Cyber Security Archive
While Brexit continues to cause widespread uncertainty, you can at least be sure of one thing: deal or no deal, the security risks your organisation faces won’t go away. Data breaches are on the up, and information security and GDPR …
This week, we discuss a data breach at Mumsnet, no data breach at OkCupid, and a lawsuit against Apple for implementing security measures. Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 14 February 2019. Here are this week’s …
In common with all IT professionals, information security specialists are very aware of the importance of qualifications in demonstrating competence to their current and future employers. Information security is a complex, multidisciplinary field, though, and choosing a learning path that …
An advert is currently running in which a man gets his password hacked because, the ad implies, he wasn’t using a VPN (virtual private network). The man’s password? ‘John123’. When you’re that hopeless at creating login credentials, there’s not much …
It sounds crazy to the uninitiated, but organisations across the globe pay people to break into their systems and find sensitive information. The reason they do this is simple: to catch a thief, you must think like one. Organisations hire …
The first of this year’s monthly lists amounts to an impressive 1,769,185,063 leaked records, which – let’s be honest – isn’t the greatest start to the year. Although there will be some debate about the usefulness of including the 772,904,991 …
A glitch in Apple’s FaceTime app allows callers to hear and see you even if you haven’t answered the phone. 9to5Mac confirmed the reports, which had been circulating on social media. This is how it is exploited: Start a FaceTime …
Gambling addiction remains a contentious issue for the betting industry, especially in light of ongoing concerns about the effectiveness of self-exclusion schemes such as GamStop and the political row about restricting the maximum stakes on FOBTs (fixed-odds betting terminals). In …
Home improvement retailer B&Q has suffered a data breach affecting 70,000 of its… well, not customers, exactly. The breached database contained a list of people who had been caught stealing products from B&Q stores. The document included the names of …
This week, we discuss Google’s €50 million GDPR fine, GDPR complaints against eight streaming services, Facebook’s Supreme Court appeal and its potential effects on the EU-US Privacy Shield, and an Emergency Directive from the US Department of Homeland Security. Hello …
