Archives: News Stories
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Proposed government coronavirus tracking app falls at the first hurdle due to data breach
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A mobile application proposed to the government of the Netherlands as a means to track COVID-19 has already fallen short of acceptable security standards by leaking user data. Read via ZDNet
Read MoreMorrisons Fights Liability For Data Breach At Top UK Court
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Morrison should not be held liable for the theft and distribution by a disgruntled staff member if payroll data for 100,000 of his colleagues because the disclosure was too far removed from his main responsibilities, the supermarket chain argued at the U.K.’s highest court on Wednesday.
Read MoreDigital banking and why ‘business as usual’ is not an option
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The financial services industry, like many others, is under pressure. There are the threats of disruption and disintermediation, a complex regulatory environment, fraud and cybercrime and the burden of legacy systems.
Read MoreUK businesses and organisations who send or receive data to or from Europe
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
If you are a UK business or organisation that receives data from contacts in the EEA, you need to take extra steps to ensure that the data can continue to flow after Brexit.
Read MoreUK charity Crimestoppers ‘breaches privacy law’ in the way it tracks online users
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
One of the largest anonymous tipoff charities in the UK, Crimestoppers, has been found to use cookies on its website in ways that breach its own pledge to keep online visitors anonymous, an investigation by E&T can reveal. The organisation has now started to investigate those claims.
Read MoreJob applicants worried as hundreds of thousands of CVs exposed online
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Two online recruitment firms have exposed more than 200,000 CVs, revealing job-hunters’ names, addresses, phone numbers and career histories to potential cyber criminals, Sky News can reveal. Read Via Sky News.
Read MoreFake mobile app fraud triples in first half of 2019, researchers find
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Fake app mobile fraud is hitting retailers hard, with attacks rising by 191% in the first half of 2019, with cyber criminals using the trust legitimate brands garner to commit crime. Read Via Internet Retailing.
Read MoreCyber threats to consider this Cyber Security Month
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The biggest cyber threats, their consequences and how to protect yourself and your businesses. Read Via ITProPortal.
Read MoreCome sue with us! Half a million customers of BA affected by data breach get the go ahead to take legal action against the airline.
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
British Airways was dealt another blow recently following their 2018 data breach. The High Court ruled that customers affected in the breach are now able to pursue legal action against the company. Read via Security Boulevard.
Read MoreEx-MI6 head: Technology is now as important to the world as politics
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
Sir John Sawers warned that China is rising as a new global superpower, and the West is not in a position to address it. Read via Computing Magazine.
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