UK Law Firm Gateley Discloses Data Breach
Gateley, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (GTLY), said its IT team detected a breach from a “now known external source.” The firm took some systems offline after the intrusion was discovered, but said it quickly restored core systems. Based on the information collected by the company to date, it believes the impact…
Google Intros SLSA Framework to Enforce Supply Chain Integrity
The U.S. tech giant this week unveiled SLSA (Supply chain Levels for Software Artifacts), a new end-to-end framework the company hopes will drive the enforcement of standards and guidelines to ensuring the integrity of software artifacts throughout the software supply chain. The framework, released as part of the OpenSSF Foundation, is essentially a set of…
Google Rolls out E2EE For Android Messages App
Google announced end-to-end encryption is now available in Android, but only for one-on-one conversations between users of the Messages app. “No matter who you’re messaging with, the information you share is personal. End-to-end encryption in Messages helps keep your conversations more secure while sending. It ensures that no one can read the content of your…
Apple Warns EU Law ‘Risks Destroying iPhone Security’
The European Union last year unveiled tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook that could shake up the way Big Tech does business. Cook, speaking at the VivaTech convention for startups in Paris, took aim at some of the rules that target online “gatekeepers” such as Apple which controls which…
Google Workspace Gets Client-Side Encryption
Google’s collaboration and productivity solution was already encrypting data, both when at rest and in transit, but the new feature is meant to provide additional control and ease of mind over the security of data. In addition to increasing the confidentiality of data, the feature also helps customers meet sovereignty and compliance requirements, as it…
Reality Winner, NSA Contractor in Leak Case, Out of Prison
Reality Winner, 29, has been moved to home confinement and remains in the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons, the person said. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. She pleaded guilty in 2018 to a single count of transmitting national security information. Winner…
Google Offers UK Watchdog Role in Browser Cookie Phase-Out
The U.K. competition watchdog has been investigating Google’s proposals to remove so-called third-party cookies over concerns they would undermine digital ad competition and entrench the company’s market power. To address the concerns, Google on Friday offered a set of commitments including giving the Competition and Markets Authority an oversight role as the company designs and…
Cybersecurity Training Company Immersive Labs Raises $75 Million
Founded in 2017, by a former employee of the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency, the company has offices in Bristol and Boston, helping both private and government organizations improve the cybersecurity skills of their employees. The new funding round, Immersive Labs says, will help it accelerate the delivery of a new Cyber Workforce Optimization platform. Leveraging…
G7 Tells Russia to Crack Down on Ransomware, Other Cybercrime
In a communiqué issued after the conclusion of the summit, G7 countries vowed to work together to “further a common understanding of how existing international law applies to cyberspace” and collaborate to “urgently address the escalating shared threat from criminal ransomware networks.” The G7 called on all states to “urgently identify and disrupt ransomware criminal networks operating…
Canada Privacy Watchdog Slams Police Use of Facial Recognition Tool
In a report to lawmakers, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said Clearview AI‘s collection of images without consent and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)’s use of that database were illegal. The software startup has stockpiled more than three billion images grabbed from popular social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, as well as millions…
