Stolen data containing PII can result in extensive harm to individuals. Protecting PII is essential for personal privacy,data privacy,data protection, information privacy andinformation security. With just a few bits of an individual's personal information, thieves can create false accounts in the per...
Canada has two primary data privacy laws: the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Privacy Act. PIPEDA defines PII as any data that can be used to identify an individual alone or when combined with other information. The Privacy Act has a...
Despite being considered a “low-hanging fruit” vulnerability type, information disclosure can significantly impact an organization, including data breaches and theft, exposure of personal identifiable information (PII), financial damages, and legal/compliance repercussions. Let’s look more closely at in...
DarkSide’s ransomware variant was used in the 2021 attack on the US Colonial Pipeline, considered the worst cyberattack on critical US infrastructure to date. DarkSide shut down in 2021, but its developers released a successor RaaS kit named BlackMatter. REvil/Sodinokibi REvil, also known as S...
When data is protected by a cryptographic hash function, even the slightest change to the message can be detected because it makes a big change to the resulting hash. Hash functions are considered to be a type of one-way encryption because keys are not shared and the information required to...
Your cybersecurity approach will vary depending on the type of environment you operate within. For example, a personal user may use a password manager, anti-malware controls, and practice good security hygiene to adequately ensure the security of their devices and information. ...
and recorded in an attempt to identify the popularity of the file type. Although Google only index certain file types (https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35287?hl=en), their justification for doing so could also be considered a reason to include these files types in the data set....
The privacy threat of external tracking and the security of personal data held on mobile devices is often considered separately. In our scenario these two concerns are combined. We demonstrate how it is possible to exploit WiFi side-channels to infer private user information without the need for ...
more easily traceable than a basic e-signature and considered the legal equivalent of a handwritten signature across all 27 European Union member states, certain levels of digital signature are a good tool for sensitive data such as financial records, personally identifiable information (PII), data ...
I didn't get there, but I really agree with everyone. We do have much to work on, but also much to work for the very motto and spirit of DietPi. With donations, support, and more adotion... as@k-plansaid -- sure... we could BUILD a DietPi board. ...