More data stolen in January 2021 than in all of 2017, says report

A total of 878.17 million data records were compromised worldwide in January 2021 alone, more than in the entire 12 months of 2017, setting 2021 on course to be... Read more »

Millions of pounds lost to crypto fraud on social media

British citizens have lost more than £63m in the past year to investment fraud conducted via social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, with almost half of the... Read more »

GCHQ bulk interception programme breached privacy rights, Strasbourg court rules

GCHQ’s bulk interception of communications data, including data about telephone calls and emails, unlawfully breached the privacy rights of UK citizens, the European Court of Human Rights ruled today.... Read more »

Policies key to revolutionising Identity Governance and Administration

Identity Governance and Administration, or IGA, helps businesses to reduce costs by automating access-related tasks, increase security and reduce risk by heightening visibility and reducing inappropriate access, improve compliance,... Read more »

CyberSprinters game gives kids a head start, says NCSC

By Published: 25 May 2021 14:30 With debate ongoing over the efficacy and legitimacy of child protection provisions contained in the government’s Online Safety Bill, the National Cyber Security... Read more »

Threat of group GDPR legal action haunts CISOs

The spectre of group legal settlements following a serious data breach haunts 90% of security leaders, while 85% are more concerned about the threat of regulatory fines, according to... Read more »

McAfee to change terms of auto-renewing consumer plans

Consumer users of McAfee’s antivirus products who found their service contracts auto-renewed for another year will now be able to end their contracts and obtain a refund for the... Read more »

Industry reflects on three years of GDPR

In the past year, it would be eminently fair to say that the focus of the cyber security industry has not necessarily been on compliance with the General Data... Read more »

Legacy vulnerabilities may be biggest enterprise cyber risk

Cyber attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched legacy systems, via consumer applications such as TikTok, and originating from friendly countries may be a bigger risk to the average organisation than... Read more »

Air India is latest victim of Sita hack

A cyber attack on the systems of airline IT services specialist Sita, first reported earlier in 2021, has claimed another victim in the aviation sector, after Air India revealed... Read more »
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