Infosecurity News

Florida School District Held to Impossibly High Ransom
Ransomware operators demand $40m from Broward County Public Schools system

Parrot Launches Bug Bounty Program
European drone group partners with YesWeHack to launch a Bug Bounty program

Australia Considers Social Media ID Requirement
Aussies may have to prove who they are to use online dating and social media accounts

Ransomware Attacks Grew by 485% in 2020
Report assesses how cyber-criminals have exploited the COVID-19 crisis

AddSecure Acquires Telia Finland’s Alerta Business
The deal will act as a platform for AddSecure to grow its business

Sophos Links Mount Locker to Astro Locker Ransomware
Experts suspect branding move to kick-start affiliate program

CISA: Patch These Three Fortinet Bugs Now to Avoid Compromise
Attackers targeting government, commercial and tech firms

LinkedIn Users Targeted by Spear-Phishing Campaign
Golden Chickens group goes gunning for job-seekers

Pastor Charged with Sharing CSAM
Daytona Beach pastor allegedly shared child sexual abuse material in online chat rooms

“Engineering Oversight” Costs ForceDAO $367k
Exploitation by hackers of 183 ETH from newly launched DeFi aggregator was preventable

Data of Half a Billion Facebook Users Leaked
Cyber-intelligence firm finds personal data of 533 million Facebook users posted online

Intelligence Analyst Fed Secrets to Reporter
Former intelligence analyst pleads guilty to disclosing classified information to journalist

Troll Fined $81 After Victim Kills Herself
Cyber-bully who asked wrestler “when will you die?” fined after victim takes her own life

Microsoft Suffers Second Outage in Two Weeks
April Fool’s Day cloud outage impacts Azure, Office 365, and Teams

Trustwave Uncovers Vulnerability in Popular Website CMS
Privilege escalation issue found on website CMS Umbraco

Cybersecurity Firm ReliaQuest Announces New Senior Appointments
Kara Wilson and Alex Bender both join the company

ACLU Files AI FOIA Request
American Civil Liberties Union requests artificial intelligence documents from national security agencies

Forensic Audit of MobiKwik Ordered
Reserve Bank of India orders audit of country's largest mobile payment network after alleged data breach

DeepDotWeb Administrator Admits Darknet Conspiracy
Website owner made over $8m advertising illegal online marketplaces

DHS Secretary Outlines Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Vision
DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke during RSAC webcast



