Infosecurity News

Cyber Second Only to Climate Change as Biggest Global Risk
Ransomware drives increasing awareness of threat levels

API Flaw Exposes Elastic Stack Users to Data Theft and DoS
Researchers reveal serious design implementation issue

Cybersecurity CEO Arrested in Russia on Treason Charges
Group-IB boss faces 20-year jail term if found guilty

Canadian Vaccine Passport App Exposes Data
Personal information of hundreds of thousands of PORTpass users allegedly viewable in plain text

US Mulls Cyber-attack Reporting Mandate
Critical infrastructure companies may be required to report cyber-attacks to federal government

YouTube Pledges to Block all Anti-Vaccine Content
The video-sharing site outlined its updated medical misinformation policy in a blog post published earlier today

Mental Healthcare Providers Report Data Breaches
Seattle’s Samaritan Center and Philadelphia’s Horizon House warn PHI may have been exposed

More Than Two-Thirds of Organizations Are Targets of at Least One Ransomware Attack
85% are more concerned about a ransomware attack than other cyber-threats, according to Fortinet survey

ICO Reveals 60% Rise in Nuisance Contact Reports
The UK's ICO received an average of 13,925 reports of nuisance calls, texts and emails per month in the first half 2021

CISA and NSA Deliver New Security Guidance for VPNs
Best practice advice will help to reduce corporate attack surface

Most Third-Party Cloud Containers Have Vulnerabilities
Researchers claim misconfigurations are also rife in cloud infrastructure

SolarWinds Attackers Develop New FoggyWeb Backdoor
Malware steals info from Active Directory Federation Services servers

Cyber-attack Floors British Payroll Firm
Giant Group initiates total system shutdown after “sophisticated” attack

US Deports Convicted Cyber-criminal to Russia
Operator of illegal online marketplaces who sold stolen card credentials is returned to native country

Nebraska County Attorney Indicted for Cyber-stalking
One alleged victim was so traumatized by the abuse that he was committed to a psychiatric ward

New Emergency Fraud Hotline Launched in UK
UK citizens can now call 159 to quickly connect to their bank's fraud prevention service

Half of Regulated Firms See Pandemic Spike in Financial Crime
A quarter of legal, financial and property companies fell victim in 2020

FCC: Applications Open Soon for Huawei/ZTE Replacement Fund
Small carriers can access $1.9bn pot to rip-and-replace telecoms kit

Crypto Developer Pleads Guilty to North Korean Plot
US citizen taught officials how to use tech to evade sanctions

Computer Scientist Jailed Over Dark Web Conspiracy
No bail for former California Department of Technology employee charged with selling illegal items on darknet



