Facebook slapped with $18.6 million fine for 2018 breaches of the GDPR in the EU
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Facebook's parent company, Meta, €17 million ($18.6 million) for a series of past data breaches.
The security flaws in question, which appear to have impacted up to 30 million Facebook users, trace back many years and were reported to the Ir... Read more
Data of half a million people at risk in hack on Red Cross
An enormous hack has hit the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The personal data of as many as 515,000 people has been stolen. The perpetrator of the attack is unknown at this time.
According to the IRCR, the hackers managed to steal personal information from databases of at least... Read more
EU privacy rules may need to change
European privacy rules may have to change for the EU's institutions to control their data. However, the senior commission official warned today that this could be problematic, as many people are not happy with how big tech companies use personal information without keeping customers in the loop.
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Hackers gained undiscovered access to a Panasonic server
Hackers gained undiscovered access to a server of the Japanese tech group Panasonic for a significant amount of time. This was discovered by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. Specifically, the event involved an attack by hackers on a server in which a lot of confidential information was stored.
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Data of over one million WordPress GoDaddy customers leaked
Web host GoDaddy was hit by a major data leak, affecting some 1.2 million of the Managed WordPress hosting environment's customers.
According to hosting provider GoDaddy, hackers gained access to the Managed WordPress environment using a misappropriated password. The setup environment of the cod... Read more
Tanium joins forces with Deep Instinct
Tanium and Deep Instinct have partnered to offer endpoint security and automation to the entire security lifecycle
What is the future of endpoint security
Tanium has come together with Deep Instinct to offer organizations a revolution in the cybersecurity space. Deep Instinct is the first org... Read more
What are the current cyber security threats? An overview
Cybersecurity is in a state of constant change. The attack surfaces on which cybercriminals capitalize are as versatile as the overall development of information technology. Insight into both attackers and this attack surface is essential. Only by knowing what a threat looks like can we defend ours... Read more
Ransomware attack disrupts hundreds of bookstores across Europe
The attack affected hundreds of bookstores in France, Belgium and The Netherlands.
The Record this week reported that a ransomware attack had targeted TiteLive, a French company. TiteLive sells cloud-based software for book sales and inventory management. Bookstores affected by the ransomware at... Read more
Fujitsu confirms stolen data was not taken from its systems
Fujitsu confirmed that data being sold by cybercriminals is not related to any breaches or attacks on its systems. Last month, a claim appeared on Marketo (the criminal marketplace) selling 4GB of data from Fujitsu, which was marketed widely.
At the time, Fujitsu said it was investigating a pote... Read more
T-Mobile begins investigation after hacker posts stolen data on forum
T-Mobile USA has launched an investigation into a hacker on Raids Forum, who is advertising stolen customer records. The hacker, who goes by the moniker ‘Subvirt,' posted on the Raids Forum asking for six bitcoin (about €243,000) from other hackers who may need access to some of the extracted d... Read more