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Privacy and data protection

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Government seeks views on post-Brexit security alignment

  The government has called for views on its proposals to align the UK’s post-Brexit cyber security policy to that of the European Union

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  ICO to probe government over Gov.uk data collection plan

  The ICO is to look into the government’s leaked data collection plans over fears they may breach the law

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  UN agency Unicef praised for response to accidental data leak

  The UN’s children’s agency has disclosed an inadvertent leak of personal data belonging to users of its online learning platform Agora

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  IBM introduces z15 mainframe with security data passport

  In the new z15 enterprise server, IBM has focused on making data secure and auditable wherever it resides.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Mirai descendants dominate IoT threat environment

  Attacks leveraging compromised IoT devices are growing in size, scale and frequency, report security experts at F-Secure and Trend Micro, with Mirai-related botnets a major source of trouble

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Equifax and Heartbleed are most-Googled cyber security terms

  Analysis of 15 years’ worth of Google search data has revealed some insight into what cyber security trends are capturing the imagination

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  GDPR non-compliance worse than feared

  Over half of UK businesses do not yet appear to be fully GDPR-compliant, and many have de-prioritised their compliance efforts

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  UK calls for cyber capacity-building at UN security group

  The UK’s representative to a United Nations cyber security working group has called for increased investment in capacity around cyber security

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  BT gears up to take on rogue drones

  BT’s Enterprise unit is offering customers an anti-drone security solution to protect their physical sites from intrusion

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  How Zuellig Pharma is fighting fake drugs with blockchain

  The Asia-Pacific pharmaceutical giant is using a blockchain platform from SAP to help consumers identify the provenance of medicine

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Terror watchlist faces reform after court rules it violates rights of people entering US

  A secret US terrorist database containing information on more than 1.2 million people – who face repeated interrogations, detentions and electronic searches – violates constitutional rights, a US judge said last week

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Social engineering a factor in virtually all cyber attacks, report claims

  Almost every single cyber attack will, at some stage, require a human to be tricked into doing something, according to research by Proofpoint

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Data-driven marketing, the real risk boards are missing

  Boards need to act to break the cycle of privacy compliance failures, and shift focus to aligning business purpose with privacy and dealing with the real risk of data driven marketing, warns PwC’s GDPR and data protection lead

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Australia government to chart 2020 cyber security strategy

  Australia’s home affairs ministry has released a discussion paper to seek views from all segments of society on the country’s next cyber security blueprint

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Singapore’s SecureAge eyes US market

  The Singapore-based supplier of encryption and anti-malware tools has set up a new office in Greater Washington, DC as the next logical step in its global expansion plan

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Police use of controversial facial recognition technology deemed lawful

  In a landmark hearing, the High Court has ruled that police use of automatic facial recognition technology is lawful, but that it still infringes on privacy rights

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Security pros doubt officials can enact effective security laws

  Elected officials cannot be trusted to enact effective cyber security legislation and social media firms should be subject to strict privacy regulation, according to most information security professionals in a survey

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Tide Foundation aims to boost password security

  While passwordless security remains just out of reach, a non-profit organisation has developed a mechanism that it says makes passwords exponentially more difficult to crack

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Latest Facebook security lapse exposes millions to account hijack

  18 million UK users are among the more than 400 million at risk of account hijacking after phone numbers linked to their Facebook accounts were found in an open online database

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Check Point warns of Android phishing attacks

  Researchers at Check Point have identified a security flaw in Android-based smartphones that exposes vulnerable users to phishing attacks

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  TrickBot Trojan switches to stealthy Ostap downloader

  Operators of the TrickBot banking Trojan have switched to a new downloader to evade detection and analysis for a high-volume malicious spam campaign targeting business, researchers warn

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Cyber criminals tap into web social engineering toolkit 

  Security researchers have discovered a web social engineering toolkit that enables cyber criminals to create fake update notification campaigns 

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  UK organisations join quantum comms pilot

  Four UK companies are taking part in a pilot project to build the most secure communication infrastructure in Europe

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  CISOs turn to AI, detection, response and education

  Information security leaders are looking to artificial intelligence, better detection and response capabilities and user education in the face of cyber threats, but need more budget, a study shows

