Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Elektrilevi, Estonia’s largest network operator with around 475,000 customers, 64,000 kilometres of power lines and more than 24,000 substations, has joined the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) with the stated aim of improving its cyber-resilience. Elektrilevi is the first The…
SANS European Security Awareness Summit 2016
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This event takes place on 9 – 11 November 2016, at the Grand Connaught Rooms. SANS presents a two-day training course and one-day summit dedicated to building a high-impact security awareness programme. We recommend attending the two days of training as…
The European Commission Wants You To Log Into Social Media Accounts With Govt-Issued ID Cards
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The European Commission plans to attack citizens’ right to online privacy, insisting that state-issued ID cards should be used to log into platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and even Uber. The Vice President for the Digital Single Market on the European…
European Space Agency login credentials released in Anonymous hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Hackers have breached the European Space Agency (ESA) releasing names, logins and addresses of thousands of registered officials, collaborators and subscribers. The incident comes just hours before British ESA astronaut Tim Peake is set to launch on a mission to the…
Top European Court Rules That NSA Spying Makes U.S. Unsafe For Data
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The European Union no longer considers the United States a “safe harbor” for data because the National Security Agency surveillance exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden “enables interference, by United States public authorities, with the fundamental rights of persons.” The EU’s highest…
European Court of Justice rules the U.S. ‘Safe Harbor’ data-sharing pact is invalid
European Union Court rules that the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement on the transfer of personal data is invalid The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Safe Harbor agreement on which many businesses depend for the transatlantic transfer of personal data is invalid. The question of privacy…
EUROPEAN COURT OPINION THREATENS NSA SPYING OVERSEAS
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A landmark agreement on data-sharing between the United States and Europe is “invalid,” an adviser to a top European court said Wednesday, in a decision that could lay the groundwork for limitations on the National Security Agency’s global Internet spying practices….
European court threatens NSA spying; NFL allowed to use drones
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Chinese President Xi Jinping is doing his best to reassure American CEOs during his visit to the United States, saying he is committed to addressing concerns over market access and intellectual property. “China would also maintain ‘relatively high’ growth for a…
European Watchdog Accuses Facebook of NSA-Style Spying
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Earlier, the Belgian Privacy Commission (BPC) filed a lawsuit against Facebook, which the BPC said is spying on people in “the very same way” that the US National Security Agency (NSA) does, according to media reports. Speaking at a court hearing, Frederic Debussere, a lawyer…
European Commission reportedly finds no evidence of collusion between Apple and record labels
Apple Music has certainly cast a spotlight on Apple over antitrust concerns, but a new report claims that European regulators have looked into the tech giant’s deals with music labels and found no evidence of collusion. From Re/Code: Investigators examined whether the labels conspired with one another or with Apple…