Infosecurity News

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

(ISC)2 Appoints its First CISO
(ISC)2 appoints Jon France as its first CISO

Two-Fifths of Ransomware Victims Still Paying Up
Anomali report reveals that cybercrime losses are surging

#COVID19 Phishing Emails Surge 500% on Omicron Concerns
Barracuda Networks data shows pandemic-related lures are still working

Merck Wins $1.4bn NotPetya Payout from Insurer
Judge rules “act-of-war” clause only applies to armed conflict

Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity
Memo requires national security systems to match or beat cybersecurity of federal civilian networks

11:11 Systems Acquires iland
Cloud services company acquired by managed infrastructure solutions provider

Third Firmware Bootkit Discovered
New bootkit attributed to Chinese threat actor is most sophisticated yet

Applications Open for Next NCSC for Startups Cohort
Applications are being invited from startups developing products designed to protect SMEs from ransomware attacks

Twitter Mentions More Effective Than CVSS at Reducing Exploitability
Kenna Security research urges organizations prioritize patching in new ways

Eleven Arrested in Bust of Prolific Nigerian BEC Gang
TMT/Silver Terrier group may have 800,000 targets in its sights



