Posts Tagged ‘Data Breach’
Vulnerable Shopping Carts lead to Credit Card breaches
You may have heard about the Ticketmaster data breach earlier this summer. You probably also have heard about the British Airways data breach at the start of this month. A new breach at another large online marketplace using the same technique shows that vulnerable shopping carts are being exploited more and more.
Read MoreDodgy extensions and not a builder in sight.
A lot of normal people might think about the phrase “dodgy extensions” and associate it with some kind of cowboy builder. But alas, the dodgy extensions to which I refer are in a web browser and these could lead you to a data breach or worse.
Read MoreHoliday Data Breach Photos.
Most normal people go on holidays, forget about work, relax and enjoy themselves. They also, probably take lots of nice photos of the great places they’ve been and the nice food they’ve eaten. I went on holiday recently in remote, rural Ireland and I did pretty much all of the above.
Read MoreEir laptop theft – could have been worse
The eir laptop theft that was revealed this week was pretty … actually … it was really bad and deeply embarrassing for eir. However details that emerged from the statement by the Data Protection Commission showed that it could have been a LOT worse. 1,500 Laptops worse!
Read MoreVPN Logs. Should you be concerned?
I’ve been meaning to write this up since March when I talked about a VPN Leak situation. Are you aware that some VPN providers maintain logs about your usage of their service?
Read MoreData breach video series – CCTV Leakage
Data Breach CCTV Leakage. This short video talks about how allowing CCTV footage to be leaked online is a serious data breach under the #GDPR. For more information or to contact us please visit our website at https://www.L2CyberSecurity.com
Read MoreData breach video series – Open Plan Office
Data Breach Open Plan Office. This short video talks about how having a public space near to an open plan office may lead to a data breach under the #GDPR. A breach may arise where your staff are speaking to other staff or to people on the phone and they are speaking items of personal…
Read MoreData breach video series – Sharing a Password
Data Breach Sharing a Password. This short video talks about how simply sharing your password could be a data breach under the #GDPR. This is because, by giving somebody your password, you are giving them access to everything that you have access to. If you are authorised to access certain personal data, which they are…
Read MoreData breach video series – Personal data on display
Date Breach Personal data on display. This short video talks about how simply leaving somebody’s personal data on display in a public place is a data breach under the #GDPR. For more information or to contact us please visit our website at https://www.L2CyberSecurity.com
Read MoreData breach video series – E-mailing the wrong person
Data Breach E-mailing wrong person This short video talks about how sending an e-mail with personal data to the wrong person is a data breach under the #GDPR. For more information or to contact us please visit our website at https://www.L2CyberSecurity.com
Read MoreData breach video series – Ransomware
Data Breach Ransomware This short video talks about how being affected by #Ransomware is actually classified as a data breach under the #GDPR. You will need to check to see if the data has been accessed by the evil doers and if so, you will need to notify the Data Protection Commissioner. For more information…
Read MoreData breach video series – Shredding left out
Data Breach Shredding left out This short video talks about how leaving out straight cut shredding for the bin men is a data breach under the #GDPR. This is because straight cut shredding is not actually securely destroyed. It can be re-assembled like a jig saw. For more information or to contact us please visit…
Read MoreData breach video series – Unrestricted USB stick use
Data Breach Unrestricted USB stick use This short video talks about how unrestricted access to USB Memory sticks can lead to a potentially massive data breach under the #GDPR, as you could be unaware of people copying data to these devices. For more information or to contact us please visit our website at https://www.L2CyberSecurity.com
Read MoreData breach video series – Use of the To field on e-mail
Data Breach Use of the To field on e-mail This short video talks about the inappropriate use of the “To” address field to send e-mails to groups of people who should not know the others e-mail addresses. This will quite likely be a data breach under the GDPR. For more information or to contact us…
Read MoreData breach video series – mobile device loss
Data Breach Mobile Device Loss This short video talks about the implications of mobile device loss as a data breach under the GDPR. For more information or to contact us please visit our website and specifically our GDPR section.
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