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DPDP22 Aug 2026

DPDP Rules 2025: Key compliance deadlines for Significant Data Fiduciaries

Organisations must prepare for phased enforcement of India's Digital Personal Data Protection framework including DPO appointment and DPIA programmes.

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Privacy22 Aug 2026

Global privacy regulators align on cross-border transfer safeguards

IAPP reports convergence on contractual clauses and accountability measures for international data flows.

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Cyber22 Aug 2026

TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) announced on Friday that ByteDance-owned TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a 2024 lawsuit accusing the company of violating child privacy laws in the country. As part of the settlement, the social media platform will pay $300 million immediately, and an additional $100 million

The Hacker NewsRead

Breach22 Aug 2026

Connecticut says data from 41,000 Medicaid members exposed in portal breach; the second portal incident this year

WSFB reports: State officials say a data breach involving the Connecticut Medicaid program’s provider portal exposed payment and claims information tied to roughly 41,000 HUSKY Health members. The Connecticut Department of Social Services said Gainwell Technologies, which serves as the state’s fiscal agent for the Medi

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Cyber21 Aug 2026

14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a set of trojanized npm packages that masquerade as working calendar and streak utilities but are engineered to stealthily deliver an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Linux implant dubbed RedC2 4.0. "When the module loads, it locates the bundled binary, marks it executable

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Cyber21 Aug 2026

New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign

A previously unknown malware family dubbed SynkLoader is being distributed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaigns to steal credentials via a fake lock screen. [...]

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Breach21 Aug 2026

Troutman Pepper Locke Silent as Threat Actors Leak Client Data, Tens of Thousands of SSNs

In April, Silent Ransom Group’s (SRG)* leak site listed 38 law firms that had not paid them and whose data was leaked. By June 29, there were 48 law firms. Now there are 64, and, in somewhat surprising claims, SRG says a recent attack was actually its second on one law firm, and they will... Source

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Cyber21 Aug 2026

Microsoft Defender's Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot

Check Point Research has disclosed a technique that uses Microsoft Defender's own legitimately signed boot-time remediation driver to perform arbitrary kernel-level file and registry operations on Windows systems ranging from Windows 7 through Windows 11 25H2, with no software flaw exploited and no driver imported from

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Privacy, cyber & DPDP news

DPDP Rules 2025: Key compliance deadlines for Significant Data Fiduciaries

Global privacy regulators align on cross-border transfer safeguards

TikTok Agrees to $400 Million Settlement in U.S. Child Privacy Lawsuit

Connecticut says data from 41,000 Medicaid members exposed in portal breach; the second portal incident this year

14 Trojanized npm Packages Drop RedC2 4.0 Linux Backdoor With AI-Assisted C2

New SynkLoader malware pushed in Microsoft Teams phishing campaign

Troutman Pepper Locke Silent as Threat Actors Leak Client Data, Tens of Thousands of SSNs

Microsoft Defender's Own Driver Can Be Weaponized to Delete Security Software at Boot