Category: Privacy & Compliance

EU’s digital projects to get €2 billion in funding

EU’s digital projects to get €2 billion in funding

It has emerged that the EU is planning to spend an estimated €2 billion over the next seven years, funding digital projects. All of this is a part of a new deal struck by the European Parliament and Council negotiators on new funds for the Connecting Europe Facility project, focusing on transp... Read more

date3 years ago
Exchange hacks increasing exponantially

Exchange hacks increasing exponantially

In the last few days, the number of attacks on Exchange vulnerabilities has increased by a factor of ten. Germany, the UK and the Netherlands are some of the countries most affected by the attacks. Cybersecurity company Check Point shared these figures. The company says that in the period from 1... Read more

date3 years ago
Microsoft Exchange Server hacked, what are the consequences?

Microsoft Exchange Server hacked, what are the consequences?

In the past few days, you may have seen some scary headlines. Tens of thousands of companies are at risk of being hacked because of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server. The vulnerabilities are actively being abused. But what is really going on, and what are the risks? On March 2, 2021, ... Read more

date3 years ago
Epic Games files legal proceedings against Google in Australia

Epic Games files legal proceedings against Google in Australia

The producer of Fortnite advances its crusade against Big Tech. Epic Games, the Fortnite developer, is taking Google to court in Australia. This seems to be the latest l;legal battle in the company's war against Big Tech hegemony. Last summer, Epic sued both Apple and Google in the US to for... Read more

date3 years ago
US considers making Google pay for showing news snippets

US considers making Google pay for showing news snippets

The US Congress has proposed a law that would give publishers in the US the power to negotiate with companies such as Facebook and Google for a possible payment for showing parts of news items. The law is called the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and is supported by members of both ... Read more

date3 years ago
Digital consumer turns the world of business on its head

Digital consumer turns the world of business on its head

In uncertain times of crisis, consumers expect companies to adapt to new behaviours. Further digital efforts are often needed to respond to the new demands of customers. During the corona pandemic, the call for further digitalisation is even greater than before. This is according to Salesforce's St... Read more

date3 years ago
Enterprise security cameras were accessible through vulnerability

Enterprise security cameras were accessible through vulnerability

Verkada's security cameras turned out to contain a vulnerability that allowed attackers to gain access to their feeds. Tesla and Cloudflare, among others, have the cameras on their premises. The vulnerability was discovered by the Swiss developer Tillie Kottman. He was able to show images of a T... Read more

date3 years ago
Biden adds Tim Wu as an adviser to advance big tech agenda

Biden adds Tim Wu as an adviser to advance big tech agenda

The White House announced on Friday that the new economic advisers and vocal big tech critic Tim Wu would help the President Joe Biden administration deal with the big tech issues cropping up. Tim Wu is expected to help the president push his agenda on the technology sector. Most of what the adm... Read more

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