Melanie Watson Archive
Around 19,000 French websites have been attacked in the last few days by “more or less structured” groups, according to France’s cyber defence chief, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere.
A group of cyber criminals claims to have hacked into the Serbian state network and stolen the entire national database, according to local news sources Blic and InSerbia News. In an email the hackers sent to the Serbian daily Blic, …
A group of hackers leaked the log-in details of 38 government emails (who were mostly from Sweden) in retaliation for the Pirate Bay police raid last week. The Anonymous hacktivist group also claims to have hacked into government email accounts …
With ISO 27001 - the internationally recognised information security standard – fast becoming one of the most implemented standards worldwide, it’s no wonder that the demand for qualified ISO 27001 Lead Auditors has increased.
The breach was notified to the media by Paul Keogan when Irish Water sent a letter containing Paul’s bank information to his landlord by mistake. Not only had the utility company failed to contact Paul about the breach, but Paul …
The number of ISO27001 certificates in Europe has grown significantly over the past seven years. According to the latest ISO Survey, there are 7,950 ISO27001 certificates throughout Europe as of 2013, which is 24% up on the previous year.
We have recently published free guidance on our website concerning the the EU Data Protection Directive and proposed General Data Protection Regulation, the Cybersecurity Strategy, and the NIS Directive.
In what is believed to be the biggest hacking attack ever to happen in Norway, 50 companies in the oil sector have been hacked and 250 more are believed to be affected.
Created by the aptly named Data Breach Maps, this interactive map allows you to find out about country-specific data breach notification laws throughout Europe.
CyberVor reportedly stole over 4.5 billion consumer records from 420,000 websites over several months. 1.2 billion of these records were unique, meaning it has affected 1/7 of the world’s population. The name ‘CyberVor’ was given to the Russian cybercrime ring …
