Friday, 28 November 2025

London: Reacting to the overturning of the controversial `57 second law’ by the Bundesrat, Germany’s federal council and upper house, Varonis says this is a welcome return to the status quo of data protection in the country.

According to David Gibson, VP of strategy with the data governance specialist, the proposed law – which was passed by the lower house in under a minute back in the summer – sought to allow local authorities in Germany to sell citizens’ data without their explicit permission.

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Below is a media alert from Trusteer on cybercriminal campaign ‘Project Blitzkrieg’ which is reported will be used in a massive coordinated attack on US banks. It is reported that the recently discovered new malware variant, dubbed Prinimalka-Gozi, will be used in a massive coordinated attack on US banks. Trusteer's analysis of Prinimalka-Gozi does indicate that it is a distant relative of the Gozi malware. In the blog Amit discusses why existing anti-fraud measures fail to prevent this attack and what can be done to block the Trojan.

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A turning of the earth ceremony has taken place at the site of what will become the Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) - underlining the UK’s long-term commitment to a secure Afghanistan after combat operations cease by the end of 2014, Vigilance can report.

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Like a pack of cards, the deal between BAE Systems plc and EADS N.V following the announcements made by the two companies on 12 September 2012 regarding a possible combination of their businesses through a dual listed company structure, has collapsed, Vigilance can report.

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  1. Secretary Napolitano visits Bulgaria
  2. Businesses know their critical equipment and data is secure
  3. Oracle to showcase Big Data, Cloud, Virtualization & Security solutions at IP EXPO
  4. Over 80% of service desks have disaster recovery plans in place – yet only half know how to implement them, according to new research
  5. F5 Solutions team up with VXLAN to support software defined networking
  6. Britain joins rest of the world to mark World Day Against the Death Penalty 2012
  7. Trouble brews again for humbled G4S after Olympic fiasco as IHRC plans to besiege its headquarters over what it refers to as “Israeli Apartheid!”
  8. Nearly half of senior IT professionals in the UK admit they have experienced data breach
  9. Rail CCTV Conference in Focus
  10. ControlCircle launches ‘BYOD Corporate Security’ learning resource
  11. Avere NAS Audit highlights virtualised storage bottlenecks as a top storage concern in Europe
  12. Time to rethink time precis
  13. RosettaBooks’ 10th Kindle Single a Bestseller
  14. TDSi to announce Harmony Security Alliance at Global Security Summit
  15. ICT industry leaders to address ITU Telecom World 2012 in Dubai, 14-18 October



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