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Dutch regulator reveals potential Microsoft privacy breach

  Netherlands privacy watchdog has revealed potential breaches while testing Microsoft software changes

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Targeted cyber attacks, including ransomware, on the rise

  Governments and healthcare institutions are prime targets of ransomware operators, a report shows

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Ransomware has evolved into a serious enterprise threat

  Ransomware has seen a resurgence since the start of 2019, with cyber criminals changing code and tactics to target enterprises and local authorities for higher ransom payments, McAfee researchers warn

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Majority of organisations struggling with cloud security

  The majority of organisations find securing the cloud difficult and more than a quarter feel the shared security responsibility model is unclear, according to a survey of information security professionals

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Human rights group challenges police over counter-terrorism powers

  Bringing into question the effectiveness of terror laws, a report by human rights group Cage highlights poor conviction rates and the discriminatory application of police powers at the border

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Security pros reiterate warning against encryption backdoors

  The majority of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state cyber attacks

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm

  Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Tech firms join forces to boost cloud security

  Top tech firms are to collaborate on open source technologies, tools, frameworks and standards that accelerate the adoption of confidential computing to boost security in cloud and edge computing

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Cyber attackers exploiting poor cloud security

  More than a third of organisations report a cyber attack on the cloud environment due to a lack of basic cloud security hygiene

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Healthcare faces triple cyber threat, says FireEye

  Criminal and nation-state cyber attackers are increasingly targeting the healthcare industry to steal data, carry out espionage and cause disruption, a report reveals

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Human error a big risk to ICS cyber security, study shows

  Despite the rise in automation, industrial processes are at risk due to human error, a report on industrial cyber security reveals

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Huawei to US: Ban violates free market principles

  Huawei has hit back at the US government’s latest moves to restrict its activities

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  UK financial account takeovers up, report warns

  Commercial cyber criminal services are helping to drive up the number of account takeovers, a fraud report for the first half of the year shows

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  Q2 shows ransomware proliferation, Kaspersky warns

  Ransomware modifications have more than doubled in the past year, the number of ransomware families has grown, and the number of attempted infections is up nearly 50%

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  US extends temporary stay on Huawei ban

  American network operators given extra wiggle room to wean themselves off Huawei’s hardware

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  Passwordless enterprise already possible, says RSA

  The passwordless enterprise is getting easier to attain as the security industry gears up to support a passwordless future, says RSA’s identity chief

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  New approach to risk management needed, says Gartner

  Most third-party risks are discovered after the initial due diligence period, Gartner study shows, highlighting the need for a new approach to risk management and the importance of effective access controls

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  ICO to probe facial recognition at King’s Cross

  UK privacy watchdog is to investigate whether the use of live facial recognition technology at King’s Cross complies with data protection laws

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Australia needs to get digital identity right

  A top Ping Identity executive urges Australia to put more focus on digital identity management following the government’s efforts to lay the groundwork for an open banking regime

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  2019 set to be another record year for data breaches

  The number of data breach incidents continues to rise and looks set to reach another record this year, with the business sector first in the firing line, according to a mid-year breach report

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Formjacking dominates web-related data breaches

  Formjacking has become one of the most popular data stealing methods, say researchers, who urge commercial websites to review all third-party coding practices without delay

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Melbourne researchers uncover privacy lapses in transport dataset

  A team of University of Melbourne researchers has been able to re-identify individuals from a public transport dataset, raising serious privacy, safety and security issues

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Publicly accessible biometric database highlights key failings

  The discovery of a publicly accessible database of biometric information highlights failings by the supplier, the need for supply chain security, and the challenges of using biometric data

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  DCMS funding aims to increase diversity in cyber sector

  A funding round has been announced as part of the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF) with aims of encouraging more diverse talent into the UK’s cyber security sector

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  GDPR faces growing pains across Europe

  The General Data Protection Regulation is over a year old now, but it faces challenges across Europe where compliance has taken place at different speeds

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Cyber criminal collaboration intensifies

  The level of cooperation between high-profile cyber threat groups has shifted up a gear, enabling a higher level of automation and making attribution more difficult, research shows