Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
Google will inform users when their accounts are under attack
Google is on track to release alert features that users can deploy to be notified quicker if their accounts a...
ESET finds hacking group XDSpy that was undetected for a decade
A rare APT has gone undetected for nine years, since 2011. The APT is a hacker group named XDSpy, and it targ...
IBM Security X-Force sees surge in ransomware attacks in June
The amounts demanded as ransom are also exploding, up to as much as $40 million. IBM reports that as of Se...
Google grows EU market share despite their anti-trust “remedy”
The remedial measures Google adopted have failed to achieve their stated purpose, according to the latest stu...
Twitter developers’ private keys and account tokens could be exposed
Twitter emailed developers to warn them about a bug that may have exposed their private keys and account toke...
Facebook won’t be leaving the EU, but something has to change
A court document released this week seemed to suggest that Facebook might be forced to close its European ope...
Facebook threatens to pull out of Europe (again) – here’s why
The technology giant complains that it simply cannot function unless it is allowed to send European user data...
The U.S. government has granted Intel licenses to supply Huawei
Intel now has licenses from U.S. authorities to continue providing some of its products to Huawei Technologie...
Another Bluetooth flaw has been discovered in the BLE software stack
Researchers at Purdue University revealed details about a new vulnerability in the Bluetooth wireless standa...
Hackers got into Trump’s Twitter account, days before 2016 election
Edwin, Mattijs, and Victor are three old chaps from the Netherlands who were able to access Donald Trump's Tw...