A pensioner from Voorburg lost his entire pension, after ING seemed to call him to warn him of theft and to secure his money in his account. In the chat trick, the fake ING employee indicated from a spoofed ING existing number that his account was being emptied by people from the Ukraine and had […]
A total of 4,703 cybercrime offenses were registered in 2019. This equates to an average of almost 13 crimes per day. Almost 13 percent of Dutch people aged 15 or older were victims of cybercrime last year. Amsterdam is – from a national point of view – the least secure online; a total of 300 […]
People rarely change their passwords after a data breach of their online service and if they do, the new passwords are often no stronger than the old ones, according to research by researchers at two American universities. 33% of the persons thanged their password on a compromised website had an average of thirty accounts with […]
Tips from the Digital Trust Center to avoid vulnerabilities:– run the security updates;– check the internal logging for traces of abuse;– analysis of the logging of the VPN environment;– delete all existing VPN accounts and recreate usernames with strong passwords;– consider implementing two-factor authentication for users. Read more about this here: https://www.digitaltrustcenter.nl/nieuws/wees- alert-for-vpn vulnerabilities
The Consumer Association’s privacy test shows, among other things, that Bunq shares data with an American marketing party and loads cookies without permission. N26 shares with third parties who do something with marketing or “product optimization”. The app also establishes contact with the Twitter advertising system. The British Revolut bank says in its privacy statement […]
Number of steps taken by the NCSC UK to keep social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram private. Start by setting your privacy, understand your data, set two-factor authentication and protect your kids. Find them here: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/social-media-how-to-use-it-safely
Research by Nivel shows that three quarters of GP practices since the corona crisis has started to make more use of e-health applications in general and video calling in particular. 47% started with a video consultation. Of the e-health applications that were already used before the corona crisis, the online application for prescriptions and the […]
Europol provides public awareness and prevention by offering a safety guid for the “new normal”after COVID-19.
Due to an error at Bureau Jeugdzorg Utrecht, the files of thousands of vulnerable children have been leaked. In the files you will find extremely sensitive information, such as their mental disorders, details of sexual abuse and even suicide attempts. Research from RTL Nieuws shows.
Data Protection Officer (Industry) organizations have the option of appointing an internal supervisor for the processing of personal data. Such a person is called a data protection officer (DPO). Within the organization, the DPO supervises the application and compliance with the Personal Data Protection Act (Wbp). Later: mandatory DPO Please note: from May 25, 2018, […]