Author: Asad Yaseen

The Illinois company behind a popular fertility app is being sued for allegedly sharing user data with third-party companies without first securing users’ consent.  Easy Healthcare Corp, based in Burr Ridge, is the developer of ovulation tracking app Premom, which helps users to identify the days on which they are most likely to conceive.  A lawsuit filed against the company alleges that a variety of sensitive data belonging to app users was shared non-consensually with at least…

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the time of the disclosure of the hack, the EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it is evaluating and approving COVID-19 vaccines. The European agency plays a…

By Nevin Markwart, Chief Information Security Officer at FutureVault As parents, we have conflicting feelings on remote learning. One on hand, we want our children to stay healthy, especially in the midst of a public health crisis. On the other hand, online education opens the door to new threats—including opportunities for hackers, risks to our children’s privacy, and increased online harassment. Fortunately, we as parents can play a proactive role in ensuring that our children’s…

Enterprise security software is essential to protecting company data, personnel, and customers. Learn about some of the popular options available for your organization. Enterprise security software comes in many forms and flavors. Designed to protect businesses and end users, this software is intended to prevent and remediate threats and keep confidential data from falling into the wrong hands. Dave Cole, CEO and co-founder of Open Raven, a cloud native data protection platform, had this to…

The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) has launched a new online tool to help firms prevent and fight open banking fraud. The Counter-Fraud Maturity Self-Assessment tool has been collaboratively developed by the OBIE Security & Fraud Working Group, Accenture, Cifas, the University of Portsmouth Center for Counter Fraud Studies and the Cabinet Office Fraud, Error and Debt Team. The tool, freely available to all firms enrolled in the OBIE Directory, enables open banking companies to…