Category: Industry News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday slapped Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms a fine of €17 million (~$18.6 million) for a series of security lapses that occurred in violation of the European Union’s GDPR laws in the region. “The DPC found that Meta Platforms failed to have in place appropriate technical and […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

THE Crown Prosecution Service has admitted putting victims of crime at risk, by mistakenly giving out personal details to suspected criminals. Victims in more than 50 cases were told their secret personal details such as health records, addresses and contact details had been accidentally handed to the defence. All the blunders by CPS staff were […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The Strategic Review of Policing confirms the central role that tech will be playing going forward, but warns of the need for greater ethical scrutiny to ensure public trust The UK’s “largely analogue police service” needs a major tech update to deal with proliferation of digitally enabled crime, but new technologies also need much better […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Google is to purchase cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion, hoping to boost its cloud security solutions as companies are facing a flood of cyberattacks on their systems. The Mandiant deal is Google’s second-largest transaction ever, behind its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola a decade ago. Google says the acquisition will enable its cloud unit […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

14 Japanese factories closed after parts supplier Kojima Industries was hit A cyber attack on automotive parts supplier Kojima Industries on Monday has halted Toyota’s car production in Japan. A spokesperson for Kojima, a supplier of air conditioning, steering wheel components and other parts to Toyota, confirmed that a virus had been found on its […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Traditional methods of mitigating ransomware are less efficacious thanks to the rise in double and triple extortion techniques The growth of double extortion – and even triple extortion – ransomware attacks is in danger of rendering common, traditional methods of mitigating the impact of a ransomware hit, such as well-maintained backups, less efficacious, according to […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have launched new sector-specific cyber security guidance pitched at small and medium-sized businesses operating in the construction industry. The Cyber security for construction businesses guide has not been compiled in response to any specific threat, but rather is a reflection of the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
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Many organisations that fall prey to ransomware attacks end up paying a ransom multiple times as cyber criminals exploit weaknesses in cybersecurity to squeeze their victims for as much cash as they can. According to analysis by cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint, 58% of organisations infected with ransomware paid a ransom to cyber criminals for the […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

The UK, Germany and Italy suffered the largest number cyber attacks in Europe in 2021, and the UK’s energy sector was targetted in a quarter of all attempts in the country. The energy sector was the target of 24 per cent of attacks, with manufacturing and finance each on 19 per cent. Data theft was […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Google’s plan to limit data tracking on its Chrome browser has been extended to cover apps on its Android-based smartphones. Its so-called Privacy Sandbox project aims to curb the amount of user data that advertisers can gather. Rival Apple now forces app developers to ask permission from users before tracking them. The news will be […]