Infosecurity News

BA Settles with Data Breach Victims
Victims of 2018 British Airways data breach to receive confidential settlement

Industry Must Drive Forward International Collaboration on Cyber
Industry bodies need to take the lead in fostering international collaboration in cybersecurity

Brits Lose Over £1bn in Fraud So Far This Year
Brits have lost over £1bn to fraud in the first half of 2021, but cases fell significantly in Q2 compared to Q1

Japan Looks to Boost Military Cyber Experts Amid Security Threat
China and Russia blamed for increasingly hostile activity

Suspected Cyber-Criminal "Dr Hex" Tracked Down Via Phishing Kit
Group-IB researchers also benefitted from poor threat actor OpSec

REvil Group Demands $70 Million for 'Universal Decryptor'
Researchers have detected 5000 attack attempts since July 2

Attacks on UK Firms Fall for First Time in Three Years
Organizations were still targeted by one attack every 49 seconds

App Stores Remove Ride-Hailing Giant Didi Chuxing
Regulator says Chinese firm in violation of data collection rules

US Spy Agencies Investigate Kaseya Supply Chain Attack
Zero-day bug thought to have compromised MSP software provider

Hacker Blamed for Reality TV Star’s ‘Death’
Celebrity says social media posts reporting her sudden death were work of bad actor

Private Eye Charged in Hacking Scheme Seeks Plea Deal
Suspect held in New York since 2019 over international hacker-for-hire scheme is ready to negotiate

ACH Data Security Rule Takes Effect
Sensitive financial information must now be unreadable when stored electronically

Smart Home Experiences Over 12,000 Cyber-Attacks in a Week
A Which? analysis found that that a home filled with smart devices was targeted by over 12,000 unique scans/hacks in a single week

Record Year for Investigators in Healthcare Fraud Cases
Department of Justice reportedly opened 580 new cases in 2020

Microsoft Assigns CVE to PrintNightmare but No CVSS Score
Tech giant claims it’s still investigating the impact of the bug

Russia's APT28 Blamed for Brute Force Campaign Using Kubernetes
Threat actors have targeted hundreds of US and European organizations

New Charges Filed Against Alleged Capital One Hacker
Software engineer faces six new charges over theft of 20TB of personal data

Gozi Virus Arrest Made in Colombia
Romanian suspected of role in infection of over a million computers is arrested in Bogota

Putin Orders Twitter to Open Russian Office
New law requires big foreign social media companies operating in Russia to open offices there

First-of-its-Kind SASE Accreditation Course Launched
The SASE Accreditation course is designed to offer cyber pros hands-on experience in cloud security disciplines



