German Finance Watchdog Sees ‘Very Big’ Risk of Cyberattacks
Germany’s financial regulator BaFin warned Tuesday of the “very big” risk of cyberattacks targeting the financial sector, a threat it said had become “more...
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EU Data Protection Watchdog Calls for Ban on Pegasus-like Commercial Spyware
The European Union’s data protection authority on Tuesday called for a ban on the development and the use of Pegasus-like commercial spyware in the...
Online safety and end-to-end encryption can co-exist, says data protection watchdog. But how?
By stopping third parties from scrutinizing content, E2EE can effectively create a safe harbour for criminal activity. Image: Getty Images / iStockphoto Despite...
Canada Privacy Watchdog Slams Police Use of Facial Recognition Tool
Federal police broke Canada’s privacy laws by using a US company’s controversial facial recognition software in hundreds of searches, an independent parliamentary watchdog ruled...
Irish Watchdog Opens Another Facebook Probe, Over Data Dump
Ireland’s privacy regulator said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into Facebook after data on more than 500 million users was reportedly found dumped...
Dutch Privacy Watchdog fines Booking.com €475K – E Hacking News
On Wednesday, the Dutch Data Protection Authority reported that it had fined online travel agency Booking.com €475,000 for failing to disclose a data security...
Windows and Linux servers targeted by new WatchDog botnet for almost two years
Due to the recent rise in cryptocurrency trading prices, most online systems these days are often under the assault of crypto-mining botnets seeking to...
Facial recognition: Don’t use it to snoop on how staff are feeling, says watchdog
The Council of Europe has published new guidelines for the deployment of facial recognition technologies. Image: metamorworks, Getty Images/iStockphoto Some applications of facial recognition...
Watchdog Raises Concerns About Census Bureau’s IT Security
A watchdog agency for the U.S. Census Bureau says that proper information-technology security safeguards weren’t in place leading up to the start of the...
Marriott fined £18.4 million by UK watchdog over customer data breach
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Marriott £18.4 million over a 2014 data breach, heavily reducing the penalty originally planned due to COVID-19...