Infosecurity News

#CYBERUK22: Cyber Trends from the Russia-Ukraine War
A panel of cyber leaders discuss Ukraine's cyber-resilience and other trends during the conflict

Government's "Whole of Society" Cyber Strategy Takes Shape
First National Cyber Advisory Board co-chair appointed

Open Source Community Hands White House 10-Point Security Plan
Around $150m in funding will shape future of open source security

Ukrainian Gets Four Years for Brute Forcing Thousands of Credentials
Server logins were sold on dark web criminal marketplace

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Data Breach Affects 40,000 Individuals
Investigation revealed unauthorized party accessed and possibly retained sensitive customer information

Costa Rica Declares National Emergency Following Conti Cyber-Attack
The declaration came with IT systems across several ministries rendered unusable

Government Initiative Promises Rapid Blocking of Scam Sites
Real-time data sharing with ISPs could stop fraud at scale

Trustpilot Deletes Millions of Fake Reviews in 2021
Persistent fraud threatens trust in e-commerce

Quarter of Security Pros Say Mental Health Has Worsened
Over a fifth are “very stressed” at work

British Man Charged With Hacking US Bank Computers, Stealing Millions
The 10-count complaint alleges Idris Dayo Mustapha used phishing and other means to obtain user credentials

Five Eyes Nations Issue New Supply Chain Security Advisory
The joint advisory is designed to enable transparent discussions between MSPs and their customers on securing sensitive data

NCSC's Free Email Security Check Spots Domain Issues
Service Could help minimize spoofing and privacy risks

Microsoft: Ransomware Relies on the Gig Economy
Report reveals big variety in affiliate groups

Microsoft Fixes Three Zero-Days in May Patch Tuesday
Some 73 vulnerabilities have been resolved this month

Spain's Spy Chief Sacked Over Pegasus Scandal
The National Intelligence Center reportedly used Pegasus to spy on leaders of the Catalan independence movement

Western Intelligence Blames Russia for Europe-Wide Cyber-Attack
EU, UK, US and other allies have attributed responsibility for the February attacks on comms firm Viasat to Russia

#CYBERUK22: Jeremy Fleming Argues Offensive Capabilities Required to Be Global Cyber Power
Jeremy Fleming, director of GCHQ, says nations must be able to impose a cost on cyber-criminals

Critical Infrastructure Firms See Cyber-Attacks Surge
Most CNI providers have seen an increase in threats since Ukraine war

Researchers Find 31,000 FTSE 100 Logins on Dark Web
Over 80% of UK's biggest firms are affected

UK Government Security Experts Take Down 2.7 Million Scams
National Cyber Security Centre wants even closer public-private co-operation



