This Week's [in]Security - Issue 258

13 Mar 2022.

Welcome to This Week’s [in]Security. PCI and payments: PCI updates: Call for Speakers, P2PE, 3DS, Card Production. Payments, Training & events. New breaches: Samsung, Mercado Libre, VirusTotal. New Ransomware: more Conti, Critical Infrastructure, Bridgestone, Ubisoft. Major outages: Fiji, Spotify & Discord. Follow-ups & Fall-out. Privacy: Trusting your phone, COVID passports, Radar & body language. Laws & Regs - Canada: Bill C-11, Competition Law. US: Incident reporting, Whistleblowers, ICE, Amazon, Weight Watchers, Utah, Location data. World: Clearview AI, cybercrime treaty, Spyware probe, Right to be Forgotten, Crypto regulations, cyber-flashing. Standards: NIST DevSecOps. Defense. CISA Exploit catalog, Defense in depth, Polls, Kali. Vulnerabilities, Zerodays: APC UPS, 0-clicks, Chrome, DDoS, Other Vulnerabilities: BGP crypto-heist, Ostriches, IoT & ATMs, More Specter, Azure, Linux. Defender, HP, Wordpress, Riverbed, password rules, Blockchain privacy, Proof-of-stake attacks. Patching: Microsoft, Firefox, Adobe, Siemens. Cybercrime: Trends: surging attacks, NVIDIA. Telegram, WhatsApp. Nation States and mercenaries: China, Iran. Crime & Enforcement: Zelle, Extraditions, Fresno, DoH! Other Risks: Alexa, Pluton, AI, Employment, Manufacturing, Gas, NFT myths. Health, Safety & Environment. Missiles, GPS, Meteors & asteroids. Russia v. Ukraine. Innovation and more.

PCI Compliance and Payments

News and announcements relating to Payment Security, PCI, Card Brands, Payments, Payment Malware and Fraud, and Payment Related Compliance.

Breaches / Ransomware / Leaks

Covering breaches, leaks, data exposures, ransomware (as potential breach), and their fallout.

Privacy

Articles about privacy related news, risks, and trends.

Laws, Regulations, Platforms, Standards, and Public Policy

News about laws, regulations, platform rules, and standards affecting security, privacy, technology, and public interest.

Defense / Techniques / Solutions

Covering developments and opportunities that may help improve security.

Bugs / Design Flaws / Vulnerabilities / Research

Articles about newly discovered vulnerabilities and research.

Hacking / Malware / Cybercrime / Exploitation

News covering active trends, alerts, events.

Other Security / Risk

Articles covering other types of risks.

Russia v. Ukraine

News and announcements relating to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Off-Topic / Science & Tech / Lighter Side

A variety of scientific, technical, historical, and more light-hearted news.