Category: Industry News

News and information from the Advent IM team.

Mysterious hacking group is quietly breaking into global telecommunications networks, research finds

The group has been attempting to hack the global telecommunications sector using an in-depth knowledge of the architecture of the network and custom hacking tools. A mysterious group of hackers has been quietly breaking into the computer networks of telecommunications companies on a global scale, according to new security research. Buried deep inside mobile infrastructure […]

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ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue

Privacy campaigners raise concerns after nine schools in North Ayrshire scan faces of pupils to take payments The Information Commissioner’s Office is to intervene over concerns about the use of facial recognition technology on pupils queueing for lunch in school canteens in the UK. Nine schools in North Ayrshire began taking payments for school lunches […]

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Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

A judge has ruled that security cameras and a Ring doorbell installed in a house in Oxfordshire “unjustifiably invaded” the privacy of a neighbour. Dr Mary Fairhurst claimed that the devices installed on the house of neighbour Jon Woodard broke data laws and contributed to harassment. The judge upheld both these claims. Mr Woodard now […]

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Clearview AI has scraped 10 billion photos from the web

Clearview appears to have ignored demands from social media companies to stop taking images from their platforms. Clearview AI has scraped over 10 billion photographs from people’s social media profiles on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other platforms for its controversial facial-recognition tool. Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That told Wired that a larger database of photos means […]

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Footballers demand compensation over ‘data misuse’

Hundreds of footballers have threatened legal action against the data collection industry, which could change how information is handled. Led by former Cardiff City, Leyton Orient and Yeovil Town manager Russell Slade, 850 players want compensation for the trading of their performance data over the past six years. They also want an annual fee from […]

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Bad App Configuration Causes BrewDog Data Leak of 200k People

The data of more than 200,000 of BrewDog’s ‘Equity for Punks’ shareholders and customers has been available on their app over the last 18 months BrewDog’s security issue was supposedly caused by the tokens not being transmitted following a successful user authentication event. This gave users the ability to access any other user’s PII, shareholding […]

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ICO in bid to end cookie pop-ups

Outgoing information commissioner Elizabeth Denham will call on her equivalents across the G7 group of countries to collaborate on an overhaul of cookie consent pop-ups The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will today call on data protection and privacy authorities from across the G7 group of countries to collaborate on an overhaul of website cookie consent […]

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Twitch source code, business data, gamer payouts leaked in massive hack

An unknown hacker has leaked the entirety of Twitch’s source code among a 128 GB trove of data released this week. The hack includes: The entirety of twitch.tv, with commit history going back to its early beginnings Mobile, desktop and console Twitch clients Creator payout reports from 2019 Proprietary SDKs and internal AWS services used […]

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Amnesty International exploited in malware campaign

According to new intelligence from Cisco Talos, Amnesty International’s branding and profile is being used as part of a new malware campaign that exploits people’s fears of the notorious Pegasus spyware app Threat actors are exploiting the reputation and branding of human rights organisation Amnesty International to target its victims with malware masquerading as an […]

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JVCKenwood hit by Conti ransomware attack

Nearly 2TB of data was stolen from Japanese electronics firm in a Conti ransomware hit The Conti gang is demanding a ransom of $7m (£5.2m/€6m) and claims to have stolen data on JVCKenwood customers and suppliers, and information relating to its legal, financial, HR, IT, audit and compliance functions. This includes personal documents, phone numbers, […]

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