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3 Recent Ransomware Trends

Kyna Kosling 8th December 2023 Ransomware No Comments
Over recent months and years, ransomware groups have been evolving their tactics. Three trends stand out: 1. Gangs are becoming more organised Ransomware groups are becoming far more organised – a trend started by LockBit – with gangs even conducting …
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PCI DSS SAQ SPoC: What You Need to Know

Kyna Kosling 29th November 2023 PCI DSS No Comments
On 21 September, the PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) released a new PCI DSS (PCI Data Security Standard) self-assessment questionnaire: SAQ SPoC. Here’s what you need to know. What is SPoC? SPoC stands for ‘software-based PIN entry …
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EU DORA Regulation: ICT Incident Response Management Requirements

Neil Ford 24th November 2023 DORA No Comments
Enacted as part of DORA (the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act), the DORA Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector) sets out cyber security and business continuity requirements for financial organisations and their third-party ICT (information …
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Expert Insight: Andrew Pattison

Kyna Kosling 13th November 2023 Expert Insights No Comments
A DORA Regulation overview – part 1: the cyber landscape and risk management Interviewer introduction I’ve been looking at the public data set on the ICO website , digging into the numbers. I wanted to find out whether the financial …
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Cyber Attacks and Data Breaches in Review: October 2023

Neil Ford 7th November 2023 Breaches and Hacks, GDPR, News No Comments
According to our research, the three biggest European data breaches to be publicly disclosed in October were: 1. Motel One suffers ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware attack The German hotel group Motel One – one of the biggest hotel chains in Europe – …
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Europrivacy™/®: What Do I Need and What About Non-EU Jurisdictions?

Neil Ford 6th November 2023 Data Protection, GDPR No Comments
In today’s complex digital landscape, protecting your organisation and the data it processes is critical – both from an operational and a regulatory point of view. However, if you operate in multiple jurisdictions and are bound by various data protection …
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EU GDPR News Update: Three Legal Cases and AI Guidance

Neil Ford 27th October 2023 GDPR, News No Comments
In this blog, we look at some of the latest GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) stories that have made the headlines recently. Address trader sues data protection authority The German address trader Acxiom has requested an interim injunction against the …
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Full Fact Warns of Deepfake Phishing Video Threat

Neil Ford 19th October 2023 Phishing No Comments
The independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact has issued a warning about online scams after deepfake videos apparently showing Elon Musk promoting an investment project on the BBC were found to be circulating on Facebook. Deepfakes are a type of synthetic …
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Paying for Privacy? Meta Considers Subscriptions for Facebook and Instagram

Neil Ford 12th October 2023 Data Protection, GDPR No Comments
Intrusive advertising is the bane of most users’ experiences of social media, but it has always seemed a necessary evil, the price you must pay to use many platforms. However, this might soon be coming to an end – albeit …
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Cyber Attacks and Data Breaches in Review: September 2023

Neil Ford 6th October 2023 Breaches and Hacks, Cyber Security, Data Protection No Comments
Welcome to our September 2023 review of cyber attacks and data breaches, in which we look at some of the most newsworthy security incidents across Europe. On the face of it, September was a quiet month in terms of cyber …
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