Infosecurity News
Activist Who Refused to Give Police Passwords Convicted Under Anti-Terror Laws
Muhammad Rabbani said he was protecting legally privileged material
Police: Buying Fake Goods Online Can Lead to ID Theft
City of London Police says over 4,000 sites were created using stolen IDs
#ISC2Congress: FBI Calls for a Rational Non-Emotional Approach to Risk and Security
The information security industry needs to adopt rational models rather than emotional ones for risk management, according to the Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI, Donald Freese.
DHS: 21 States Targeted By Hackers Ahead of the US Presidential Election
The hacking efforts were mostly preliminary, involving things like testing for weak links in voter registration systems.
#ISC2Congress: Millennials in Cybersecurity: What They Want, What They Need and How to Keep Them
At the (ISC)2 Congress in Austin, Texas, on September 25, a panel of millennials answered questions from the session moderator and the audience about millennials in the information security industry.
BankBot Resurfaces in Google Play with New Tricks
It calls itself Jewels Star Classic—in an effort to be conflated with a legitimate mobile game called simply Jewels Star.
Deloitte Hack Exposes Confidential Email for World's Largest Companies—Report
The attackers hit the global email server via a hacked administrator account lacking two-factor authentication.
Over a Quarter of UK Councils Hit by Ransomware
The good news is that local authorities are backing up, not paying up
NCSC: UK Should Brace for Major Cyber Incident
Category one event will trigger government response in next few years, says technical director
Verizon Hit by Another Amazon S3 Leak
Engineer-owned bucked containing data marked ‘confidential’ exposed
Locky Authors: Big Fans of Game of Thrones
The most recent variant uses personae from the global hit to add unpredictability to its ransomware delivery process.
Trial Set in Massive Swedish Cyber-Fraud Case
A criminal hacker group faces eight years in jail for one of the biggest IT-based frauds in Swedish history.
