Companies may try to bypass GDPR fines by negotiating with cybercriminals
Europol, the EU’s policing agency, released a report on September 18 in which they warned that EU data protection laws may […]
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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 […]
Government Hacking Makes Everyone Less Safe
Security experts almost uniformly agree that it is dangerous to design encryption to ensure investigators can have access to everything. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Your Smart Electricity Meter Can Easily Spy On You
Modern electricity usage meters provide innumerable benefits to utility companies, including a variety of remote access and monitoring tools to […]
Hackers Turned an Amazon Echo Into a Spy Bug
Researchers found they could turn the smart speakers into surveillance devices—if they could get their own attack tool on the […]
Connected Car Technology Can Enable Abusers to Track Their Victims
A growing number of automakers are enabling location tracking in internet-connected cars, a technology that experts say can be misused […]
Fighting cybercrime with A.I.
Cybersecurity start-up Darktrace, which uses artificial intelligence to fight cybercrime against corporations. Its artificial intelligence takes inspiration from something distinctly […]
Hackers Can Turn Body Cameras Into Malware Spewing Machines
Once lauded as tools to enhance police accountability, body cameras have been facing increasing scrutiny from privacy advocates, and now […]
Crypto-Security – the Good, the Bad, and the McAfee
If you’ve been following the news over the past few days then you might have noticed our coverage on reported […]