UK tax season threatened by phishing and malware attacks
Bitdefender has warned taxpayers to be cautious after discovering that a total of 10,000 tax-related spam emails were sent in a single day in the first week of March. The tax …
EU sets huge fines for firms who violate users’ privacy
MEPs inserted stronger safeguards for EU citizens’ personal data that gets transferred to non-EU countries in a major overhaul of the EU’s data protection laws …
What do a hacker expo and cutting-edge research have in common? Amsterdam!
Dhillon Andrew Kannabhiran is the Founder and CEO of Hack in The Box, and in this interview he introduces HITBSecConf Amsterdam and offers insight on what attendees can expect …
Stop mass surveillance now or face consequences, MEPs say to US
Parliament’s consent to the EU-US trade deal “could be endangered” if blanket mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency does not stop, members of …
How do the top 100 UK ecommerce sites deal with personal data?
Dashlane assessed the password security procedures on the Top 100 e-commerce sites by examining 26 different password security criteria and awarding/docking points depending …
Reestablishing trust in the Internet
“The next phase of the internet will be data-centred and connectivity driven. Cloud computing, big data, the Internet of Things; tools which support manufacturing, …
Latvia establishes a Cyber Defence Unit
With the current situation in Ukraine, and Russian hackers’ penchant for escalating minor and major disputes and conflicts their nation has with neighbouring countries …
Using free Wi-Fi in Europe is risky
Internet users would do well to be extra careful when attempting to use public Wi-Fi hotspots in Europe, as hackers and cyber crooks have lately ramped up their efforts to …
European IT pros reveal top reasons to monitor privileged users
BalaBit IT Security announced results of a recent survey of IT security professionals about use of privileged identity management (PIM) and privileged activity monitoring …
1 in 4 European internet users experience blocking of internet content
24% of European internet users say they are prevented by their providers from watching videos, listening music or using other applications of their choice, according to a new …
The sad state of cyber security readiness
Just 17 per cent of UK business leaders see cyber security as a major priority, compared to 41 per cent in the US, research from BT has revealed. The research, which assessed …
NSA snooping: MEPs table proposals to protect EU citizens’ privacy
The European Parliament should withhold its consent to an EU-US trade deal unless it fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy, says an inquiry report on NSA and EU …
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