Facebook and Barr Escalate Standoff Over Encrypted Messages
With 1.5 billion users, Facebook’s WhatsApp is perhaps the world’s most commonly used encrypted communications platform. Facebook executives and Attorney […]
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Over a third of US citizens have been victims of ID theft through 2019
Over one third (38%) of Americans have been victims of identity theft or data breaches in the past year, according […]
Biometric systems to expand in airport security
Biometric Systems segment of the market is anticipated to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period, in terms […]
Cybersecurity trend predictions for 2020
If there’s one thing we learnt in 2019, it’s that attacks are not only rising in numbers, but also in […]
Dutch DPA fines company for not using 2FA
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an order for incremental penalty payments of 150,000 euros per month with a maximum […]
Interpol: Strong encryption helps online predators. Build backdoors
Multinational police agency Interpol is due to say that tech companies deploying strong encryption helps paedophiles – unless they build […]
French government forms cybersecurity pact with major French companies
The French government signed a three-year cybersecurity pact with eight of the country’s leading companies, as major world nations step […]
Ransomware increases 74.23% year on year
New research by Bitdefender identifies a significant rise in ransomware this year, in comparison to 2018. In its Mid-Year Threat […]
Top 10 data security predictions for 2020
Data classification firm Titus has unveiled its “Top 10 Data Security Predictions for 2020″ – timely insights based on surveys […]
Over 100K malicious sites using valid certificates
New research has uncovered suspicious retail look-alike domains using valid certificates. Research conducted by Venafi, analysed suspicious domains targeting 20 […]
DNS-over-HTTPS will eventually roll out in all major browsers
All six major browser vendors have plans to support DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH), a protocol that encrypts DNS traffic and helps […]
Latest bits on privacy and cybersecurity #7
Here is an interssting read I found recently about privacy, data protection and cyber-security. Hope, you’ll enjoy and find it useful.