A week in security (December 9 – December 15)

December 13, 2024 – Care1, a Canadian healthcare solutions provider left a cloud storage instance freely accessible and unencrypted for anyone to find.

December 12, 2024 – Apple has released security patches for most of its operating systems, including iOS, Mac, iPadOS, Safari, and visionOS.

December 12, 2024 – Senators introduced a bill to stop data brokers from trading in health and location data and enable the FTC to enforce the new rules

December 10, 2024 – TikTok has requested an emergency injunction to stop or postpone the planned ban on the platform in the US.

December 9, 2024 – Authorities were able to intercept the Matrix messaging service’s traffic and monitor criminal activity for three months.