Surveillance camera insecurities argument comes to one inevitable conclusion: Always update

Categories: Business

Tags: camera

Tags: CCTV

Tags: surveillance

Tags: council

Tags: organisation

Tags: government

Tags: local

Tags: china

Tags: vulnerability

Tags: flaw

Tags: fix

Tags: patch

Tags: update

We take a look at a debate over who is responsible for ensuring surveillance systems are as secure as they can be.

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Company finds lost SSD—and confidential data—for sale on eBay

Categories: Business

Tags: theft

Tags: crime

Tags: workplace

Tags: steal

Tags: data

Tags: hard drive

Tags: equipment

Tags: peripherals

Tags: inventory

Tags: audit

Tags: security

Tags: pass

Tags: ID

Tags: CCTV

Major software company SAP is putting the pieces of a story involving missing SSD disks back together.

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Ransomware attackers email bemused students as leverage for a payout

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Categories: News

Tags: students

Tags: university

Tags: university of Manchester

Tags: UoM

Tags: ransomware

Tags: blackmail

Tags: theft

Tags: pressure

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at one group’s creative tactics to ensure a payout from a compromised university.

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Black Cat ransomware group wants $4.5m from Reddit or will leak stolen files

Categories: Business

Tags: reddit

Tags: ransom

Tags: black cat

Tags: ransomware

Tags: extortion

Tags: blackmail

Tags: data

Tags: leak

Tags: breach

We take a look at news that data stolen from Reddit may be leaked soon unless the site pays a cool $4.5m to keep it offline.

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