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The cyber security story for May 2019 is much the same as it was last month, with one mammoth breach raising the monthly total. The offender this time is the First American Financial Corp., which breached sixteen years’ worth of …
Just when you thought you were getting the hang of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), you learn that things are even more complicated. That’s been the reaction of many law enforcement bodies that have recently learned about their compliance …
If you haven’t reviewed your security practices in a while, now’s the time, because security researchers have spotted a surge in Emotet attacks in the past three months. The banking Trojan is considered “among the most costly and destructive …
Verizon’s annual DBIR (Data Breach Investigations Report) is among the most valuable studies in the security industry, so the release of the 2019 edition this week is cause for celebration. The reports are renowned for detailed analysis, with the latest …
One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has been breached, with criminal hackers stealing 7,000 bitcoins (about £38 million). In a statement released on 7 May, the organisation confirmed that it had suffered a “large scale security breach” in …
More than 5,000 people fell victim to holiday and travel booking scams last year, with their losses totalling £7 million, according to an Action Fraud and NFIB (National Fraud Intelligence Bureau) study. The scams cost holidaymakers £1,380 on average, although …
HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) has been told to delete more than five million people’s voice records after it was discovered that the way the information was collected breached the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The UK’s tax authority didn’t …
Theresa May says she is yet to make a decision on whether the UK will allow Huawei to supply technology for the country’s 5G mobile phone network. The decision follows the release of leaked documents that claimed that the UK …
Do you need a data protection officer? Since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into effect in May 2018, many organisations are asking whether they’re supposed to have a DPO (data protection officer), but sometimes the answer isn’t that …
Financial services firms must do more to educate employees about cyber security, according to the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority). In a report published last month, the FCA urged organisations to tackle staff awareness training at all levels, and to ensure …
