Why the WannaCry outbreak should be a wake-up call
WannaCry, the ransomware that recently swept the world and brought down computer systems in more than 100 countries, can be viewed […]
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OneLogin Breached. Here’s What You Need to Do.
Single sign-on provider OneLogin has experienced a breach. If you or your company uses OneLogin to sign in to applications, […]
OneLogin breach: Hacker stole AWS keys, rifled through customer data for 7 hours
Customer info potentially decrypted by “threat actor” who accessed database tables. Source: OneLogin breach: Hacker stole AWS keys, rifled through […]
Essex local authority fined for publishing sensitive personal data in online planning documents
A council has been fined £150,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office for publishing sensitive personal information about a family. Source: […]
FTC finds thieves attempt to use stolen data within 9 min of breach
In an effort to see what happens after a data breach, the Federal Trade Commission leaked a database of 100 […]
Hacking Attack Has Security Experts Scrambling to Contain Fallout
The “ransomware” attacks across continents raised fears that people would not be able to meet ransom demands before their data […]
On Balancing Insider-Threat Protection and Employee Privacy
Insider attacks is serious threat to business. They are hard to detect and stop with traditional preventative controls. Cloud computing and […]
Latest papers on privacy and data protection – May
Kaleidoscope on the Internet of Toys Report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on?safety, security, privacy and societal questions emerging?from […]
Meet Chris Vickery, the internet’s data breach hunter
Vickery is security researcher. His job is simple: find leaked and exposed data before the bad guys do. His work has […]
1.1 billion identities exposed in data breaches in 2016, says Symantec report
On April 26 Symantec released its Internet Security Threat Report. It states that in the last eight years, more than […]
State of the Cyber Nation: UK Government Report on Cybersecurity Breaches
On 19 April 2017, the UK Government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published a report on cybersecurity breaches […]
Irish Data Protection Commissioner to examine Yahoo
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner is?stepping up its examination of the Yahoo Inc. data breach and is awaiting information from Yahoo […]