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Since at least 2019, criminal hackers have been hijacking high-profile YouTube channels in a phishing scam designed to capture their cookies. According to a report by Google, which owns YouTube, more than 4,000 accounts were compromised, with attackers either selling …
If you run a website, the chances are that you collect EU residents’ personal data. Perhaps you collect names and email addresses so visitors can subscribe to your newsletter, take payment card details for an online store or use cookies …
Cyber attacks and data breaches are clearly huge risks for organisations. It’s important to do everything possible to prevent incidents, but it’s just as important to have a plan in case disaster strikes.
some of the most effective data protection methods are relatively inexpensive and easy to implement. Here are five simple solutions to help keep your data secure and reduce the risk of a data breach.
Cyber criminals have been luring people into handing over their personal details under the pretence of bidding for U.S. Department of Transportation contracts. The phishing campaign, which targeted organisations in the engineering, energy and architecture sectors, told recipients that the …
DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) help organisations identify, assess and mitigate privacy risks to data processing activities. They are particularly important when introducing new data processes, systems and technologies.
Penetration testing involves a simulated malicious attack against an organisation’s defences. The results provide an insight into the way an attacker might exploit and leverage weaknesses, which in turn helps the organisation understand which areas it needs to improve. Unlike …
A Romanian man has been jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty for his role in three cyber security scams. Adrian Mitan was charged in 2018 for conducting a money laundering scheme arising from eBay fraud, a brute-force phishing scheme …
Organisations that accept card payments are responsible for the security of customers’ payment information and must comply with the PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). Compliance will be a lengthy process for some, but organisations that handle fewer than six million transactions annually can …
In August, we found 84 publicly disclosed cyber attacks and data breaches, which accounted for almost 61 million breached records. You can find the full list of incidents on our sister site, but, as always, we delve into some of the …
