The Latest Big Data Breach Should Make You Rethink How You Pay For Everything
The restaurant group Earl Enterprises confirmed that over two million credit cards were compromised in a breach affecting diners at […]
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The data trash-pile blame game
The tale of the latest Facebook data spill, announced Wednesday by security outfit Upguard, has a unique new twist: No […]
Facebook app developers leaked millions of user records on cloud servers
Facebook app developers left hundreds of millions of user records exposed on publicly visible cloud servers. The larger of the […]
Facebook staff ‘flagged Cambridge Analytica fears earlier than thought’
Facebook employees raised concerns about Cambridge Analytica’s data-scraping practices three months earlier than thought, according to US court documents. A […]
Children’s identity theft on rise
Cyber criminals are hacking into sensitive networks to steal the identities of children and are selling it on in underground […]
Cyber-attack costs spiral to over £25m for aluminium manufacturer
The hacking campaign that hit Norwegian aluminium producer, Hydro has already cost the company in excess of £25m. A number […]
Europe introduces IoT Cybersecurity standard
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has released a new cybersecurity standard for consumer Internet of Things devices in February […]
How to report a data breach under GDPR
Data breach notification requirements are now mandatory and time-sensitive under GDPR. While the details of what an organization needs to […]
Silicon Valley – Not Governments – Will Kill Encryption
It is Silicon Valley that will roll back the protections of encryption, not for the needs of governments to combat […]
DLA Piper and its insurers clash over multi-million NotPetya payout
Multinational law firm DLA Piper was hit in the crossfire as Russia-backed ransomware spread, and Hiscox is reportedly declining to […]
61% of CIOs say employees are maliciously leaking data
A study of the root causes of insider breaches has found that 61% of IT leaders believe that employees have […]
With facial recognition, shoplifting may get you banned in places you’ve never been
There are hundreds of stores using facial recognition – none that have any rules or standards to prevent abuse. With […]