Infosecurity News

Google Trumpets New Mobile App Security Standard
Tech giant encourages developers to get on board

FIN7 Sysadmin Gets 10 Years Behind Bars
Carbanak manager was recruited via Combi Security front company

ICO Issued Over £42 Million in Fines Last Year
Question marks remain over regulator’s ability to collect

US Indicts SecondEye Operators
Two charged over sale of thousands of false identity documents on dark net

US Issues Russian SVR Warning
America urges organizations to patch five vulnerabilities being exploited by Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service

Keyfactor to Merge with PrimeKey
Deal marks first ever merger between certificate automation and certificate authority providers

Mass Monitoring of Remote Workers Drives Shadow IT Risk
Kaspersky study finds employees switching to less secure personal devices

Google to Delay Publishing Bug Details for 30 Days
New strategy designed to mitigate opportunistic attacks

Trickbot Actors Target Slack and BaseCamp Users
Customized scam messages designed to deploy malware loader

US Imprisons “Sadistic” Sextortionist
Cyberstalker who threatened to kill teenage victim if they didn’t have sex with him gets custodial sentence

Sanctions Escalate US–Russia Tensions
Russia hints at confrontation after being sanctioned by US for hacking and election interference

Arrest Made Over California City Data Breach
One Huntington Park financial official arrested and others placed on leave following data breach

Uni of Hertfordshire Suffers Cyber-Attack That Takes Down its Entire IT Network
The attack has led to online classes being cancelled

Europe's Data Protection Guardians Green Light EU-UK Data Flows
EDPB recommends accepting Commission’s adequacy decisions

Man Gets 10 Years for Multimillion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
Complex conspiracy involved doctors, labs and telemarketing firm

Global Attacker Dwell Time Drops to Just 24 Days
Ransomware spike and better threat detection play a part

CISOs Must Focus on People and Technologies Amid Rising Attacks
How should CISOs respond to increased attacks in the past year?

New Jersey School Districts Investigate Cyber-Attacks
Two Somerset County school districts suspect they were targeted by cyber-criminals

Aviation Industry Lacks Cohesive Cybersecurity Approach
World Economic Forum study calls for unified cybersecurity strategy in aviation sector

Lawsuit Filed After Facial Recognition Tech Leads to Wrongful Arrest
American sues Detroit officials over wrongful arrest linked to facial recognition technology



