(UK) Day care parents that uses NurseryCam alerted of security breach

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56141093

US preparing sanctions against Russia for its alleged involvement in Solarwinds breach

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/biden-russia-sanctions-solarwinds-hacks/2021/02/23/b77039d6-71fa-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html

Kroger pharmacy customer data may have been impacted by Accellion File Transfer service breach

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/kroger-pharmacy-customer-data-impacted-vendor-hack-76031082

As if things in Texas weren’t bad enough…

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Still think you have nothing to hide?

Saw this from Wizer founder Gabriel Friedlander

“Please STOP saying – “I have nothing to hide”. You probably don’t put clothes on because you have something to hide, it’s because you have the right to privacy. China has started rolling out a social credit score. The score is based on an individual’s finance, social media activity, credit history, online purchases, who they are associated with, and even images from surveillance cameras. Based on this rating colleges may reject you, companies will decide whether to hire you for a specific job and so on.

Now you may think this will never happen here, however what stops any organization from running a background check on you and making a decision based on your online behavior…

So, even if you have “nothing to hide”, don’t give up your right to privacy, be mindful of what you share online and protect your personal data.”

Skimmers: Card overlay readers found in retail… been there for weeks.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/02/bluetooth-overlay-skimmer-that-blocks-chip/

Your Android phone: Giving up too much…

https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/five-permissions-android-games-do-not-need/36636/

The “edge” is now before the walls… and that’s a problem for security.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55824139
If there’s any question about protection, just look at our firewall logs. Your home connections are being bombarded. Bad actors know you are working from home. And they figure that’s their way in to your employer.

Good for CIS. Hospitals should be off limits.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cis-now-offers-free-ransomware-protection-to-all-us-hospitals/

Because the cost of crypto has been going up…

bad actors trying to get in on the “action”, just not the same way you might:
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2021/02/17/north-korean-malicious-cyber-activity-applejeus