Google has banned “sugar dating” apps, allowing users to find others to engage in “compensated sexual relationships” as part of its inappropriate content policy. Our experts responded below:
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BACKGROUND: Rip-off websites which charge people for free Covid-19 passenger locator forms feature at the top of Google search results, the BBC has found. Airline Ryanair said passengers should be “extra vigilant” and only download forms from the official website. The passenger locator form is designed to help airlines contact people in the event of a coronavirus outbreak. Google said it had removed several ads but the BBC found some still topped its search results on Wednesday.
It has been reported in the BBC that the UK’s former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead, is concerned about the security of the UK’s naval and merchant ships, saying their navigation systems can easily be hacked through spoofing and jamming.
Looking back at cyber-attacks over the last quarter, Colonial Pipeline easily holds the beacon for the incident that prompted the most concern. The well-publicised attack caused fuel shortages across the East Coast of the United States, resulting in people missing work and supply chain delays. Finally, the world was seeing what the security industry had been predicting for years – cyber-attacks having a physical impact and interfering with people’s daily lives. Following the incident, the US government stepped up its focus on cyber security, with President Biden introducing new laws around the security of critical national infrastructure and warning the…
BACKGROUND: The tech giant has labeled the flaw as a ‘zero-day vulnerability, which is a term used to describe a security issue that may have been actively exploited by cybercriminals. The issue, labeled as CVE-2021-30807, is related to a memory corruption issue which if exploited can give attackers full control over the device.
IBM Security today announced the results of a global study that found that data breaches now cost surveyed companies $4.24 million per incident on average – the highest cost in the 17-year history of the report. Based on an in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by over 500 organizations, the study suggests that security incidents became more costly and harder to contain due to drastic operational shifts during the pandemic, with costs rising 10% compared to the prior year. Having reviewed the report’s findings and giving their insights are the following cybersecurity experts:
Express MRI has notified patients of a data breach that may involve some of their information. Express MRI investigated that an unauthorized email was sent from its email account but investigated concluded no patient information was accessed during the incident. However, the secondary investigation conducted last month concluded that there is no evidence that any particular patient information is accessed during the incident but it may be possible that the emails containing patient information have been accessed, read, or exported.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games may have officially started, but concerns regarding potential attacks and the cybersecurity of the event are growing rapidly. Already we have seen a false alarm from a Japanese government official on a potential data leak caused by Tokyo 2020 as well as the FBI issuing a warning of threat actors potentially targeting the games.
BACKGROUND: No More Ransom, a public-private initiative launched by law enforcement authorities and cybersecurity companies from across Europe in 2016, has helped more than six million people to recover their files in the aftermath of ransomware attacks and prevented criminals from earning almost £850 million through ransomware attacks. No More Ransom now counts police forces and law enforcement agencies from all over the world, including Interpol, Eurojust, and the NCA, as its associate and supporting partners.