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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

An investigation into cybersecurity at UK public services revealed a large disparity in defense budgets, hundreds of website vulnerabilities and staff email addresses and passwords at one council posted in full online. Read via Information Security Magazine

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A hacker is offering to sell a gigantic Shanghai police database that he says contains sensitive information on around one billion Chinese residents – including their names, addresses, birthdates, and crime and case reports. Read via Sky News

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

A staff member at Customer.io, an email vendor contracted by OpenSea, misused their employee access to download and share email addresses of OpenSea’s users and newsletter subscribers with an unauthorized external party, the world’s largest NFT marketplace said Wednesday night. Reasd via Tech Crunch

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

We are back with your weekly dose of all things Security and Advent IM In the news: Fake copyright infringement emails install LockBit ransomware – Read here Google account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints – Read here AMD investigating alleged theft of 450 GB of data – Read here Japanese city worker loses USB […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Consumer rights groups in Europe have filed a new series of privacy complaints against Google — accusing the advertising giant of deceptive design around the account creation process that they say steers users into agreeing to extensive and invasive processing of their data. Read via Tech Crunch

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is investigating a potential data breach after a hacking group claimed to have stolen 450 gigabytes of data from the chipmaker. Read via Silicon Angle

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

Contractor said he lost the device – storing names, addresses, dates of birth and tax details of 460,000 people – after an alcohol-fuelled night out Read via Guardian  

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

LockBit ransomware affiliates are using an interesting trick to get people into infecting their devices by disguising their malware as copyright claims.  

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

The event is aimed at end users, purchasers and those who specify security products and will update attendees on the latest developments in the security sector. Whether you are in corporate security, local government CCTV or retail loss prevention we aim to get key people into the room and share knowledge. Join Ellie Hurst, Head […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Join us at the biggest networking event in Europe for nuclear decommissioning on the 21st July, 2022. The event will be held at The International Centre, Telford, Shropshire.  View the event here. The NDA group supply chain event is organised by the industry for the industry. The event attracts 1700 delegates, providing opportunities to network […]