDoS attacks targeting education and academic sector As education institutions across the world moved to online learning, cyber threat disruptions have amplified more than ever. Malware, vulnerability exploits, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), phishing attacks have all struck this sector, increasing in frequency over the past two months. As schools Read more…
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