Infosecurity News

Apple Sues Employee for Stealing Trade Secrets
Former Apple materials lead sued after allegedly leaking trade secrets to media

NCSC: Install Latest Microsoft Exchange Server Updates Urgently
Orgs advised to take steps to avoid compromise by increasing range of threat actors

Netflix Introduces Measures to Prevent Password Sharing
Users can verify if they are able to access a particular account according to Netflix terms of service

SailPoint Appoints Heather Gantt-Evans as New CISO
Gantt-Evans joins SailPoint from retail giant The Home Depot

Darkside 2.0 Ransomware Promises Fastest Ever Encryption Speeds
Group releases new features including VoIP calls and VM targeting

Encrypted Comms Firm Denies Police Cracked User Messages
Europol had claimed police accessed hundreds of millions of chats

Molson Coors Suffers Suspected Ransomware Attack
Trouble brewing for beverage giant

“Hacker Games” Launched to Encourage Development of Secure Coding Skills
Participants will face a series of hands-on challenges

School Boss Resigns After Porn Found on Computer
County schools superintendent quits after “questionable” images found on work computer

Another 210,000 Americans Affected by Netgain Ransomware Attack
Healthcare patients in Washington state impacted by cyber-attack on managed IT services provider

Trans Tracking Plugin Reported to Norwegian Authorities
Browser add-on that flags social networks as transphobic or trans-friendly may violate GDPR

Sumo Logic Agrees Deal to Acquire DFLabs
Deal will enable Sumo Logic to incorporate DFLabs’ SOAR software into its portfolio

Ajay Sabhlok Appointed Rubrik’s First Joint CIO and CDO
Sabhlok will oversee IT, data and analytics strategies at cloud data management firm

Third of Office Workers Warned After Sharing Data Via Unofficial Apps
Veritas Technologies study warns of major shadow IT challenge

Record Number of Cyber-Incidents Hit US Schools in 2020
A total of 377 districts were affected, according to non-profit

Ransomware “Paralyzes” Spanish Employment Agency
Attack locks down workstations and remote worker laptops

Superstar K-Pop Band’s TikTok Hacked
Hacker compromises BTS’s TikTok account and uploads creepy music video

Romance Fraudster Who Conned Jenifer Lewis Jailed
US imprisons Santa Monica man who impersonated Navy SEAL to con women

American Companies Not Taking Cybersecurity Seriously
51% of Americans say their companies could have done more to increase cybersecurity during the pandemic

SolarWinds Unlikely to Be an Isolated Event as Attackers Become More Sophisticated
Pandemic has allowed malicious actors to industrialize



