Due to ongoing high-profile data breaches, cybersecurity is a trending topic in all
kinds of media. It is imperative that information security executives are updated
about the incidents around them. Read on for the most important cybersecurity
stories of the last week.
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The European Commission (EC) stated that data protection regulators in Europe have received more than 95,000 complaints about potential data breaches, after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The commission also said that most of the...
In a first, the Japanese government will be now be hacking the IoT devices of the country’s citizens. The new initiative is part of a unique survey the government will be undertaking with an intention of securing IoT devices...
Electric, a real-time IT support solutions provider, recently raised $25 million in a Series B financing round led by GGV Capital along with the participation from existing investor Bessemer Venture Partners. In addition, the company announced the appointment of...
An unprotected Elasticsearch server exposed more than 24 million financial and banking documents online. According to the security researcher Bob Diachenko and online publisher TechCrunch, the exposed server contained highly sensitive data of thousands of individuals who took mortgages...
Global cybersecurity hub Plexal recently announced partnerships with the Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), City of New York, and the New York Economic Development Corporation. The East London-based co-working space and innovation center stated the new partnerships will help the...
BlackRock, an investment management company, recently revealed that it suffered a data breach that exposed personal information of around 20,000 of its financial advisers, including 12,000 members in the U.S. independent broker-dealer LPL Financial. The American based corporation stated...
A cybersecurity research group from the King’s College London notified the UK government to name and shame the companies that fail to protect consumers’ valuable data.
In its latest report dubbed UK Active Cyber Defence: A public good for the...
Exonar, a data discovery software company, recently raised £6.5m (around $8.5 million) investment in a funding round led by London-based venture capital firm Beringea along with the existing investors Downing Ventures, Amadeus Capital Partners, and Winton Ventures.
The Berkshire-based company...
Trend Micro, a Taiwanese cybersecurity and defense company, recently launched its new headquarters in Singapore for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) operations. The latest facility will be a part of Trend Micro's new managed detection and response (MDR)...
