Infosecurity News

Experts Reveals 29% Surge in Bugs Used by Ransomware Actors
Vulnerability exploitation increasingly popular way to compromise victims

Government Trials Effort to Make Bug Scanning Easier
New initiative features collection of NMAP Scripting Engine scripts

Home Working Drives 44% Surge in Insider Threats
Proofpoint claims related costs have soared to over $15m

LA Launches Cyber Resilience Center
Port of Los Angeles opens state-of-the-art cyber defense facility

New Mexico Files Cybersecurity Bills
Lawmakers seek to bolster protections against cyber-threats with two new bills

Cyber-Attack on Global Affairs Canada
Treasury Board of Canada confirms attack on Canada’s foreign affairs department

UK Government Announces New Cyber Strategy to Protect Public Sector
The initiative is designed to prevent essential public sector services from being shut down by hostile threat actors

Experts Call for More Open Security Culture After VW Sacking
Senior employee raised concerns about fraud

Cyber Essentials Overhauled for New Hybrid Working Era
UK government security certifications enhance baseline security for firms

Belarus Activists Fire Ransomware at State Railway
Cyber-group wants to disrupt Russian troop deployments

IRS to Require New ID Verification
Users must sign up with ID.me to access their IRS accounts online

SBA Announces $3m Cybersecurity Program
New program aims to boost cybersecurity infrastructure of emerging small businesses

NSF Awards $29m to Cybersecurity Scholarships
National Science Foundation to fund hundreds of cyber scholarships at eight universities

Two in Five IT Security Managers Considering Quitting Their Jobs
The study found there is an average security staff turnover rate of 20% in the UK

US Data Breaches Surge 68% to All-Time High
Number of victims decreases as criminals focus efforts

US Adds 17 Exploited Bugs to "Must Patch" List
One was used to attack Ukrainian websites

UK's Privacy Tsar Mounts Fierce Defense of End-to-End Encryption
ICO responds to controversial government PR campaign

Homelife of Connecticut Residents Secretly Recorded
Cops arrest man suspected of using digital devices to record his neighbors in their homes

Pennsylvania Approves Ransomware Bill
New legislation would prohibit use of taxpayers money’ to pay cyber-attack ransoms

Memorial Health System Confirms Data Breach
Ransomware attack jeopardizes data of 216K patients of Ohio-based health system



