elevenM’s Melanie Marks’ regular trip to the supermarket brings her face-to-face with emerging privacy issues. A couple of weeks ago, as I was nonchalantly scanning my groceries, I looked up
Once again, privacy and data breaches are in the news this month, with the OAIC saying that organisations are downplaying them. There’s a general trend of regulators and law enforcement stepping up this month, with historic decisions by the OAIC, the FTC and the Norwegian Data Protection Agency, and a crackdown on the notorious Emotet botnet.
Spoken language evolved in humans approximately 50 000 years ago, and there are now more than 6000 languages in existence, across three major language groups. Sadly for teenagers, ‘m8 sup wht u up 2 on wknd’ is not one
Welcome to our new blog series, “Privacy in focus”. With the review of the Privacy Act currently under way, this series will outline and explain the key concepts under the
elevenM’s Cassie Findlay brings a first-hand account of how privacy considerations are playing a role in shaping COVID-19 outcomes in parts of the US. It’s no secret that the city of
While the far-reaching consequences of the SolarWinds-FireEye-US Government hack are only just starting to be understood, a few stand-out lessons are emerging. In this round-up, we also observe oversight bodies in Australia starting to demand external assurance that organisations’ cyber security is robust. The rising swell from consumers demanding improvements in privacy protection also continues, with responses in kind by Apple, Microsoft, and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Ransomware attacks continued to increase in 2020, and 2021 looks set to follow the trend. Unfortunately, the past 12 months has seen substantial evolution in ransomware tactics, as attackers look
It’s been a dumpster fire of a year, and so, for our end-of-year wrap, we looked to the most ridiculously hilarious moment of the year. Here are five lessons we took from the infamous Four Seasons Total Landscaping debacle:
So here we are again. Another supply chain attack which has led to the compromise of highly sensitive computer networks. Is this the point we draw a line under supplier
For what appears to be the first time, a privacy settlement has dictated the need for an organisation to consider gender-based privacy risks. We look at the implications of the settlement in this roundup. Believe or not, there’s been yet another escalation in ransomware extortion tactics, while we look at why the Government’s critical infrastructure security bill is causing tech companies to get hot under the collar.