Death, Taxes, and Cyberattacks
This case will shape the future of cyber risk insurance so worth following, even if it takes years to play out…: […] Mondelez’s case against Zurich is proceeding in an […]
Wipro Confirms Hack and Supply Chain Attacks on Customers
More on the Wipro breach…: […] “Wipro should immediately let customers know whether they were using message encryption internally to protect customer emails,” said Mark Bower, chief revenue officer and […]
ICO fines funeral plan firm and asks public to help elderly relatives to report nuisance calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wants people to support their elderly relatives or neighbours if they are receiving nuisance marketing calls. Original article here
EU pushes to link tracking databases
As the final comment says: “If you build in more power for authorities, you need more safeguards for citizens as well,” she added. “That is not happening here.”… The European […]
New Details Emerge on Windows Zero Day
Make sure you’re patched. These vulnerabilities are being actively exploited…: […] Kaspersky Lab found CVE-2019-0859 last month when their automatic exploit prevention systems detected an attempt to abuse a Windows […]
Microsoft Downplays Scope of Email Attack
I subscribe to HackNotice and got an alert about this hack. I’ve seen conflicting reports about the severity of the breach so keep your eyes peeled if you have a […]
Patient Privacy Breach…All in a Day’s Work?
A reminder, if you needed one, that a data breach need not involve computers and an external bad actor. Staff training is just as important as firewalls and fancy software…: […]
Cyber take-up soars as risk awareness grows
It’s great that businesses now see cyber risk coverage as ‘normal’. As a next step I’d like to see discounts available to companies that can show they have taken steps […]
Brexit Britain’s Huawei conundrum
Information security clashes with geopolitics post-Brexit…: LONDON — Theresa May’s government faces a highly contentious decision about Britain’s future — except this time it’s about a Chinese firm. In the […]
Game of Thrones streams and torrents host dangerous malware for people who watch for free …
Just in case you were thinking of downloading/streaming…: […] “These risks from illegally streaming or downloading Game of Thrones are the same as downloading any other illegal file – it could […]