InfoRiskToday.com reported that “European lawmakers are pushing to include guarantees of online anonymity in legislation creating a continentwide framework for digital identity.”  The October 11, 2022 article entitled “EU Lawmakers Push for Anonymity Assurances in Digital ID” https://tinyurl.com/3h6r5kwb included these comments:

The European Commission first proposed in 2021 a framework…

HealthInfoSecurity.com reported that a “…former physician pleaded guilty to criminal HIPAA violations in a case involving a compound pharmaceutical salesman and a conspiracy alleged to have racked up $2.5 million in healthcare fraud.”  The October 12, 2022 article entitled “Former Doctor Pleads Guilty to HIPAA Charges in Fraud Case” (…

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report examines whether banks should be held liable for the rapidly increasing Zelle fraud problem, explores the latest M&A activity among identity and access management vendors, and discusses the implications of the new legal framework for personal data transfers between…

BankInfoSecurity.com reported that “Cryptocurrency exchange Binance restored operations on its BSC Token Hub smart contract early Friday, hours after a hacker stole BNB Binance chain native tokens worth $568.6 million.”  The October 7, 2022 report entitled “Binance Restores Cross-Chain Bridge After $569M Attack” (https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/binance-restores-cross-chain-bridge-after-569m-attack-a-20227?rf=2022-10-10_ENEWS_SUB_BIS__Slot1_ART20227&mkt_tok=MDUxLVpYSS0yMzcAAAGHYVq8ZarT2sO51gTq2mDPcXEGWKuMu2I2qeQH9hwhNFN9OW1WVk72EeerLr_XjiDDmBSoNvXZIBjdDC_Ohqmat2HqX__3wf5kAOkqB0w5i4RpkvAgQQ) included these comments:

BSC…

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release that “the CFTC filed a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charging the Ooki DAO—a decentralized autonomous organization [DAO] and successor to bZeroX that operated the same software protocol as bZeroX—with…

The WashingtonPost.com reported that “The Securities and Exchange Commission charged reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian with promoting a cryptocurrency on her Instagram account without disclosing how much she was paid to do so, the agency announced…”  The October 3, 2022 article entitled “Kim Kardashian to pay $1.26 million in…

The FederalRegister.gov posted that the “Federal Insurance Office (FIO) is seeking comments from the public on questions related to cyber insurance and catastrophic cyber incidents….on or before November 14, 2022.”  The September 29, 2022 posting entitled “Potential Federal Insurance Response, to Catastrophic Cyber Incidents” (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/29/2022-21133/potential-federal-insurance-response-to-catastrophic-cyber-incidents) included these comments:

Cyber insurance…

Darkreading.com reported that “CircleCI has sent out a notice to its customers that a phishing email scam is targeting their users, along with GitHub’s, in an attempt to harvest credentials.  The CircleCI security alert included a copy of the malicious email that told recipients that the companies were working together…