Tuesday, July 19, 2022

We should have this element of security down pat. How did it drop off of our checklists?

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3667279/unauthorized-access-jumped-4x-in-2021.html#tk.rss_all

Unauthorized access jumped 4x in 2021

The 2022 Consumer Identity and Breach Report from ForgeRock found unauthorized access to be the leading infection vector in 2021

Security breaches from issues associated with supply chain and third-party suppliers have recorded an unprecedented jump of 297%, representing about a fourth of all the security breaches in 2021 in the US, according to a study by digital identity and access management platform ForgeRock.

The 2022 Consumer Identity and Breach Report found unauthorized access to be the leading infection vector for the breaches, accounting for 50% of all records compromised in 2021.

The average cost of a breach in the US, according to the report, was $9.5 million, which is the highest in the world and up 16% from $8.2 million in 2020.





Perhaps I could sell an App that tells you how suspicious your search keywords are? But searching for it is really suspect.

https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/reverse-google-searches-face-increased-scrutiny-as-fears-of-keyword-warrants-for-abortion-seekers-grow/

Reverse Google Searches Face Increased Scrutiny as Fears of Keyword Warrants for Abortion Seekers Grow

The Roe v. Wade decision has put “keyword warrants” back in the spotlight, as fears grow that law enforcement will comb through Google searches to identify women seeking abortions.

Law enforcement is able to issue warrants for specific Google searches, potentially sweeping up the queries of hundreds or thousands of unrelated individuals. But the practice is facing new legal arguments that it is a violation of Constitutional rights protecting against arbitrary and unreasonable searches.

Keyword warrants are facing their first direct challenge in federal court, but the case does not involve abortion. Still, privacy and abortion advocates are keeping careful tabs on it as the eventual ruling could determine the extent to which law enforcement is allowed to go on “fishing expeditions” for abortion seekers.

The case involves a group of teenagers charged with a residential arson in Denver that killed a family of five. The teenagers were identified by police via Google searches for the address at which the arson took place. Lawyers for the teenagers are arguing that this is a violation of Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches, as police would have had to trawl an unknown amount of Google searches from unrelated parties to hit upon this information.





But we knew this, right? If you are not an elected official or you do not carry a badge and gun, you must be a second class citizen and we need to keep an eye on you. (Like China does.)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/dhs-spent-millions-cellphone-data-track-americans-foreigners-us-says-a-rcna38684

DHS spent millions on cellphone data to track Americans and foreigners inside and outside U.S., ACLU report says

The Department of Homeland Security has paid millions of dollars since 2017 to purchase, without warrants, cellphone location data from two companies to track the movements of both Americans and foreigners inside the U.S., at U.S. borders and abroad, according to a new report released by the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday.

The report published a large collection of contracts between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other parts of DHS to buy location data collected by companies Venntel and Babel Street. The contracts and other documents were obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.



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