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Should governments regulate social media data collection?
Venafi announced the results of a survey querying 512 security professionals attending RSA Conference 2018. The survey evaluated opinions on the intersection of cyber …
Unsurprisingly, most won’t be ready for GDPR on 25th May
With less than a month until the GDPR comes into force, many companies will not be ready when it takes effect on May 25th, 2018. 62% of IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) surveyed …
Cybersecurity task force addresses medical device safety
In an effort to harmonize the work being done in hospitals and by device manufacturers to address medical device vulnerabilities, Vizient has formed the Medical Device …
GDPR: It’s an issue of transparency
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been on the lips of security professionals for a long time now – but in just over a month, it will become a reality. While it …
Many businesses struggling to meet GDPR deadline
IT decision makers across the U.S., UK, France, and Germany are still missing an opportunity to transform their business through a holistic data management approach that …
Russian government asks court to allow them to block Telegram
Russian communications regulator’s fight to block the Telegram encrypted messaging service continues. Telegram (the company) has been fighting the Roskomnadzor – …
Nation-state hackers are attacking our trust in critical systems
In the last few years, the lines between cyber criminals and nation-states have become increasingly blurry and it has become obvious that the private sector is not capable of …
20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million banking phishing scam
A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action …
Consumers worry that small privacy invasions may lead to a loss of civil rights
A new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows that consumers around the world perceive wide ranging risks in how their personal information is collected and …
Atlanta government systems hit by ransomware
The city of Atlanta has suffered a ransomware attack on Thursday, which resulted in outages of some of its customer facing applications, including some that customers may use …
UK govt wants IoT manufacturers to take responsability for security
The UK government aims to shift the burden of securing IoT devices away from consumers and put the onus of securing them squarely on the manufacturers. “Poorly secured …
Hackers breached German government’s secure computer networks
The Russia-linked Sofacy hacking group has breached the secure computer networks of a number of German federal agencies. The group – also known as APT28, Fancy Bear, and …