Infosecurity News
Software Vulnerabilities Up by 20% in 2021
HackerOne revealed its hackers have detected 66,000 valid vulnerabilities this year
Dramatic Fall in .UK Domain Suspensions
New figures from Nominet show just 3434 .uk domain names were suspended in the year up to October 31 2021
Google Files Lawsuit Against Blockchain Botnet Operators
Legal action aimed to bolster technical efforts at takedown
French Transport Giant Exposes 57,000 Employees and Source Code
GitHub account potentially exposed after RATP leak
Hotel Guests Locked Out of Rooms After Ransomware Attack
Conti attack targeted Nordic Choice chain
Brothers Confess to Conning Spanish-speaking Americans
Peruvian siblings plead guilty in million-dollar international call-center fraud case
Omicron Scam Targets Universities
Coordinated cyber-attack on North American universities uses Covid-19 variant theme
Vulnerabilities Found in GOautodial
API vulnerabilities discovered in call center software suite with 50K global users
Just 3% of UK Firms Escaped a Supply Chain Breach in 2021
BlueVoyant finds only a quarter consider third-party risk a priority
Ransomware Victims Pay $700K in Extra Extortion Fees
CrowdStrike urges firms not to pay up
UK’s Poor Cyber Risk Planning Could “Wreak Havoc”
House of Lords urges government to look further into the future
Prison for Newstar Websites Money Launderer
US locks up woman who laundered money for company that ran sexually exploitative child modeling sites
Cyber-attack Closes UK Convenience Stores
SPAR shutters some of its stores in northeast England following attack on its IT systems
BitMart Confirms $150M Crypto Theft
Security company claims close to $196m was stolen from crypto-currency exchange
Cuba Ransomware Nets Nearly $50m
Threat actors behind the Cuba ransomware variant have amassed $44m
Nine State Department Phones Hijacked by Spyware
NSO Group “shuts down” customers after Uganda-linked operation
Romance Fraudster Targeted 670 Women Online
Nigerian romance fraudster awaits sentencing after pleading guilty
Ex Ubiquiti Developer Arrested for Data Theft
Former employee charged with stealing data and posing as cyber-attacker to extort ransom
UK Government Fined Over Honors List Data Breach
Exposing honorees’ addresses lands Cabinet Office with £500K ($661K) penalty
US Issues Cybersecurity Directive for Airlines and Railroads
Train and plane operators ordered to report cyber-breaches to federal government
