Infosecurity News
UK Court Paves Way for Julian Assange’s Extradition to the US
A UK court has ruled that the Wikileaks founder can be extradited to the US to face trial over leaking classified documents
Experts Meet to Share Info on Crypto Crimes
Over 2000 join effort to fight money laundering and other offenses
Crypting Mastermind Gets Just Two Years for Kelihos Plot
Russian national was facing a maximum possible sentence of 15 years
Three-Quarters of Firms Admit Sub-Optimal IoT Security
Connected device projects soar during pandemic
Verdict Reached in Josh Duggar Case
Reality TV star found guilty of child sexual abuse material charges
DARPA Announces SMOKE Program
US military researchers ask cybersecurity industry to model hackers’ signature moves
Most Phishing Pages are Short-lived
The majority of phishing pages exist for only one day
Half of Websites Still Using Legacy Crypto Keys
Scott Helme urges firms to switch from RSA to ECDSA
NVD: It’s Another Record Year for Vulnerabilities
Fifth year in a row for record number of bugs published to National Vulnerability Database
IT Execs Half as Likely to Face the Axe After Breaches
Skills shortages are making staff hard to fire
AWS Outage Hits Eastern US
Five-hour outage at Amazon Web Services causes widespread disruption
Two Countries Charge Canadian with Cybercrimes
US indicts Canadian suspected of attacking his native land with ransomware
Passports Now Most Attacked Form of ID
Passports surpass national identity cards as ID type most attacked by fraudsters
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
