British Airways data breach hackers identified
The attackers behind a data breach that left thousands of British Airways customer details exposed have been identified by security […]
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Human error is top cause in privacy incidents
The numbers show that unintentional or inadvertent incidents – those typically caused by human error rather than malicious intent such […]
Data Breaches Hit Share Prices, Too
When a data breach occurs it’s not just confidential information that’s attacked. Comparitech analyzed 28 breaches suffered by 24 companies […]
Millions of Home Wi-Fi Networks at Risk of Hacking
Millions of home Wi-Fi networks are currently at risk of being hacked as weaknesses exist in how saved passwords in […]
Fido Alliance adds a biometrics certification program to help fight spoofing
In a move aimed at upping standards across biometric user verification systems, the industry consortium, Fido Alliance, has launched a […]
New Silence hacking group suspected of having ties to cyber-security industry
Newly uncovered Russian-speaking “Silence” cybercrime hacking group is linked to the theft of at least $800,000 from Russian and Eastern European […]
Human error top cause of self-reported data breaches
New research from the security firm Kroll has revealed that self-reported data breaches are seven times more likely to be […]
Three frequently asked questions about data breach reporting
One of the key reasons that organisations are anxious about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is its strict data […]
‘Minority Report’ AI System Boosts ‘Pre-Crime’ Tech
Preventive risk system, Intraspexion, has increased the capabilities of its ‘pre-crime’ legal review tech by integrating the strengths of the […]
Card-Skimming Malware Campaign Hits Dozens of Sites Daily
In the past six months, more than 7,000 sites that run Magento e-commerce software have been infected with malicious JavaScript […]
Tech industry told ‘privacy is not absolute’ and end-to-end encryption ‘should be rare’
An international network of intelligence agencies, so-called Five Eyes nations – the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, in […]
AI for Cybersecurity Is a Hot New Thing — and a Dangerous Gamble
Machine learning and artificial intelligence can help guard against cyberattacks, but hackers can foil security algorithms by targeting the data […]