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Personal info of 12+ million Dutch mobile phone owners easily accessible to hackers
Sijmen Ruwhof, a freelance IT security consultant and ethical hacker from Utrecht, recently stumbled across what turned out to be an example of how poor security practices of …
UK workers are significantly lacking in security awareness
A new study has revealed that the majority of UK workers are not Cyber Savvy and have failed a Cyber IQ test, which was compiled by experts from ESET.Study participants were …
Industrial security awareness continues to remain low
While traditional manufacturing industries were not designed with security in mind, the proliferation of networks and devices, disparate communication channels, and the use of …
Fraudsters steal nearly $47 million from Ubiquiti Networks
US networking technology company Ubiquiti Networks has been swindled by fraudsters and has lost nearly $47 million.According to the quarterly financial report the company …
Never underestimate the impact of a data breach
The growth of cyber-crime and the impact of successful attacks on an organization’s bottom-line should not be underestimated; it is anticipated that data breaches will …
Popular VPNs leak data, don’t offer promised privacy and anonymity
Virtual Private Network (VPN) services can be used for circumventing Internet censorship and accessing blocked content, but researchers warn that you shouldn’t believe …
How to raise users’ expectations about security and privacy?
Users do not seem to care much about privacy and security. When buying a new smartphone, for example, they rarely ask about security updates and how long the device will be …
Google releases new hub for managing security and privacy settings
Google has released a new privacy tool for users: the My Account centralized hub for managing Google Settings.“Privacy and security are two sides of the same coin: if …
Researchers mount cyber attacks against surgery robot
A group of researchers from University of Washington have tested the security of a teleoperated robotic surgery system created by their colleagues, and have found it severely …
Misconfigured DNS servers may leak domain info, warns US-CERT
US-CERT is urging administrators of Domain Name System servers to check whether their machines are misconfigured to respond to global Asynchronous Transfer Full Range (AXFR) …
How to keep your Facebook account secure
When last November Facebook asked users to comment the proposed changes to the social network’s terms of use, data policy, and cookies policy, it also introduced Privacy …

Review: Build A Security Culture
Author: Kai Roer Pages: 124 Publisher: IT Governance Publishing ISBN: 1849287163 Introduction Kai Roer is one of the creators of the Security Culture Toolkit, a well-regarded …
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