New Jersey, Connecticut Enact 2026 Data Broker Laws – State Affairs

  Nearly one in three compliance and data protection professionals (31%) do not know when their organisation last reviewed its main GDPR risk assessments. That is according to the latest findings from a survey of 198 professionals carried out at the end of May 2026 by VinciWorks, marking eight years since GDPR came into force….

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a novel Java-based remote access trojan (RAT) called QuimaRAT that’s capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and macOS environments. According to LevelBlue, the cross-platform malware is advertised under a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model, costing anywhere between $150 for one month to $1,200 for lifetime access. Other subscription tiers include $300 for three months,…

Governance & Risk Management , Patch Management NightmareEclipse Says Mitigation Can Exhaust Disk Space, Crash Apps Tiffany Wang • July 10, 2026     Image: Microsoft/ISMG An independent security researcher disgruntled with how Microsoft handled vulnerability disclosure on Thursday criticized the computing giant’s patch this week for a zero-day flaw in the Defender security engine…

Scott Shriver: Modern websites thrive on personal data. It powers analytics, marketing and personalization. But in 2018, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, changed the rules. Its goal? Protect consumer privacy by limiting how firms collect and use personal data. So what happened when privacy regulation met the digital economy? My name…

A handful of statehouses gaveled out in June and added to a growing list of laws across the country addressing concerns with data centers, artificial intelligence, and data privacy. New York enacted a moratorium on new data center projects last month, while Virginia wrapped up a special session that included a new tax on data…

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The latest Apple AirTag is finally on sale this Fourth of July weekend. We’re currently seeing a $10 discount on the AirTag 4-pack, bringing the bundle’s price down to $89 — that works out to just about $22 per AirTag. If you’re looking for a…