Cloud facial verification technology has been used for the first time in a government national identity programme in Singapore. The country’s National Digital Identity (NDI) programme, driven by Singapore’s GovTech agency, will utilise the technology in SingPass – the digital identity for Singapore residents used by four million people – as proof of ID for […]
Preparing for the cybercrime challenge: tips from a former FBI agent
Few have witnessed the developments in cybercrime unfold over the past 20 years as closely as Jeff Lanza. The former FBI agent has followed the progression of white-collar crime since the 1980s and has seen first-hand how investigations went from being all about catching gangsters operating in the physical world, to catching online hackers in […]
eBook: Annulment of Privacy Shield – What Comes Next?
In striking down Privacy Shield, EU judges instantly threw into doubt the operations of more than 5,000 US companies that relied on it. This eBook is a collection of key stories published by MLex in recent weeks making sense of this muddle, highlighting the areas of greatest regulatory risk for businesses and looking ahead to […]
Fake Russian Facebook accounts suspended amid “hack and leak” concerns in run up to US election
Three networks of fake accounts linked to Russian military intelligence and the Internet Research Agency were removed by Facebook on Thursday. NPR reported that US. Intelligence officials warned the companies of Russia’s intentions to undermine Joe Biden’s campaign by hacking the accounts of political figures, stealing sensitive information, manipulating it, and strategically releasing it in […]
Zerologon vulnerability actively exploited, says Microsoft
Microsoft has observed attacks exploiting the serious security flaw dubbed “Zerologon”, the company’s security intelligence team reported in a tweet yesterday. The vulnerability, officially called CVE-2020-1472 Netlogon EoP, can allow cyber attackers to get access to an unpatched Windows domain controller, leading to control over the internal network of an organisation. As a critical threat, […]
DIFC’s data protection landscape: aligning global measures
As the region approaches the end of the DIFC Data Protection Law transition period, PrivSec spoke with Mohammad Khalaf, Senior Regulatory Compliance Officer at Arab Bank in the United Arab Emirates to discuss the significance of the new law. What is the significance of the new DIFC Data Protection Law? The new DIFC Data Protection Law […]
Campaigners pressure Irish Data Protection Commission to act over use of data in ad-targeting
A campaign group has accused the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) of allowing the “largest ever recorded” data breach by online advertising An Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) submission to the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) released on Monday accuses the DPC of failing to stop a “massive” online advertising data breach. The submission […]
Whitepaper: How Businesses Can Meet CCPA Compliance Requirements
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a California state statute intended to enhance California residents’ privacy rights. The state government passed CCPA in June 2018 and began enforcing it on July 1, 2020. Although several high-profile companies have already made headlines for violating this law, and California has been imposing fines, many companies are […]
Three things to consider when securing multi-cloud environments in the public sector
Public sector organisations are all at different points on the cloud transformation and digitalisation journey. Many already recognise the benefits of moving to the cloud and have advanced multi-cloud strategies and stacks, whereas others may just be making the first forays into building a cloud infrastructure. But, in both cases, the digital transformation has led to traditional network perimeters eroding and the cyber risk coming to the fore. In fact, almost […]
Cyber attack linked to death of woman at hacked German hospital
A woman has died in Germany after a cyber attack at the Düsseldorf University Clinic (DUC) caused her to be turned away for emergency medical treatment at the hospital earlier in September. The ransomware attack caused the hospital’s systems to go down and so patients were rerouted to alternative healthcare settings. A police […]
Twitter issues new security requirements to politicians and journalists ahead of US presidential election
Twitter has ramped up its security for high-profile groups by requiring stronger passwords and enabling password reset protection. The platform announced in a blogpost on 17 September that it has increased security measures for political parties, journalists, and members of Congress for the course of the upcoming U.S. presidential election, with requirements taking effect immediately. […]