Infosecurity News

EC-Council Offers Free Cybersecurity Training
Network Defense, Ethical Hacking, and Digital Forensics covered in EC-Council’s first-ever MOOC

HM Treasury Hit by Five Million Malicious Emails in Past Three Years
A total of 4,870,389 phishing, malware and spam emails targeting HM Treasury were blocked in the past three years

North Korean Lazarus APT Targets Software Supply Chain
Prolific threat group take a leaf out of the SolarWinds campaign

Ofcom's Scam Call-Blocking Plan Could Save Consumers Millions
Report suggests strategy may prevent 115 million fraudulent calls from abroad

Digital Extortionists DDoS VoIP Providers
UK body warns of “unprecedented” attack campaign

State Department to Form Cyber Bureau
United States announces plans to launch new Bureau for Cyberspace and Digital Policy

150 Arrested Over Darknet Drug Trafficking
Drugs, weapons, and over $31m seized under Operation Dark HunTor

Study Coordinator Falsified Clinical Trial Data
Subjects made to appear as though they were participating in clinical trials when they were not

Almost All US Organizations Experienced a Cyber Event in the Past Year
98% of US organizations have experienced at least one cyber event in the past year, which compares to 86% of non-US organizations

Global Security Skills Shortage Falls to 2.7 Million Workers
(ISC)2 study warns that demand continues to rise in most regions

GCHQ Boss: Ransomware Has Doubled in a Year
Jeremy Fleming makes rare statement on current threat landscape

BEC Costs UK Firms £140M Over Past Year
Home buyers and SMEs warned in new awareness campaign

DiploFoundation Develops Simulated Cyber-Attack Game
Non-profit teams up with Kaspersky to make game that shows what happens during a cyber-attack

Nominations Sought for Global Cyber Awards
Globee Awards wants to know who’s been making the world’s best cybersecurity deployments

Anglo American Launches Cybersecurity Apprenticeships
Global mining company eager to train seven apprentices in cybersecurity skills

Countries Ranked According to Online Risks
The researchers combined data from five cybersecurity indices and indicators to create the list

Cyber-Attacks on House of Commons Soar by 358% in 2021
Experts suggest home working has led to the surge

BlackMatter Bug Saved Victims Millions in Ransom Payments
Emsisoft claims to have vulnerability info on over 10 other variants

Tesco App and Website Back Online After Cyber Incident
Interference by third party took supermarket offline all weekend

Nebraska Issues First Federal Cyber-stalking Sentence
Cornhusker State imprisons man who cyber-stalked his former girlfriend and her new romantic partner



