Data security: where are the main threats coming from now?

John Leonard
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Spammers, script kiddies, crypto-malware, spear-phishing... Computing research reveals which threats IT professionals fear most

The number of laws governing the handling of personally identifiable data (PID) and the severity of penalties for breaking them have both increased in recent years, and the new EU General Data Prot...

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