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Professional Security Magazine – Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has been fined £500,000 by the UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The watchdog says that between October 2014 and May 2018 the airline’s computer systems lacked appropriate security measures which led to customers’ personal details being exposed. Some 111,578 of whom were from the UK, and about 9.4 million more worldwide.

ComputerWeekly.com – Local authority’s systems are still offline nearly three weeks after being attacked. Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council in northern England has confirmed it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack targeting its server estate, which has kept it offline since the weekend of 8 February.

IoT News – The IoT is barreling towards the enterprise – but companies remain highly vulnerable to IoT-based attacks, according to a new report. Earlier this month, a study titled ‘LoRaWAN Networks Susceptible To Hacking: Common Cyber Security Problems, How To Detect And Prevent Them’ by computer security firm IOActive found a host of cybersecurity issues in the LoRaWAN protocol that could put network users at risk of attacks. The study also warned about widespread disruption and even risk to life that could occur in some extreme cases.

IoT News – A new research paper from IOActive has found a host of cybersecurity issues in the LoRaWAN protocol that could put network users at risk of attacks. The study, titled ‘LoRaWAN Networks Susceptible To Hacking: Common Cyber Security Problems, How To Detect And Prevent Them’, warned widespread disruption and even risk to life could occur in some extreme cases.

Helpnet Security – IOActive researchers found that the LoRaWAN protocol – which is used across the globe to transmit data to and from IoT devices in smart cities, Industrial IoT, smart homes, smart utilities, vehicle tracking and healthcare – has a host of cyber security issues that could put network users at risk of attack.