Facebook complains data transfer ruling would end its EU businesses
Facebook has claimed its EU businesses are threatened if it can’t continue to exfiltrate EU data to the US for processing. The claim comes from Yvonne Cunnane, Facebook Ireland’s head of...
New version of CyberSense aims to stay ahead of Ransomware
Index Engines has announced a new version of its CyberSense product. It is now faster and capable of handling much higher levels of throughput. This, the company claims, allows CyberSense to...
DarkMarket taken offline by law enforcement
DarkMarket is no more as a concerted police action has taken the largest illegal marketplace on the dark web offline. Police forces from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the United Kingdom...
Protecting sensitive data in healthcare a complete farce
Protecting sensitive data in healthcare is effectively a complete farce. After reading through the Varonis 2021 Data Risk Report for Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Biotech, that's the conclusion. The report opens with...
noyb slams deceptive cookie banner practices
Privacy group noyb has issued 500 draft complaints to companies who use deliberately misleading cookie banners. It is the first salvo in a campaign that could see more than 10,000 complaints...
Palo Alto launches third generation of Cortex XDR targeting Cloud customers
Palo Alto has launched the third generation of its Cortex XDR solution. This release expands Cortex to the cloud and targets cloud and identity-based threats. According to Palo Alto, Cortex 3.0...
BlueVoyant acquires 202 Group – targets US government supply chain
Cybersecurity platform vendor BlueVoyant has acquired 202 Group as it targets US federal government supply chain. 202 Group has two separate platforms 202scrm and 202scout. BlueVoyant plans to integrate the 202scrm...
TechVets signs partnership with Project Ares
TechVets has partnered with Project Ares to provide skills in digital forensics to UK veterans and service leavers. Project Ares will initially provide 15 veterans with a boot-camp crash course in digital...
Dragos strengthens plans for OT CERT with Dawn Cappelli appointment
Dragos has strengthened its plans for the launch of its OT Cybersecurity Emergency Response Team. It has appointed Dawn Cappelli as OT CERT Director. Cappelli will launch and lead Dragos’s OT...
Avanan spots Quickbooks domain being abused by malicious actors
Researchers from Avanan, a Check Point subsidiary, have spotted malicious actors misusing the Quickbooks domain. They are using the domain’s reputation to make their emails look legitimate. For some users, this...