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Company officials who neglect email security — a corporation’s greatest cyber vulnerability — would fare extremely poorly if they brought the same approach to the poker table, according to new research that draws parallels between cybersec… Continue reading Study Finds Surprising Similarities Between Cyber-Risk and Problem Gambling
An online retailer in Poland has received a hefty fine under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) after failing to protect the data collected from 2.2 million customers through the company’s nine websites. The European Union last year pa… Continue reading Polish retailer gets €645,000 fine under GDPR for “insufficient organizational and technical safeguards”
A new study that explores how chief information security officers (CISOs) perceive the state of their profession carries some surprising findings. In a stark contrast with past year studies, “experiencing a data breach” now paints CISO… Continue reading CISOs Can Leverage Data Breaches to Land Better Jobs, Survey Shows
IT security experts fear that payouts from insurers may be fueling ransomware attacks as more and more critical infrastructures across the United States fall victim to ransomware operators.
The post Recent Spike in Ransomware Incidents Potentially… Continue reading Recent Spike in Ransomware Incidents Potentially Linked to Payouts from Insurance Firms
Ransomware operators have breached yet another school district in the United States, demanding ransom to unlock the district’s data. But this time, the district was prepared. Ransom notes started shooting out of printers in the Ava School Distric… Continue reading Ransom notes shoot out of school printers but district denies hackers their prize
Consumers across the globe are seriously concerned about the data security practices of the companies they do business with, and would take their money elsewhere after a data breach, according to a new study.
The post Businesses Can Lose Half of C… Continue reading Businesses Can Lose Half of Customers after a Data Breach, Research Shows
Schools are increasingly deploying a “cloud-first” strategy but they can’t keep up with the cyber risks associated with their expanding attack surface, according to a new study. If the recent spate of ransomware attacks on U.S. s… Continue reading Education Sector in Dire Need of Cloud Security Talent, Research Shows
WhatsApp’s “Delete for Everyone” feature, meant to allow people to delete files they accidentally sent, works differently on iPhones than it does on Android phones, a researcher has warned. This discrepancy could place senders’ … Continue reading WhatsApp ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature potentially puts user privacy at risk
More than a year after the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), half of businesses in the United Kingdom are still not fully compliant. Around 52% stand to incur big penalties from the Information Commissioner̵… Continue reading 52% of UK Businesses Risk Hefty Fines under GDPR
A ransomware attack on Rockford Public Schools (RPS) District 205 in the State of Illinois has downed school systems, including phone lines, the district said in a letter to staff and parents. The outage will likely last “several more days”… Continue reading Ransomware cripples Internet and phone lines at Rockford Public Schools District