Infosecurity News

#IMOS21: Global Threat Brief - The Most Dangerous Attack Techniques in 2021
A panel of experts investigates the most dangerous techniques and how organizations can defend themselves.

California Hospital Sued Over Data Breach
UC San Diego Health facing lawsuit over security incident that may have impacted 500K individuals

Port of Houston Quells Cyber-Attack
Major US port targeted by hackers with suspected backing of nation-state

Huawei CFO Released After Admitting She Misled Bank
Fraud conspiracy revolved around Huawei subsidiary’s Iran business

US-Led Quad Launches New Cyber Group
Democratic alliance takes another step to counter China's rise

EU Slams Russia Over Disinformation Hacking Campaign
Ghostwriter group accused of trying to undermine democratic process

LG to Acquire Cybellum
Korean electronics giant to acquire Israeli vehicle cybersecurity startup

Florida Yet to Spend $30M Allocated for Cybersecurity
Sunshine State’s CIO blames lack of cybersecurity spending plan on staff shortage

Complex New SMS Malware Discovered
Researchers detect advanced SMS malware targeting cell phone users with COVID-19 lures

'Anonymous' Hackers Claim to Hit Website Hosting Firm Popular With Far-Right Groups
Amounting to 150 gigabytes, the data includes information about those who tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election

Cybersecurity Vulnerability Could Affect Millions of Hikvision Cameras
The command injection vulnerability could allow threat actors to have complete control of compromised device

Cyber Threats Result in 60% Increase in Cyber Intelligence Sharing Among Financial Firms
According to FS-ISAC, supply chain and ransomware threats are the cause for the increase in intelligence sharing

US Eye-Care Providers Report Data Breaches
Breaches at USV Optical and Simon Eye Management impact 324,000 individuals

FBI and CISA Issue Conti Warning
Alert comes as new research finds ransomware attacks are at ‘stratospheric’ level

Illinois Clarifies Limitations on Data Privacy Claims
Court rules on application of statute of limitations under Biometric Information Privacy Act

85% of UK's Top Universities at Risk of Email Fraud
Just 15% of the UK's top universities have implemented the strictest level of DMARC

More Afghan Citizens' Data Exposed in Second MoD Breach
The email addresses and some names of 55 Afghan citizens who may be eligible to relocate to the UK have been exposed

US Locks Up Call Center Scammer
Peruvian fraudster who targeted Spanish-speaking US immigrants is sentenced to prison

SCADAfence Partners with Keysight Technologies
Cybersecurity leader links up with tech company to defend OT networks

US Execs Tout Retaliation Over Diplomacy
Support for retaliatory cyber-attacks to prevent future threats is double that for diplomacy among US executives



