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How SQL / NoSQL Databases Enable Blockchain Applications to Become GDPR Compliant - Blockchain, being a decentralized & dis-intermediated data store, is being considered for rapid adoption, in several industries like Supply Chain Management, P2P Global Transactions, Internet of Things, Electoral Voting, Stock Exchanges etc...

Email Security FAQs Answered by Guardian Digital - With email-related attacks becoming increasingly prevalent and serious, effectively securing your email accounts is more important than ever before.

  (Nov 24)
 

Two denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities found in the Linux Kernel by contributor Wanpeng Li could allow local attackers to exploit null pointer deference bugs to trigger DoS conditions.
  Texas hospital becomes victim of Dharma ransomware (Nov 19)
 

The Altus Baytown Hospital (ABH) has revealed a ransomware outbreak which may have led to the leak of patient data.
  (Nov 20)
 

What will you be doing this Black Friday?Me? I'm super excited, I'll be… It'll be great because……oh I can't lie. Like a lot of people who work in IT I'll be hiding under my desk, waiting for it all to pass and trying to fend off all the adverts, emails and messages with special offers, tips and things I can't afford to miss out on from anyone I've ever brushed past who has a sales forecast to hit.
  Congress Passes Bill to Create New Federal Cybersecurity Agency (Nov 18)
 

A bill that seeks to reorganize the US Department of Homeland Security's National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) into a new cybersecurity agency has cleared Congress and is now headed to President Trump's desk for his signature.
  Instagram accidentally reveals plaintext passwords in URLs (Nov 20)
 

In April, with the GDPR deadline and its requirement for data portability looming, Instagram released the long-anticipated download your data tool. The feature gave users the ability to download images, posts and comments.
  (Nov 19)
 

Bulgarian police have arrested a supposed Russian hacker at the request of US authorities on charges of committing advertising fraud of over $7 million.
  (Nov 21)
 

The real identity of Tessa88--the notorious hacker tied to several high-profile cyber attacks including the LinkedIn, DropBox and MySpace mega breaches--has been revealed as Maksim Vladimirovich Donakov (Максим Владимирович Донаков), a resident of Penza, Russian Federation.
  Dutton leans on encryption laws committee to hurry up (Nov 21)
 

Peter Dutton is pressuring a committee that is dealing with new laws targeted at encrypted messaging to cut short its public hearings.
  Using Airport and Hotel Wi-Fi Is Much Safer Than It Used to Be (Nov 18)
 

As you travel this holiday season, bouncing from airport to airplane to hotel, you'll likely find yourself facing a familiar quandary: Do I really trust this random public Wi-Fi network? As recently as a couple of years ago, the answer was almost certainly a resounding no. But in the year of our lord 2018? Friend, go for it.
  (Nov 22)
 

Facebook has appealed a ruling and £500,000 fine imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, claiming that the penalty is not justified.
  (Nov 23)
 

Researchers from Netscout Alert have discovered what they believe are the first non-IoT versions of Mirai malware in the wild.
  (Nov 19)
 

An ongoing failure to act with "meaningful sense of purpose or urgency" in the face of threats posed by cyber criminals and hackers puts critical national infrastructure at unnecessary risk from cyber attacks, a UK Parliamentary committee has warned.