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Privacy and data protection

  • February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

    Cyberthreat 2018 aimed at UK cyber security techies

    Cyberthreat 2018 is aimed at growing the UK’s network of cyber defenders, filling a key gap in the UK cyber security conference calendar and bridging the public-private sector divide

  • February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

    FS-ISAC enables safer financial data sharing with API

    The global financial industry's body for cyber and physical threat intelligence analysis and sharing has published an API to facilitate safer sharing of consumer financial information

  • February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

    Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel

    The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles

  • February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

    PyeongChang Winter Games hit by cyber attack

    Although critical operations were not affected by the incident, event organisers at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics had to shut down servers and the official games website to prevent further damage

  • February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

    Europe in the firing line of evolving DDoS attacks

    The Europe, Middle East and Africa region accounts for more than half the world’s distributed denial of service attacks, a report from F5 Labs reveals

  • February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18

    Malaysian regulator and firm sued over data breach

    The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission and a local company have been caught in a civil lawsuit over a massive data breach reported last year

  • February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

    DMA Group working to reduce fear around GDPR

    The DMA Group is focused on the GDPR for customer communications and marketing, but says the key aim is to reduce fear in the market

  • February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

    More POS malware detected in the wild

    The first new point of sale malware in many months is stealing data from the magnetic strips on payment cards, security researchers warn

  • February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

    Swisscom downplays data breach

    Telecommunication provider Swisscom has downplayed a data breach affecting around 800,000 customers, but security experts warn of potential long-term risks

  • February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

    Data breaches set to affect future sales

    The failure to protect customer data is set to create long-term business problems for organisations in Europe and the US, a survey reveals