Facebook admits to circumventing GDPR
Facebook has told a court in Vienna that: "We don't need user's consent ." It went on to say that since May 25, 2018, it has been collecting and processing data...
Optical Center gets €250,000 fine from the CNIL
French data protection authority, CNIL, has published the details of a €250,000 fine against Optical Center. It relates to a complaint filed with the CNIL in July 2017. The complaint alleged...
Business Leader interview with Wendell Brown – CEO at Averon
Wendell Brown is the founder and CEO of Averon. Averon is the developer of the world’s first fully automatic and ultra-secure mobile identity verification standard that works on both Wi-Fi and...
Who owns the VPN you use?
After several months of misinformation, email messages, claims and allegations from VPNpro and a former member of its staff, Enterprise Times has removed this article from the site and will no...
Whitbread data breach at Costa and Premier Inn
Whitbread has admitted that its recruitment system has suffered a data breach. The breach affects the personal data of anyone who applied for a job with Costa Coffee or Premier Inn.
The...
GDPR to drive next wave of cyber insurance claims
The latest research report from insurer AIG Europe makes for sober reading. 2017 was a record breaking year in terms of cyber insurance claims.
The total number of claims during the year...
ABN AMRO struggles with DDoS attack
Dutch banking giant, ABN AMRO has tweeted to users that it is experiencing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack at the moment.
The impact of the attack is that some customers...
What are cyber security professionals worth?
Exabeam has published its 2018 Cyber Security Professionals Salary and Job Report (registration required). While the survey pool was low at just 481 respondents, the results are interesting none the less.
Given...
SilverTerrier uses malware to drive BEC attacks
Unit 42, part of Palo Alto Networks, has been tracking the rise of Business Email Compromise attacks from Nigeria for several years. It has monitored the evolution of the old fashioned...
NCA outlines 2018 analysis of serious and organised crime threats
The National Crime Agency(NCA) has delivered its annual assessment of serious and organised (SOC) crime threats to the UK. This is the fifth time it has published this report and it...