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Days Before GDPR, UK ICO Hits University of Greenwich with Data Breach Fine
University of Greenwich has been hit with a fine under the 1998 Data Protection Act. This fine is delivered just days before the General…
Rail Europe Data Breach Exposes Data for 3 Months
Rail Europe North America (RENA), a popular travel planning company focused on selling rail tickets to American citizens, has announced news of a data…
Cyber Attack Hits Family Planning NSW
Ransomware attacks have been circulating data security and infosec news quite heavily since last year’s Wannacry and Petya attacks.
Chili’s Restaurant Data Breach Results in Stolen Credit Card Information
Coming to us in recent cyber security news is the data breach affiliated with Chili’s. The southwestern themed restaurant has been attacked by malware…
Equifax Data Breach: Stolen Information Now Includes Passports and IDs
Let’s go back to fall of 2017, recall the mass data breach Equifax was responsible for? Well, Equifax has resurfaced again, this time to…
Ransomware is Evolving, Can Security Keep Up?
Ransomware has been around for a few years, but it seems in the last two years they seem to have gotten extremely dangerous.
Cambridge Analytica Closes Down, But Firm Could be Reborn
Cambridge Analytica has announced that they are in the beginning stages of insolvency.
New Google Gmail Confidential Mode is a Step Up in Email Data Security
Google, last Wednesday, launched its biggest redesign since 2013. In this new rollout, security remained a top priority for the California-based company, leading the…
20 Million Google Chrome Users Installed Malicious Ad Blockers
Beware of the minefield that is the Google Chrome Web Store, which has been recently in the spotlight for hosting malicious ad blockers.
SEC Issues $35 million Fine to Yahoo For Failing to Disclose Data Breach
And the story continues to develop. Yahoo - or rather the company holding the remains of the company after the Verizon merger - will…
Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigation Report: Insider Threats & Monitoring
Verizon’s 2018 Data Breach Investigation Report launched recently with key highlights on the current threat landscape.