Phil Muncaster
Technology Writer and Editor at Freelance
UK and EMEA News Reporter at Infosecurity Magazine
Contributor at Assured Intelligence
Freelance technology writer and editor. Director, PM Media. News/features for Infosecurity Magazine.
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1 week ago |
infosecurity-magazine.com | Phil Muncaster |Kevin Poireault
Embattled genetic testing company 23andMe has been fined £2.3m ($3.1m) by the UK’s privacy regulator for failing to protect customers’ special category data following a 2023 cyber-attack. The company, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, revealed in October 2023 that customers had their profile information accessed by threat actors following a credential stuffing campaign.
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3 weeks ago |
infosecurity-magazine.com | Phil Muncaster
Opening lines of communication with ransomware actors is the best way to deliver a positive outcome from an event that will be “the worst day of the IT team’s lives,” a leading negotiator has claimed. Dan Saunders, director of incident response EMEA at Kivu Consulting, revealed that just 30% of the firm’s negotiations with threat actors over the past year have actually led to the victim paying.
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3 weeks ago |
infosecurity-magazine.com | Phil Muncaster
Security leaders must focus and adapt their message to their audience if they are to successfully use risk management to tame a chaotic cyber landscape, a panel of CISOs has argued. On the final day of Infosecurity Europe, security bosses from across LexisNexis and RX Global discussed how CISOs play a vital role as business enablers, and “translators” of risk for senior leadership.
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3 weeks ago |
infosecurity-magazine.com | Phil Muncaster
CISOs looking to prioritize security spend amid challenging economic conditions should aim to consolidate tooling and simplify their language, according to a panel of experts at Infosecurity Europe. Although an Infosecurity Europe report at the start of the year predicted an average budget growth among UK organizations of 31% over the coming 12 months, the macroeconomic situation has arguably deteriorated since.
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3 weeks ago |
infosecurity-magazine.com | Phil Muncaster
Effective cybersecurity played a key role in this week’s audacious Ukrainian drone attack on Russian strategic bombers, a leading government security expert has claimed. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) director of operations, Paul Chichester, made the remarks on the first day of Infosecurity Europe in London. The GCHQ veteran argued that simply by keeping Russian intelligence in the dark about the plot, Ukrainian cyber operatives played an outsized part in its success.
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Good cybersecurity can be an unsung hero. According to the @NCSC's Paul Chichester, it played an important role in Ukraine's stunning Operation Spider's Web: https://t.co/FSP7SwSldb
Great advice here from a panel of experts at #infosec2025 on how to securely manage the transition to quantum safety. Spoilers: ask more of your vendors! https://t.co/8gwSJlq9de
The @ICOnews is failing badly in answering data protection complaints on time. Just 12% in the past quarter. Too many complaints, not enough staff. Are people more informed about privacy rights or are companies doing worse on data protection? https://t.co/BhERjpAzLK