British Airways data theft demonstrates need for cross-site scripting restrictions
A major airline suffered a data breach involving a cross-site scripting attack. Learn how it happened and how you can […]
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Uber fined $148m for failing to notify drivers they had been hacked
Uber will pay $148m and tighten data security after the ride-hailing company failed for a year to notify drivers that […]
Facebook Is Breached by Hackers, Putting 50 Million Users’ Data at Risk
Facebook said on Friday that an attack on its computer network had exposed the personal information of nearly 50 million […]
Data breaches aren’t inevitable
A white paper issued this week by the SANS Institute says there are proven techniques in use today by large […]
Managing a data hack: the dos and don’ts
Panic is not an effective data security tool. When your company’s defences have been breached and your confidential information is […]
Latest bits on privacy and cybersecurity #2
This is latest collection of most interesting articles, reports and publications on privacy, data protection and cyber-security.
What is the cost of a data breach?
The global average cost of a data breach is up 6.4 percent over the previous year to $3.86 million. The […]
ICO warns on over-reporting of data breaches
Many businesses are disclosing minor personal data breaches to the UK’s data protection watchdog, wrongly believing that they have to […]
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 […]
Law firms start collective action against British Airways
Law firm SPG Law has started the process of gathering names for a group action in the recent British Airways […]
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 […]