Infosecurity News

US Seeks Espionage Retrial for Chinese Researcher
Efforts to retry academic under China Initiative branded “racial profiling” by groups representing Asians in the US

Personal Data Breach Reports Fall Despite Rising Attacks
There was a surprising decline in personal data breach reports to the ICO in FY 20/21 despite rising attacks and breaches.

Over 60 Million Americans Exposed Through Misconfigured Database
Researchers trace mega-leak to little known marketing company

MoD Boosts Cyber-Resilience with Ethical Hacker Project
Ministry of Defence teams up with HackerOne on first-of-its-kind initiative

US Senate: Seven out of Eight Agencies Are Failing on Cyber
Report finds little progress over the past decade

Trump Sues Facebook, Google and Twitter
Former US president takes legal action against companies over alleged illegal censorship

Marvel Movie Malware Detected
Black Widow malware masquerades as new movie to steal money and credentials

Multi-Cloud Environments More Risky
Security professionals say multi-cloud environments pose greater security challenges

Cybercrime Costs Organizations Nearly $1.79 Million Per Minute
648 cyber-attacks per minute occurred in the past year, costing organizations $1.79 million every minute

CTOs Keeping Quiet on Breaches to Avoid Cyber Blame Game
Report finds 92% of UK organizations suffered a successful attack last year

Regulator Probes Former Health Secretary's Use of Private Email
Matt Hancock comes under investigation by the ICO

New PrintNightmare Patch Can Be Bypassed, Say Researchers
Point and Print function appears to be the problem

US Could Appeal Assange Extradition Refusal
UK court grants United States permission to appeal decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Biden Administration Cancels $10bn JEDI Contract
Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract axed, replaced with multi-vendor contract

Most Insider Data Breaches Aren't Malicious
New research finds 78% of reported breaches that involve an insider were not malicious

Over 170 Scam Cryptomining Apps Charge for Non-Existent Services
Lookout claims users have lost over $350,000 to mobile fraud

Kremlin Hackers Reportedly Breached Republican National Committee
Attempted holiday weekend raid came via third-party provider

US: We May Take Unilateral Action Against Russian Cyber-Criminals
White House says option remains if Kremlin doesn’t act

Hacker’s Mom Puts End to 10-Month Cyber-bullying Campaign
Cyber-bully appears to stop online abuse of 6th grader after being caught in the act by mom

Official Formula 1 App Hacked
Racing fans receive strange messages over holiday weekend



