Dixons Carphone Hit with £500,000 Penalty Over Data Breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the U.K. recently fined DSG Retail Limited (DSG), a U.K.-based electrical and telecommunications retailer, £500,000 (around US$ 653,841)...
Google Agrees to Pay US$ 7.5M Over Google+ Data Breaches
In a recent data leak incident, which exposed the private data of around 500,000 former Google+ users to outside developers, Google has agreed to...
Data Wiping Malware “Dustman” Hits BAPCO
Security analysts from the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC), a part of Saudi Arabia’s National Cyber Security Authority (NCSA), have discovered a new data...
The Domino Effect: British Banks Running Dry After Travelex Cyberattack
As reported earlier, a cyberattack that hit Travelex, the foreign currency exchange provider, on the New Year’s Eve is now confirmed to be a...
TikTok Security Vulnerabilities Could Expose User Data
Researchers at Check Point discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in popular short video streaming app TikTok. According to the researchers, the vulnerabilities could have allowed...
U.S. and Europe’s Cyber Readiness Numbers Stall as Cyberattack Numbers Soar
A report released by Hiscox, a cyber insurance providing company, pointed that cyberattacks across several verticals in the U.S. and Europe have seen a...
