The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology renamed its Usable Cybersecurity program the Human-Centered Cybersecurity program. NIST said the change better represents the "broader scope of work we provide for the cybersecurity practitioner and IT professional communities" and its mission ...

Cybersecurity and law enforcement entities from Japan and the U.S. issued a joint advisory regarding router firmware threats by Chinese-based hacker group BlackTech. The authorities alleged BlackTech maintains "capabilities in modifying router firmware without detection and exploiting routers' domai...

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office warned organizations regarding the need to increase data protection and security concerning sensitive information belonging to victims of domestic abuse. The warning comes as the ICO issued seven reprimands in 14 months over data breaches involving domestic...

Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data published data security recommendations following a string of hacks and subsequent personal data leaks. The PCPD reminded organizations to "regularly conduct data security risk assessments, and put in place adequate and effective secur...

Denmark's data protection authority, Datatilsynet, published the details of an enforcement sweep covering the data breach handling of municipalities and banks. The regulator carried out 16 inspections and sought to ensure EU General Data Protection Regulation rules for data breach reporting was bein...