Cybersecurity, EU countries amass € 171.3 million in GDPR fines in 2020
A Finbold report: Last year there have been 299 violations. Italy and United Kingdom the most hit with 59.5% of all the fines.
Cybercrime, G7 countries are worried about ransomware attacks
The Group’s Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors sound the alarm on the malware growing threat and call upon all countries to effectively implement the FATF standards.
Cybercrime, the Black Lives Matter exploited to spread Trickbot
CSIRT-Italy cyber security experts: The malware is conveyed with an malspam campaign and malicious attachments. Targets: USA, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and South East Asia.
PayPal, cybercrime abused accounts en-masse for unauthorized payments
The company is investigating. The cyber security experts: Maybe the threat actor exploited a bug reported in February 2019, but not yet fixed, related to accounts linked to GooglePay.
Iran, “Soleimani” effect over: international pressure restarts
Tehran, having shot down the Ukrainian civil plane, goes from victim to executioner. France. UK and Germany urge to rejoin the JCPOA as protests continue and become "dangerous".
Christmas 2019, online shopping at risk: pay attention as entering URLs
Venafi cyber security experts: More than 100,000 domain of leading web global sellers have been imitated with typosquatting. Cybercrime wants to steal information and spread malware.
Cyber Security, spending increase 24% and there is a 17% rise in attacks
A ServiceNow-Ponemon study: Major data breaches continue to dominate, and almost 48% of organizations have had a data breach in past two years. Vulnerability is the main issue.
Cyber Security, the international community tighten ranks on cyberspace
27 countries sign a joint statement on advancing responsible state behaviour, calling on all states to join in countering state and non-state actors aggressions.
Iraq, maxi operation against Isis across the country. From Kirkuk to Salahuddin
The ISF arrest several Daesh militiamen, a leader and a facilitator, also destroying 10 tunnels. Support for SDF is confirmed in Syria and the creation of a buffer zone with Turkey is near.
Cyber Security, G7 will simulate a cross-border cyber attack on financial sector
It’s the Group’s first global cyber crisis simulation exercise. The scenario: A technical component widely used will be infected by a cybercrime malware.