The Information Highway

The Information Highway

CPRA (California Privacy Rights Act) Compliance Guide

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is a privacy law that was passed in California in 2020. It strengthens the security standards of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), making California's consumer privacy laws more aligned with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The CCPA gives California residents the right to know what personal data is being collected by companies and whether it will be sold or disclosed to other parties.
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What is the CCPA? Definition and Compliance Guidelines for 2023

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) was signed into law in June 2018 and put into effect on January 1st, 2020, to respond to growing instances of businesses exploiting data privacy through poor data handling policies or data breaches.
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Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data

Hot Pixels attack checks CPU temp, power changes to steal data
A team of researchers at Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and Ruhr University Bochum have developed a novel attack called "Hot Pixels," which can retrieve pixels from the content displayed in the target's browser and infer the navigation history.
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QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices

QBot malware abuses Windows WordPad EXE to infect devices
The QBot malware operation has started to abuse a DLL hijacking flaw in the Windows 10 WordPad program to infect computers, using the legitimate program to evade detection by security software.
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CISA warns govt agencies of recently patched Barracuda zero-day

CISA warns govt agencies of recently patched Barracuda zero-day
CISA warned of a recently patched zero-day vulnerability exploited last week to hack into Barracuda Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances.
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