Infosecurity News

  1. Europol Warns of Major EU Recovery Fund Fraud

    Police launch new operation to tackle anticipated financial crime

  2. Twitch: No Passwords Were Taken in Data Breach

    Firm claims only a “small fraction” of users were impacted

  3. US Treasury Tracks $5.2bn of Ransomware Transactions in Six Months

    Figure relates only to top 10 variants and Bitcoin payments

  4. Cyber-attack Response Takes More than Two Working Days

    New research finds average global cyber-attack response time is 20.09 hours

  5. Researchers Condemn Apple’s Proposed Phone-Scanning Features

    Strategies to monitor phones for illicit content branded invasive, ineffective and dangerous

  6. Data Stolen from American Osteopath Group

    American Osteopathic Association notifies nearly 27,500 individuals of summertime data swipe

  7. Google Issues Customers 50,000+ Warnings of State-Backed Attacks

    Prolific Russian actors responsible for spike in alerts this year

  8. US Government Warns of Insider and Ransomware Threat to Water Plants

    Facilities on alert after multiple attacks over past two years

  9. Missouri Governor Slammed for Vow to Prosecute Researcher

    Reporter responsibly disclosed vulnerability in education website

  10. Olympus Investigates Potential Cyber-Attack

    Possible cybersecurity incident impacts Japanese reprography giant’s IT system in the Americas

  11. Facebook to Shield Public Figures from Cyber-Harassment

    Social media company will decide on a case-by-case basis which notable users to protect

  12. Acer Confirms Second Security Breach

    Breach confirmed after hackers list Taiwanese computer manufacturer’s data for sale on dark web

  13. Met Police Loses 2280 Electronic Devices Over Two-Year Period

    There are fears that sensitive data could end up in the hands of nefarious actors

  14. New "Yanluowang" Ransomware Variant Discovered

    Malware appears to still be under development, says Symantec

  15. Financial Regulator Warns of Hybrid Working Security Risks

    FCA issues new set of “expectations” for organizations

  16. EU Proposals Could Unmask Domain Name Registrants

    Legislative amendments would force registrars to verify contact details

  17. Crypto Romance Scam Drains $1.4M

    Swindlers marry romantic lures with crypto scams to defraud iPhone users globally

  18. Ghanaian Women Cautioned Against Sharing Nudes

    Cybersecurity official warns intimate images taken on cell phones can end up “circulating everywhere”

  19. Ultimatum for Booter Service Users

    Dutch police warn website’s customers to stop using booter service or face prosecution

  20. University of Sunderland Hit by Suspected Cyber-Attack

    The institution said IT issues "has all the hallmarks of a cyber-attack"

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