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News round-up February 2021 — Downplaying data breaches, escalating ransomware tactics and “there’s something in the water”

11 February 2021

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.  

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News round-up Jan 2021 — SolarWinds hack, the need for robust external security assurance, and a community demand for privacy

12 January 2021

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).

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News round-up Nov 2020 – Privacy Act review, ICO fines British Airways £20m over data breach and more

5 November 2020

Privacy is well and truly in the frame this month – not least because of the Government’s review of the Privacy Act. It’s a big deal and we’ll have a bit to say about it – starting with our summary below. As the number of COVID-19 cases ease, attention is now also shifting towards the privacy provisions of COVID-19 check-in services. And turning to cyber, if you felt ransomware wasn’t nasty enough, attackers have dug deep and found more evil to draw on.   

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News round-up June 2020 — PM’s cyber strategy announcement, ransomware attacks and email scammers

30 June 2020

“Imagine if we could get the Prime Minister to yell ‘cyber’?”
Security leaders preparing to go cap-in-hand for FY21 budgets could only have dreamed of the platform their portfolios would get this month. In this month’s round-up we take a look at the PM’s announcement, and watch as ransomware and business email compromise jostle for the mantle of most damaging cyber threat.

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News round-up December 2019 — Ransomware attacks, phishing and online data breaches

16 December 2019

It’s that time of year when the familiar faces who’ve been with you throughout the year get together to see you off into the holiday season. And so it is with the last news roundup for 2019. Regulars of the roundup – ransomware attacks, phishing and online data breaches – pop their heads up for one last hurrah, while focus sharpens just a little more on privacy and the ethical use of consumer data.

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