DutyFree Philippines listed as new victim by the Vice Society

Threat actors operating the Vice Society forum, a notorious ransomware group published a document from their victims which included Duty-Free Philippines.   What is Duty-Free? Duty-Free Stores are retail establishments licensed by the government to sell duty- and tax-free merchandise for the convenience of travelers. Duty-free can be found at the Fiestamall, NAIA Terminal 1,…

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De-identification: The Risk of Un-regulation

Not enough regulation exists for personal data protection. Even the largest companies have proven themselves self-disciplined in protecting their consumer data in the cases of enormous data breaches and when sharing data with others.  The regulatory response has been inadequate, with only a small minority of companies required to protect personal data with de-identification and…

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Facebook Privacy

  Safety Matters – while Networking March 18, 2018 Since Facebook started around 2004, it had 1.86 billion active users as of 2016 (Fiegerman S. 2016, February. Facebook is closing in on 20 billion users. CNN Tech. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/01/technology/facebook-earnings/index.html), and according to the statistics it continuously growing monthly. Although all the co-founder left, Mark…

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