Dragonfly hackers gained operational access to European, US power companies
The Dragonfly hacking group is back – or should we say it probably never went away – and is still interested in penetrating the networks of European and US …
European court says workplace surveillance must not violate workers’ privacy
European companies must strike a fair balance between workplace surveillance and their employees’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. …
GDPR awareness: 1 in 5 businesses claim a fine wouldn’t bother them
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) taking effect May 25, 2018, businesses around the globe should be preparing accordingly. However, through a recent survey, …
Navigating GDPR in the mobile enterprise
Securing data and protecting privacy in a connected world is already a major challenge for any enterprise, and mobility only magnifies this challenge. Mobile devices are …
BH Consulting launches scholarship programme to address infosec skills gap
BH Consulting, an information security specialist company, has launched a Masters Scholarship programme to encourage talented people to enter the cybersecurity market. Under …
Stealthy backdoor used to spy on diplomats across Europe
A new, sophisticated backdoor Trojan has been used to spy on targets in embassies and consulates across Southeastern Europe and former Soviet Union republics. ESET researchers …
Integrating GDPR into your day to day IT practices
GDPR, four letters that when combined strike fear into the heart of any sysadmin. Luckily, there is quite some time before it comes into force, which means getting into the …
UK essential service operators with poor cyber security face massive fines
Organisations who fail to implement effective cyber security measures could be fined as much as £17 million or 4 per cent of global turnover, as part of plans to make …
New UK data protection law to offer more control to users
UK citizens will have more control over how their personal information is used by businesses, and the right to demand from social media companies and online traders the …
UniCredit breach: Data of 400,000 customers exposed
Italian global banking and financial services company UniCredit has revealed that it has suffered two security breaches in less than a year. “A first breach seems to …
As GDPR approaches, retail data breaches remain unacceptably high
Two in five retailers across the globe have experienced a data breach in the past year, according to Thales and 451 Research. The report reveals that 43 percent of retailers …
A UK business will spend more than £1m recovering from a data breach
A UK business would have to spend £1.1m on average to recover from a breach – more than the global average of £1m. An NTT Security study of 1,350 non-IT business decision …
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