Web Application Security: The First Line of Digital Defense
Your web application is more than just a platform-it's your digital storefront, your customer hub, and often your most vulnerable asset.
With cyber threats evolving daily, even a single security loophole can cost businesses trust, data, and money.
Please Note: Creating an #APAAR ID is voluntary, and no educational institute can force you to do so.
If you wish to #optout of #APAAR ID registration, you can use the letter template prepared by the @sflcin and submit it to your educational institution.
Read more about the #APAAR and find the opt out template here: http://sflc.in/apaar-id-one-nation-one-student-id-what-about-privacy/
This is been a common trend across many companies. Government sponsored data breaches are a major threat.
Learn more: https://zerodaily.me/blog/2025-04-13-crushftp-vulnerability
DPP Law, a firm in the United Kingdom, didn't think a data theft was worth reporting to the authorities.
Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
https://timsh.org/everyone-knows-your-location-part-2-try-it-yourself/
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3. Massive data exfiltration observed:
10GB+ of sensitive data (union organizers, corp secrets) left secure networks.
Methods included opaque Azure containers, short-lived SAS tokens, and potential Starlink backdoors.
4. System sabotage indicators:
Azure Network Watcher (critical monitoring tool) disabled.
Audit logs deleted.
Conditional access policies weakened without documentation or approval.
#CyberSecurity #DataSecurity #Whistleblower
Ameriprise Financial, a Fortune 500 company, notified thousands of customers that an ex-employee's error exposed their personal details.
#privacy #cybersecurity #databreach #datasecurity #dataprivacy
https://cnews.link/ameriprise-financial-advisor-data-breach-clients-1/
Who has worked with @numerique_gouv #Docs or @cryptpad Documents?
For easy, low-threshold inter-institutional co-authorship (parameters are usability for authors used to #GoogleDocs as much as #datasecurity):
Whistleblower Blames Musk’s DOGE Goons for ‘Significant Cybersecurity Breach’
Achtung, eBay-Nutzer! Eure Daten im KI-Fokus – So schützt ihr eure Privatsphäre!
eBay setzt verstärkt auf KI und nutzt Nutzerdaten für personalisierte Angebote und Betrugserkennung. 
https://dndnetz.blogspot.com/2025/04/achtung-ebay-nutzer-eure-daten-im-ki.html
A massive cyberattack on a Midwestern ambulance company may have exposed everything from medical records to passport numbers for over 100,000 patients.
#cybersecurity #databreach #dataprivacy #datasecurity
https://cnews.link/medex-ambulance-data-breach-patient-details-compromised-1/
Meta nutzt EU-Nutzerdaten für KI-Entwicklung!
Meta verwendet ab sofort öffentliche Daten von EU-Nutzern auf Facebook und Instagram zur Verbesserung seiner KI-Modelle. Nutzer können über ein Formular widersprechen.
#KI #Datenschutz #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #EU #news #ai #datasecurity #leavemeta #leavebigtech #unplugbigtech #widerspruch #bigtech
https://dndnetz.blogspot.com/2025/04/meta-setzt-eu-nutzerdaten-fur-ki.html
Alarming: The admin's DOGE initiative is gutting vital gov tech (USDS/18F) for risky hype, firing experts. This reckless approach threatens critical services like Social Security & our data privacy. Not progress, it's dangerous. #GovTech #CivicTech #DataSecurity
If only there were some example of how well government back doors work for security technology...
"The Clipper chip was a chipset that was developed and promoted by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) as an encryption device that secured 'voice and data messages' with a built-in backdoor that was intended to 'allow Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials the ability to decode intercepted voice and data transmissions.' It was intended to be adopted by telecommunications companies for voice transmission. Introduced in 1993, it was entirely defunct by 1996."
Trump Wants to Merge Government Data. Here Are 314 Things It Might Know About You.
Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-musk-data-access.html
DATE: April 12, 2025 at 10:34AM
SOURCE: HEALTHCARE INFO SECURITY
Direct article link at end of text block below.
A lab that provides medical testing services to #PlannedParenthood clinics in 31 states is notifying 1.6 million patients, workers and others that their sensitive personal and health information was accessed or removed in an October 2024 #hacking incident. https://t.co/eIrny1OdTa
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Articles can be found by scrolling down the page at https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/ under the title "Latest"
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Private, vetted email list for mental health professionals: https://www.clinicians-exchange.org
Healthcare security & privacy posts not related to IT or infosec are at @HIPAABot . Even so, they mix in some infosec with the legal & regulatory information.
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#security #healthcare #doctors #itsecurity #hacking #doxxing #psychotherapy #securitynews #psychotherapist #mentalhealth #psychiatry #hospital #socialwork #datasecurity #webbeacons #cookies #HIPAA #privacy #datanalytics #healthcaresecurity #healthitsecurity #patientrecords @infosec #telehealth #netneutrality #socialengineering
Right then, let me give a tip of the hat to another splendid European app @Tutanota The team behind this one is doing a bang-up job, and they deserve a pat on the back. I've personally given their email app a whirl, and they've got a calendar app too. It's the perfect blend of usability, privacy, and security, all without costing an arm and a leg. Absolutely top-notch, and I wholeheartedly recommend giving it a go.
#europeanalternatives #emailapp #privacyprotection #datasecurity #privacyandsecurity #tutanota #tutamail
Microsoft has moved its Recall AI feature to the Windows 11 Release Preview Channel, advancing it despite known data filtering issues
#Windows11 #Microsoft #Recall #CopilotPlusPC #AI #Privacy #Cybersecurity #TPM #WindowsHello #DataSecurity
