Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Six Isle of Wight schools hit by ransomware attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Six schools on the Isle of Wight and their umbrella organisation have been targeted by a ransomware attack, leaving teachers and pupils unable to access their online systems and causing disruption to the start of the new school year in September. Read via ComputerWeekly
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Loss of unencrypted disks behind National Lottery Community Fund data breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The National Lottery Community Fund has said that two missing unencrypted disks were the cause of the data breach that it warned charities about last month. The grant-maker had said that more than six years’ worth of contact and bank details had potentially been exposed to fraud. It said the breach involved data provided to […]
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Gun Owners Urged To Be ‘Vigilant’ Following Data Breach
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Gun owners in Northern Ireland have been urged to be “extra vigilant” over their home security after the PSNI confirmed that 803 customers in Northern Ireland have been affected by a major data breach from online trading website GunTrader UK. Read via 4NI
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Amazon shares sink as EU hands down record €746m EU data privacy fine
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Amazon has been hit with a record €746m (£635m) fine for breaking EU rules over how it processed customers’ personal data, the tech giant disclosed today. In a regulatory filing Amazon said the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) had issued the ruling against it for breaches of EU data protection rules on 16 […]
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Businesses suffer major financial damage as a result of supply chain attacks
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Supply chain attacks are becoming increasingly common. Security breaches caused by the compromise of a software provider or other partner are causing businesses significant headaches. Read via ITProPortal
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France data protection agency slaps Monsanto with €400k fine for running ‘watch lists’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
France’s personal data protection agency has fined US firm Monsanto for illegally compiling files of public figures, journalists and activists with the aim of swaying opinion towards support for its controversial pesticides. Read via Yahoo
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Windows 11 may have some security concerns over new app store
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Microsoft’s new-look app store for Windows 11 will not operate quite like other major marketplaces. The new-look Microsoft Store app marketplace, set to be a key part of Windows 11, has raised security concerns over perceived limitations. Read via Tech Radar Pro
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Cybercriminals are sharing around their most effective hacking tools
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The barrier to entry for cybercrime has been lowered. A wide variety of effective hacking tools are now circulating on underground forums, lowering the barrier to entry for cybercrime, a new report from the HP threat research team suggests. Read via ITProPortal
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Web applications have become a security liability
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Web apps are at the heart of many serious security incidents. Although fundamental to the workings of many businesses, web applications have become the single greatest cybersecurity threat, research suggests. Read via ITProPortal
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Cyber attackers ‘will have capability to harm humans by 2025’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By 2025, cyber attackers will have weaponised operational technology (OT) environments to successfully harm or kill humans. Read via Zawya
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