Privacy move. Smart doorbell maker adds encryption to protect video streams after security scares

Privacy move. Smart doorbell maker adds encryption to protect video streams after security scares
NEC launches facial recognition system that can identify people, even if they are wearing masks to protect against Coronavirus
Criminal computer intrusion fine imposed on Ticketmaster by the US DoJ, after it repeatedly accessed computer system of a rival
Data protection watchdog reconsiders its £183.4 million fine against British Airways for 2018 data breach, and lowers it down to £20 million
Popular aviation website Flightradar24 admits three cyberattacks in a two day period, after services knocked offline for hours
Russian meddling in the United States has been detected again and dismantled, after Facebook receives tip off from the FBI
You couldn’t make it up. Russian hacker arrested for offering Tesla worker $1 million to install specifically-designed malware onto car maker’s systems
NSX stock exchange in New Zealand restored after being offline for four days, due to a prolonged DDoS cyberattack from ‘offshore’
Dress rehearsal for attack on larger exchange? Two days outage for New Zealand’s NZX, following ‘offshore’ DDoS cyberattack
So low. NHS staff received over 40,000 of phishing and scam emails during the worst months of the Coronavirus pandemic in the UK
Liam Fox MP attacked by suspected Russian hackers who stole classified US-UK trade documents that were leaked ahead of general election
Twitter confirms attack vector used by hackers on its staff, which successfully compromised internal systems for bitcoin scam
Following slow response to anti-Semitic tweets from grime musician Wiley, dozens of celebrities stage 48-hour boycott of platform
As the US orders closure of Chinese consulate in Texas, the DoJ indites two Chinese hackers for IP theft and targeting Coronavirus vaccine researchers, and says they worked for Chinese government
Russia has been conducting a long-running cyber and interference campaign against the UK, and Government is still playing catch up, report warns
Campaigners claim that UK’s track and trace scheme broke data protection laws, but experts say non-compliance understandable considering unprecedented emergency
Bitcoin scam sees Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, as well as Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West hacked
Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals Australia is experiencing cyber attacks across ‘a range of sectors’, with China reportedly the likely culprit
Awake Security discover ‘massive, criminal surveillance campaign’ via 32 million downloads of extensions for Google’s Chrome web browser
Beware the phishing scams warn experts, as the hack of easyJet make available more valuable personal information on the dark web
Twitter says it is banning ‘unverified claims’ that could lead to attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the spate of attacks on 5G towers
Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirms government is developing an app to warn users if they came into close contact with Covid-19 infected person
Cybersecurity officials in the UK and US are warning that state-backed hackers and criminals are taking advantage of the Coronavirus pandemic
Palo Alto Networks has warned in a new report that the healthcare sector is in ‘critical shape’ due to its equipment running outdated operating systems
Privacy gaffe. Personal data of 900,000 Virgin Media customers was left on an unsecured marketing database for ten months, ISP admits
Mexican government department detected a cyber-attack on some of its servers on Sunday, but insists sensitive data was not compromised
Europe launches ambitious digital strategy as it seeks to create single European market for data in an effort to combat Silicon Valley and Chinese rivals
Ring division adds an extra layer of security to its smart home devices after a number of unsettling cyber-security incidents
Security researchers ERNW identity critical vulnerability affecting the Android Bluetooth subsystem, which it is calling ‘BlueFrag’
Criminal gangs are planting “sleepers” in cleaning firms so they can access corporate IT systems, British police have warned