Infosecurity News

Cybersecurity Services Market to be Worth $192.7bn
New research suggests global cybersecurity market will be worth $192.7bn by 2028

Fitch Partners with SecurityScorecard to Help Investors Assess Businesses’ Cyber-Risk
The growing threat landscape has made investors more concerned about companies' cybersecurity postures

Cyber-Attack Shutters Half of Tasmania’s Casinos
Casino operator Federal Group forced to close venues after ransomware attack

McAfee: COVID-19 Themed Attacks Continue to Surge
Overall malware detections reached 648 threats per minute in Q4 2020

Destructive Attacks Surged in 2020 for Financial Institutions
VMware warns of sophisticated counter incident response efforts

Name:Wreck Bugs Could Impact 100M IoT Devices
Exploitation could deny service or enable remote code execution

Food Shortages at Dutch Supermarkets After Ransomware Outage
Logistics provider Bakker Logistiek suffered attack over Easter

UK Sports Teams Boycott Social Media
Sporting stars step back from social media to raise awareness of online abuse

Biden Nominates More Ex-NSA Officials to Top Cybersecurity Roles
Two former National Security Agency workers selected by Biden for senior cyber jobs

Iran Nuclear Facility Suffers Cyber-Attack
Israeli public media claims Israel was behind a cyber-attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex

Cyber-criminals Increasingly Leveraging Debates About Travel During #COVID19 to Launch Attacks
A 93% rise in malicious COVID-related domains created using the word 'travel' has been detected

Europol: “Virtually All” Crime Now Has a Digital Element
Criminals are increasingly leveraging digital tech in areas such as communication and finances

Brits Still Confused by Multi-Factor Authentication
FIDO Alliance warns that social media accounts are at risk

Over 90% of Organizations Hit by a Mobile Malware Attack in 2020
Check Point warns of MDM threats and chip-based bugs

Man Arrested After Failed AWS Bomb Plot
Individual allegedly wanted to “kill off 70% of the internet”

Facebook Removes 16k Groups for Trading Fake Reviews
Double intervention by UK watchdog prompts Facebook to axe groups trading in fake reviews

US Jails Cyber-stalker Who Targeted Attack Survivor
Florida man who cyberstalked survivor of murder attempt is sent to prison

LifeLabs Launches Vulnerability Disclosure Program
Canadian medical laboratory teams up with Bugcrowd to boost cybersecurity

NCSC: Large Number of Brits Are Using Easily Guessable Passwords
The survey found 15% of Brits use their pet's name as a password

Learning from Recent Insider Data Breaches
Organizations need to ramp up their monitoring and detection capabilities



