The way Facebook interacts with users is “unfair, deceptive and misleading”, according to a complaint lodged with US regulators. The Federal Trade Commission was told the company had failed to…
Year: 2019
Swedish Privacy Snafu Affected More Companies
A major Swedish privacy leak revealed this week is even worse than at first thought, with several other companies and over 100 additional servers exposed, according to new findings. Security vendor Outpost24 investigated service…
A 5-step guide to managing cyber threats in the supply chain
Instead of adopting a reactive approach to cyber security, companies should actively prevent and manage such cyber risks by devising a response plan with the following five steps. 1. Identify…
Symantec warns of rise in Magecart-style ‘formjacking’
Cyber security vendor Symantec says that ‘formjacking’ — which typically involves embedding malicious JavaScript in an online payment page — is becoming increasing prevalent. The company today released the 24th…
Student Data Exposed at Stanford University
The private data of students at Stanford University was exposed after someone changed a numeric ID in a URL that had been distributed to students who requested access to review their own…
UK Spooks Give Green Light to Huawei
There was finally a bit of good news for Huawei today after UK spies effectively gave the green light for the beleaguered Chinese firm to supply the nation’s 5G infrastructure. GCHQ’s National Cyber…