D-Link has agreed to a 10 year plan of independent security oversight, in order to settle its case with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Who sued D-Link over the poor security of its devices. A way of avoiding court…
It looks like the EuroFins cyber issue reported last month was a ransomware (21.06)(). Compounding the problems for law enforcement forensics in the UK. It follows on from issues related to 2 other forensics services used by UK law enforcement.…
US Cyber command has issued a warning to fix a known vulnerability in Outlook 2017. Following an active hacking campaign and a favored exploit of hackers, bought to light following the recent US, Iranian hacking exchange. The exploit uses Outlook…
According to US prosecutors Chinese hackers got into a number of large technology providers including HP and IBM. Hacked via a cloud service The US indictment said the hack focused on stealing IP to boost Chinese economic interest. A wealth…
Looks like Facebook will be defending itself in court after all. Following a recent move to block its trial was rejected by the Federal Appeals Court of San Francisco last week. This will be an interesting case to watch. to…
Austrian court rejects an attempt by Facebook to block. The case is questioning Facebook’s approach to GDPR, arguing that their privacy policies were not valid, and that data was being processed unlawfully. As it unfolds, this will be a case…
Another US pharma, LabCorp, discloses that they were also affected by the AMCA data breech reported this week. With 7.7 Million client records declared stolen. The legal and regulatory environment is changing rapidly. This might turn out to be quite…
New York and New York state take the lead again, following the release of its NYDFS cyber regulation. If it gets passed the SHIELD (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data) legislation will put in place stringent data protection laws. Including…
GDPR regulation has increased people’s awareness of data protection law in the UK, since its inception in May 2018. With 4 times more data breaches logged and the number of public complaints doubling. Where are the fines? Non issued yet.…
Some basic hygiene factors are lacking, leaving firms open to serious and significant security breaches, in the latest case 1.5 Million client records. SDLC processes are there to help ensure that the right checks and balances are in place to…
