Bulgarian DPA fines bank €500,000 for data breach
Bulgaria’s data protection authority (DPA) – Commission for Personal Data Protection – has imposed a 1 million levs (about 500,000 […]
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Microsoft: Using multi-factor authentication blocks 99.9% of account hacks
Old advice like “never use a password that has ever been seen in a breach” or “use really long passwords” […]
Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows
Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, […]
UK hacker must pay back £922k after cyber-attack spree
An English cyber-criminal who carried out targeted computer attacks on more than 100 firms from his UK base has been […]
Sharing your pet photos can lead to loss of privacy
People are hyper-vigilant these days about protecting their personal information, all the little details about themselves that can lead to […]
Anonymisation does not work for big data
Recently, well-publicised research by data scientists at Imperial College in London and Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium as well […]
Malware that can record computer screens discovered
A new malware has been discovered that is able to record the screen of an infected machine and identify a […]
On privacy impact assessment and leaking data of millions of users
Anonymizing location data is hard. If you absolutely need to do this, better consult someone knowledgable. Privacy impact assessments should […]
Tech giants unite to launch data security consortium
Big tech firms including Alibaba, Arm, Baidu, IBM, Intel, Google Cloud, Microsoft and Red Hat have announced they are to […]
How hackers can use stolen fingerprints
Hackers could use a stolen fingerprint to break into a fairly rudimentary security system. A more advanced system might be […]
Amazon’s Ring Is a Perfect Storm of Privacy Threats
Recent reports show that Ring has partnered with police departments across the country to hawk this new surveillance system—going so […]
Facebook is Opening Privacy Check-Up Cafes
In an attempt to convince its two billion users that it truly cares about their privacy, Facebook is opening a […]