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PLAIN TEXT passwords showed up on file-hosting site German chat platform Knuddels.de ("Cuddles") has been fined €20,000 for storing user passwords in plain text (no hash at all? Come on, people,...

There's no obvious executable payload in the attack but the attackers may be building a collection of websites and biding their time.

An increasing number of M&A transactions may be stalling because of concerns over GDPR compliance, according to a survey of EMEA M&A professionals conducted by Merrill Corporation. Overall, the...

A critical security flaw affecting a GDPR compliance plugin for WordPress has been exploited in the wild to take control of vulnerable websites, users have been warned. read more

Loads of bonus infosec news for your weekend Roundup This week we had broken promises in China, broken keys in Steam, and broken ..err, everything in Apache Struts.…

Mega-hacks nudge Congress to consider privacy standard The rash of high-profile IT security breaches, data thefts, and other hacks that have erupted over the last year or so may push US...

Ever since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25, 2018, many have wondered how the law may evolve and potentially add further regulations. One of these...

Privacy Breach Claims Are Rising, Says Thomas Clayton of Zurich InsuranceAlthough the EU's General Data Protection Regulation only went into full effect on May 25, its mandatory privacy breach...

A Versasec survey examining the global impact of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) nearly six months after its roll-out shows the privacy regulation costs more to implement than many...

Weighing the impact of GDPR and how the historic legislation has impacted the U.S., so far.