Laws and regulations

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2017
Theresa May says ‘enough is enough’ after the London Bridge terror attack

Commenting the London Bridge terror attack, Prime Minister says there is ‘far too much tolerance of extremism’ in the UK and urges Internet regulation. The London Bridge terror attack is fueling the debate about the Internet regulation, the Prime Minister Theresa May believe the terrorists had ‘safe spaces’ online and this is no more acceptable. Prime […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
With Less Than 1 Year To Go Companies Place Different Priorities on GDPR Compliance

The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect in one year from now, but a large number of firms are far from prepared. It feels like Y2K all over again. We are less than one year until the impact of the GDPR is realized, no one is certain what will happen, and everyone […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2017
Austrian parties SPÖ and ÖVP want Whatsapp monitoring

Austrian SPÖ and ÖVP parties are fighting for WhatsApp instant messaging and plan further measures to fight the terrorism. Both the Austrian Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) and the Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP) are fighting for instant messaging monitoring such as WhatsApp. The experts believe that the Government will end anonymous mobile phone SIM […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 24, 2017
Target agreed to pay $18.5 Million over 2013 data breach

Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the US Attorneys General and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the 2013 data breach. Target, the US retail giant, has entered a settlement with the Attorneys General of 47 states and it has agreed to pay $18.5 million over the data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2017
UK Government’s secret programme for mass surveillance on internet and phones leaked

According to a draft document leaked online, UK Government is assigning itself more powers to spy on live communications and use malware for surveillance. While the NSA is announcing it will stop surveillance activities on emails, texts, and other internet communications, the UK government has secretly drawn up more details of its new bulk surveillance powers. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2017
What Is Metadata Retention, And How Do You Maintain Your Privacy?

As Australia’s newly approved Data Retention law comes into effect, how does the law actually affect the average coutry internet user? As Australia’s newly approved Data Retention law comes into effect, internet users across the country are frantically searching for a way to dodge government surveillance and ISP tracking. But how does the law actually […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 22, 2017
US Court sentenced Russian hacker Roman Seleznev to 27 years in jail for hacking

Roman Seleznev, the son of the prominent Russian Parliament member Valery Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in jail for hacking. The Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka Track2, was sentenced to 27 years in prison, he was convicted of causing $170 million in damage by hacking into point-of-sale systems. This sentence is the longest one ever imposed in […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2017
Introduction to the NIST CyberSecurity Framewor for a Landscape of Cyber Menaces

The implementation of the NIST CyberSecurity Framework is of vital importance for the changes taking place in the landscape of zero-day threats The NIST CyberSecurity Framework is a guide for businesses and enterprises of good practices for information security. The NIST CyberSecurity Framework proposes a guide, which can adapt to each enterprise e for different […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2017
Microsoft biannual transparency report – US foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled

Microsoft published the biannual transparency report – The number of US foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled. Microsoft shared data included in the biannual transparency report, the IT giant received more than double what the company said it received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) during the preceding six months. Microsoft Corp announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 11, 2017
G7 DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE STATES BEHAVIOR IN CYBERSPACE

Presented the voluntary, non-binding norms of State behavior during peacetime in the G7 DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE STATES BEHAVIOR IN CYBERSPACE. The risk of escalation and retaliation in cyberspace, the increasing number of cyber attacks and cyber threats even more sophisticated could have a destabilizing effect on international peace and security. The risk of conflict between states […]