Tag: cybersecurity
New York Senators Proposes Bill to Ban Ransomware Payments
Two senators of New York state recently came up with two bills to ban government agencies and local municipalities from using public money for...
Betting Companies Access Education Data of 28 Million Children in U.K.
The U.K. government is facing criticism for allowing betting firms to access the Department for Education (DfE) database, called the Learning Record Service, which...
Cyberthreat Incidents Decline in India in 2019: Kaspersky Report
Kaspersky, in its report, revealed that India saw a decline in the number of cyberattacks in 2019. It stated that 38.8 percent of Kaspersky...
Medical Cannabis Users Suffer Data Breach
Researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar from security firm vpnMentor discovered an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket on December 24, 2019, that exposed sensitive data...
Outdated Cyber Law Puts U.K.’s Cybersecurity in Jeopardy , Says CLRNN Report
A joint research by Criminal Law Reform Now Network (CLRNN), scholars from Birmingham and Cambridge universities stated that the U.K.’s Computer Misuse Act 1990...
Mitsubishi Electric Reveals Data Breach, Suspects Tick Hacking Group
Japanese electronics manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric recently confirmed that it was hit by a cyberattack in June 2019. The Tokyo-based firm released a notice detailing...