Newsletter December #2 2017

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The GDPR Advisory Board Offers Expert Advice

The GDPR Advisory Board is an accessible, authoritative platform for organisations baffled by the implications of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). read more

British Banks Are Hiding Cyber Attacks

Coverup: The UK financial regulator suspects  "material under-reporting of successful cyber-attacks" on banks and other financial institutions. read more

Bitcoin Exchanges Under Siege

Three out of four Bitcoin exchanges and related cryptocurrency sites have suffered a DDoS attack in the third quarter of 2017. read more

10 Things About The Network & Information Security Directive (NIS)

Getting ready for GDPR? Here comes the EU Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive, with profound consequences for those to whom it applies. read more

Attacks On UK Critical Infrastructure Will Double

Critical infrastructure systems in Britain are becoming more vulnerable at the same time as there is a growing shortage of security analysts. read more

Fake News & Botnets: Russia Has Weaponised The Web

The core concept of cyberwar is psychological manipulation, executed with targeted digital disinformation to weaken a country from within. read more

Mercenary Hackers Funded By Nation-States

The FBI say they cannot tell the difference between hackers motivated by criminal intent from state-sponsored hackers pursuing cyberwar. read more

The Promise & Peril Of Trump’s Cyber Strategy

The Trump  administration seems to be stepping back from the historic US role in shaping & enforcing international rules in cyberspace. read more

Bitcoin: UK And EU Will Crackdown On Crime & Tax Evasion.

Traders will have to disclose their identities, ending the anonymity that has made the cryptocurrency attractive for drug dealing & other illegal activities. read more

Russia Is Providing North Korea With Internet Connectivity

By supplying North Korean hackers with added bandwidth and improved capability, Russia is promoting even more destructive cyber attacks. read more

More Businesses Could Use Machine Learning

Few fields promise to “disrupt” life as we know it quite like machine learning, but many useful applications of machine learning technology go unseen. read more

Cyber Insurance Report 2017 - 2018 (£)

New cyber threats are constantly evolving and all organisations must improve their cybersecurity preparedness. Insurance is a good start. read more

Botnets Are Here To Stay

Botnets work by infecting connected devices with malware, then managing them using a command and control server. The results can be devastating. read more

German Spies Warn Of Chinese Espionage

The German domestic intelligence agency (BfV) has detected fake LinkedIn profiles being used to recruit high level informants. read more

Cisco & INTERPOL: Working Against Cybercrime

INTERPOL and IT giant Cisco agree to share data for quick threat detection worldwide and to prepare for potential future collaboration in training. read more

Australia To Challenge Facebook & Google Over Media Disruption

Australian media companies are being squeezed hard as advertising dollars follow eyeballs to the giant US  digital distribution platforms. Now the regulator is pushing back. read more

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