Category: Privacy & Compliance

FBI: Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities are actively exploited

FBI: Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities are actively exploited

US agencies warn that advanced persistent threat groups are exploiting Fortinet FortiOS vulnerabilities to compromise government and commercial organizations that use it. Last week, the FBI and the US Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned in a PDF that cybercriminals are scanni... Read more

date3 years ago
Tim Cook teases us with hints about an autonomous Apple Car

Tim Cook teases us with hints about an autonomous Apple Car

For those who have been dreaming of a self-driving Apple car, their long wait may seem to be closer to ending. CEO Tim Cook just made his most provocative statements yet suggesting that Apple is making its own car filled with Apple technology. While speaking with Kara Swisher of the New York Tim... Read more

date3 years ago
Ubiquiti: hacker never accessed customer information

Ubiquiti: hacker never accessed customer information

There is no evidence that the attacker who managed to penetrate the Ubuquiti cloud environment accessed customer data. There would only have been an attempt to extort Ubiquiti with stolen source code. Ubiquiti writes this in response to the article written by security journalist Brian Krebs. Kre... Read more

date3 years ago
Ubiquiti swept data breach under the rug; what really happened?

Ubiquiti swept data breach under the rug; what really happened?

A few months ago, Ubiquiti informed its customers about unauthorised access to its servers. There would be no indication that user information had been stolen. However, according to a security professional, the extent of the breach was much greater than Ubiquiti would like to admit. In January, ... Read more

date3 years ago
Tech moguls seek to streamline the European start-up ecosystem

Tech moguls seek to streamline the European start-up ecosystem

The European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth leads a group of unicorns. EU commissioner Mariya Gabriel met this week with leaders from some of Europe’s top start-ups and unicorns. The purpose of the meeting was to work on a new EU policy for innovation. The ... Read more

date3 years ago
EU and US in talks over new privacy deal

EU and US in talks over new privacy deal

The European Union and the United States are negotiating on the handling of personal data. The two world powers are looking for a way to make it possible for private data to cross the Atlantic without violating European legislation. The talks are being spurred on by tech giants such as Facebook,... Read more

date3 years ago
Criticism of Irish privacy authority for slow GDPR action

Criticism of Irish privacy authority for slow GDPR action

Since the introduction of the GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission has been swamped with work to enforce the regulations. However, due to the abundance of cases to investigate, privacy authorities are said to be too slow to act on violations. With many tech giants deciding to locate their ... Read more

date3 years ago
EU antitrust watchdogs to have more say over start-up deals

EU antitrust watchdogs to have more say over start-up deals

They want to oversee small-value acquisitions in order to protect competition. EU antitrust regulators want to have more say over small merger deals involving start-ups in the technology, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. This is according to a report in Reuters that appeared last wee... Read more

date3 years ago
‘Good IT options essential for professionals’

‘Good IT options essential for professionals’

According to new research, good IT facilities to work with are increasingly important for many employees. It can even make or break a working relationship. This is one of the conclusions of the 2021 State of Work report by Adobe subsidiary Workfront. Workfront looked at the importance of IT faci... Read more

date3 years ago
’92 percent of Exchange servers have been patched’

’92 percent of Exchange servers have been patched’

Microsoft estimates that 92 percent of vulnerable Exchange servers have now received a patch. This suggests that the vast majority of IT administrators are taking the problems seriously. The data comes from a tweet by Microsoft Security Response. In this tweet, the company says that 92 percent o... Read more

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