Data

According to a recent report from Malwarebytes, an anti-malware software company, the second most commonly detected malware for consumer devices during the second quarter of 2018 forced infected devices to mine cryptocurrencies.

http://www.acfe.com/fraud-examiner.aspx?id=4295002984

More than half of UK consumers will exercise their General Data Protection Regulation rights within a year and almost two-thirds will retract or review data use because of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, a study shows

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252446349/Half-of-UK-consumers-to-exercise-GDPR-rights-within-a-year

UK consumers have only a marginal degree of trust in organisations to protect their digital data, with less than half of UK consumers (46%) willing to exchange personal data for free or discounted services

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252445947/UK-business-overestimating-level-of-consumer-trust-study-shows

The warning from the ICO concerns use of data stemming from research initiatives that universities are involved in, but, when considered with the growing cyber threat facing the sector, it should spur universities to improve the security of all the data they hold and to better control how it is shared and used.

https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2018/july/cyber-data-doors-for-universities/

Reddit social media network today announced that it suffered a security breach in June that exposed some of its users' data, including their current email addresses and an old 2007 database backup containing usernames and hashed passwords.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/hack-reddit-account.html

Dixons Carphone has said a huge data breach that took place last year involved 10 million customers, up from its original estimate of 1.2 million.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45016906

Legal expert Alexander Egerton considers whether the ICO’s planned £500,000 fine for Facebook is the precursor of a spate of increased fines across the board, or if it shows the ICO’s stance has not changed and will continue to target certain activities

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-the-ICOs-Facebook-fine-teaches-us

The UK’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, reports increased public awareness of privacy and information rights issues

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252445266/Uptick-in-UK-privacy-awareness-says-ICO

A combination of a dramatic change in business requirements coupled with regulatory upheaval, embodied by GDPR, is taking IT organisations to a tipping point where they must take a much more pro-active approach to understanding and managing their data.

https://www.gigabitmagazine.com/big-data/new-economics-data-imperative-change

When it comes to data breach response, there could be a chance you are not on the same page

https://www.experian.co.uk/blogs/latest-thinking/identity-and-fraud/do-you-know-what-your-customers-are-thinking-when-it-comes-to-data-breach-response-there-could-be-a-chance-you-are-not-on-the-same-page/