Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Police Ombudsman apologises to staff after data leak
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Northern Ireland’s police watchdog has apologised to its staff after their details were inadvertently shared with almost two dozen job applicants. The data leak at the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland involved the details of 160 current and former employees. Read Here.
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Millions of data files exposed in massive security breach
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler has uncovered a massive database belonging to field service management platform ServiceBridge was left freely available online. In total, the database numbered 31,524,107 files, dated back to 2012 and primarily belonging to companies from the US, UK, and Canada. Read Here.
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Heriot-Watt University begins work on new £2.5m cyber attack station
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Work has begun on the development of a new optical ground station at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The £2.5m facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications and is scheduled to be fully operational by late autumn this year. Read Here.
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Uber Hit With €290m GDPR Fine
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Uber is facing a massive GDPR fine after the Dutch regulator claimed it violated the regulation by storing driver data in the US without adequate safeguards. Read Here.
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Scottish Police Encourage Businesses to Adopt CyberAlarm
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Scottish businesses are being encouraged to sign to and use a free digital tool to help businesses better understand and monitor malicious cyber activity.
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Novel Phishing Method Used in Android/iOS Financial Fraud Campaigns
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A recently discovered sophisticated mobile phishing technique has been observed in financial fraud campaigns across the Czech Republic, Hungary and Georgia. Read Here.
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Ayrshire businesses urged to sign up to cyber safety tool
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Businesses in Ayrshire are being urged to sign up to a free digital tool which monitors threats from cyber criminals. Read Here.
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Zero-Day Windows Bug Linked to North Korean Hacking Group Lazarus
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Security researchers say the previously unknown Windows vulnerability was exploited by the notorious hacking group, potentially giving them system privileges on Windows PCs. Read Here.
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Cyber attack leaves thousands vulnerable to phishing scam
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A cyber attack on councils across Greater Manchester has left thousands of residents vulnerable to a phishing scam. Read Here.
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Leicester City Council cyber attack exposes more data than first reported
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A cyber-attack by the ransomware group INC Ransom has impacted Leicester City Council, potentially compromising the data of up to 400,000 residents.
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