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Facebook acts like a law-breaking ‘digital gangster’, says official report
2019-02-19 11:47

Facebook considers itself to be “ahead of and beyond the law,” UK lawmakers said in a report about "disinformation and 'fake news.'"

Report: UK Believes Risk of Using Huawei Is Manageable
2019-02-18 15:18

New Zealand Follows Suit, Saying It Will Test Huawei Suitability for 5G RolloutBritain's intelligence establishment has reportedly concluded that any risks posed by Chinese-built Huawei networking...

US Facebook Fine Over Privacy Could Be in Billions: Reports
2019-02-18 06:27

A US investigation into privacy violations by Facebook could result in a record fine running to billions of dollars, media reports said Friday. read more

Report: Facebook Faces Multibillion Dollar US Privacy Fine
2019-02-15 14:03

FTC and Social Network Are Negotiating Record Penalty, Washington Post ReportsThe Federal Trade Commission is reportedly negotiating a settlement with Facebook that includes a multibillion dollar...

Report: Facebook Faces Multi-Billion Dollar US Privacy Fine
2019-02-15 12:33

FTC and Social Network Are Negotiating Record Penalty, Washington Post ReportsThe Federal Trade Commission is reportedly negotiating a record, multi-billion dollar privacy fine with Facebook. But...

The year 2018 was the second most active year on record for data breaches, report says
2019-02-15 12:15

Despite a slight dip in the total number of breaches it was still a banner year for hackers focused on stealing data from websites, according to a Risk based Security report.

Report: Industrial control systems face uphill security battles in 2019
2019-02-15 12:00

A trio of reports from ICS security firm Dragos point out what was learned in 2018 and give industrial security teams some tips for making 2019 less dangerous.

6,500 Publicly Disclosed Data Breaches in 2018: Report
2019-02-14 15:52

More than 5 billion records were exposed last year through 6,515 publicly disclosed data breaches, according to a new report from Risk Based Security.  read more

Many ICS Vulnerability Advisories Contain Errors: Report
2019-02-14 14:23

Roughly one-third of the ICS-specific vulnerability advisories published in 2018 contained basic factual errors, including when describing and rating the severity of a flaw, according to the 2018...

Data Breach Reports in Europe Under GDPR Exceed 59,000
2019-02-06 14:18

Netherlands, Germany and UK Have Logged the Most Data Breach ReportsSince the EU's GDPR went into full effect, European data protection authorities have received over 59,000 data breach reports,...