#RISK Intelligence Archive – Page 125
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WebinarTackling the Expanding ‘Shadow IT’ Environment
The ever-growing extension of the official IT environment is one of the biggest challenges for digital forensics practitioners today.
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OpinionCould ‘Schrems III’ Lead to a Paid Version of Facebook?
The Austrian Supreme Court has referred a case against Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The case has been dubbed “Schrems III,” as it’s the third CJEU reference involving Facebook and campaigner Max Schrems.
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OpinionPegasus Spyware Investigation: What Is It, and Why Does it Matter?
Yesterday, the Guardian’s Pegasus Project revealed how governments worldwide have used—or have considered using—the Pegasus malware to spy on journalists, lawyers, activists, and other innocent people.
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NewsClient info stolen in Morgan Stanley data breach
Personal information belonging to clients of the leading investment bank Morgan Stanley have been stolen following a data breach stemming from a vulnerability in one of its third-party IT suppliers.
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NewsTests validate accuracy of face recognition software’s for boarding flights
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US has found facial recognition algorithms can identify a passenger’s face with at least 99.5% accuracy using a single scan.
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NewsBrazilian pharmacy fined for illegal use of customer data
Drogasil pharmacy chain has been ordered to pay almost BRL730,000 ($112,000, €95,000) by Procon in Mato Gross, Brazil, for obtaining customers’ data without proper authorisation.
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NewsHong Kong authorities break up money laundering gang
Customs officials in Hong Kong say they have dismantled a money laundering group which used cryptocurrency Tether to process HK$1.2bn ($154m, €131m) in illegal funds.
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NewsNew AML bill presented to Liberia’s parliament
Liberia President George Weah has submitted an anti-money laundering bill to the country’s legislature to replace the Anti Money Laundering and Financing Act of 2012.
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VideoThe GRC Red Flag Series: Operational Resiliency and the Future of Risk & Resiliency Management
Access the on-demand video for The GRC Red Flag Series: Operational Resiliency and the Future of Risk & Resiliency Management
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NewsNigeria becomes eagle eyed in reporting financial crime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria this week launched the Eagle Eye smartphone app to make telling it about economic and financial crimes easier.
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NewsCameras in changing areas ‘step too far’ says Swedish DPA
Permanent video monitoring of spaces in eastern Skaraborg’s fire stations where crew members change clothes when responding to an emergency overstepped the mark, Sweden’s privacy protection authority (IMY) has ruled.
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NewsData protection vital for US competitiveness, says security chief
Data security and privacy are at the heart of the United States’ competitiveness, according to national security advisor Jake Sullivan.
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NewsCovid-19 test centre referred to police for poor privacy security
Denmark’s DPA Datatilsynet has reported Medicals Nordic to the police for processing users’ health and other confidential information about their coronavirus tests with inadequate security.
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NewsBinance unauthorised, says Italian Regulator
Italy’s financial regulator, CONSOB, announced that Binance is not authorised to provide investment services in the country.
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WebinarData Acceleration in the Era of Accelerated Cloud Transformation and Remote Work
Based on the findings from 2021 Thales European Data Threat Report, the global pandemic has had a significant impact on data security with accelerated cloud migration and increased remote working.
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NewsIranian hackers impersonated academics to commit cyber-espionage
A group of Iranian hackers posing as British-based academics with the aim of targeting individuals in a cyber-espionage campaign has been discovered.
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NewsUK police seize record amount of cryptocurrency in money laundering case
The Metropolitan Police (Met) in the UK have confiscated almost £180m ($250m, €210m) in cryptocurrency as part of an ongoing investigation into international money laundering.
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NewsEx-bank director and minister jailed in Portuguese money laundering case
Armando Vara, a former director of Portugal’s state-owned Caixa Geral de Depositos bank and ex-government minister, has been imprisoned for two years for money laundering. He is already behind bars for a separate offence.
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NewsInterpol chief calls for action to avoid ransomware pandemic
The world’s police forces have to form a global coalition with private partners to prevent a potential ransomware pandemic, according to Interpol’s secretary-general Juergen Stock.
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NewsByteDance ‘calls off IPO’ amid data concerns
Chinese owner of video app TikTok, ByteDance, is said to have indefinitely put on hold intentions to make an initial public offering (IPO) of shares offshore after government officials told the company to focus on addressing data security risks.
