Infosecurity News

NHS Test and Trace Bolsters its Cybersecurity
NHS Test and Trace appoints UK cyber startup Risk Ledger to manage its supply chain risks

Football Fever Puts Password Security at Risk
With Euro 2020 underway, research uncovers one million football-related passwords

Most Ransomware Victims Are Hit Again After Paying
In half of cases, victim organizations were attacked by the same group

IoT Supply Chain Bug Hits Millions of Cameras
Critical vulnerability could allow attackers to eavesdrop on users

“Homeless Hacker” Arrested
Alleged Santa Cruz County DDoS attacker arrested in Mexico after years on the run

Marketplace Selling Stolen Credentials Is Dismantled
International operation takes down virtual Slilpp store selling over 80 million allegedly stolen credentials

IKEA Fined $1.2m for Spying on Employees
French court fines Swedish furnishing giant and hands former IKEA France boss suspended prison sentence

NATO Warns it Will Consider a Military Response to Cyber-Attacks
NATO has issued a communique stating it will consider invoking Article 5 in response to cyber-attacks on a case by case basis

Fake Online Reviews Linked to $152 Billion in Global Purchases
Around 4% of internet reviews are fakes, undermining trust in e-commerce

Third of Staff Use Security Workarounds at Home
Younger employees are most likely to engage in risky online behavior

No Two REvil Attacks Are the Same, Experts Warn
The ransomware affiliate model drives a challenging variety of threats for defenders to tackle

VW Vendor Leaves Data Unsecured
Breach of unsecured data stored by Volkswagen vendor affects 3.3 million people in North America

REvil Claims Responsibility for Invenergy Hack
Ransomware group that attacked JBS says it also hacked Chicago-based clean energy company

Biden Opposes Conditional Handover of Cyber-criminals
Biden snuffs out Putin’s proposal to agree to conditional handover of cyber-criminals between Russia and US

54% of Senior Executives Struggling to Keep up with Threat Landscape
Organizations are at higher risk of cyber-attacks due to shifting to remote work, according to Fujitsu report

Government Wants Startups to Build a More Secure Nation
Applications are now open for NCSC for Startups program

G7 Turns Up the Heat on Putin Over Ransomware Attacks
Leaders urge Russia to hold cyber-criminals to account

Global Police Close Record Number of Fake Pharma Sites
Operation also leads to seizure of $9m in counterfeit pills and devices

COO Charged in Georgia Hospital Cyber-attack
Federal grand jury indicts security startup COO over 2018 attack on Gwinnett Medical Center

US Launches National AI Task Force
Biden administration creates national artificial intelligence research resource task force



