Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
This post was first published on 5 July 2022. The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is calling for improved cyber security, in the country following the unprecedented alleged data theft by ChinaDan: Security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data – BBC News Details of the theft are starting to be …
Sorry but the headlines below all contain the obvious biscuit pun! Knowing, explicitly, what an organisation plans to do with your personal data when you access a web site or sign up for an online service is an essential step in maintaining your privacy. Have a look at this article …
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International co-operation between law enforcement agencies in eleven countries has put a stop to FluBot mobile malware which was spreading rapidly rapidly by text messaging between Android devices. This malware was stealing sensitive data such as passwords and banking information from infected Android devices around the world. The complex investigation …
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The headline says it all. About 142 million customer records were stolen from MGM Resorts, the data included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. Rich pickings for any threat actor. MGM’s data breach was over two years ago and the data has been on sale since …
The ICO has taken action against Clearview AI Inc for using the images of UK residents to create a global face recognition database and has prohibited them from collecting images of UK residents from the internet. This was a joint investigation between the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) …
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