Infosecurity News

Iraqi MP Suffers Online Extortion
Intimidation campaign against senior Iraqi MP leads to arrests in Australia and Canada

Educational Adaptation Required to Close the Cyber-Skills Gap
Developing cyber-skills has to start from a young age

Nominet Announces Expansion of Initiative to Educate Online Users on Cybercrime
The MHRA, FCE and NCA will join the initiative to direct users to information pages

Insider Cloud Data Theft Plagues Healthcare Sector
Netwrix finds a third of HCOs suffered internal breaches in 2020

One Ransomware Victim Every 10 Seconds in 2020
Check Point sees double extortion attacks surge

Facebook Takes Out Myanmar Military After Bloody Coup
Tatmadaw-incited violence and disinformation force social network’s hand

CrowdStrike Slams Microsoft Over SolarWinds Hack
Tech companies point fingers at customers and one another in SolarWinds Senate hearing

Infosecurity Europe 2021 Postponed with New Event Dates TBA
New event dates to be announced as soon as possible

Former Power Company Boss to Admit Wire Fraud
SCANA Corporation’s ex-CEO to plead guilty to charges linked to Nukegate scandal

Poor Remote Working Behaviors and Procedures Putting Orgs at Risk
One in five UK workers recycle work login credentials to access consumers websites and apps

Medical Data of 500,000 French Residents Leaked Online
Stolen data that hackers planned to sell was allegedly leaked following a disagreement

IT Security Firm Kaseya Acquires SOC Platform RocketCyber
Kaseya strengthens its security offering with RocketCyber deal

Bill Bozeman Appointed to Netwatch Group’s Executive Board
Bozeman is leaving his role as CEO at PSA Security Network

Legal Firm Leaks 15,000 Cases Via the Cloud
Misconfiguration of AWS S3 bucket to blame

Ransomware Attacks Double Against Global Universities
BlueVoyant report reveals poor security practice is widespread

Aircraft-Maker Bombardier Breached by Accellion FTA Hackers
Data on customers, employees and suppliers compromised

Louisiana College Cyber-Thief Sentenced
US imprisons college comptroller who faked refunds to steal over a quarter of a million dollars

119,000 Threats Per Minute Detected in 2020
Trend Micro found and blocked more than 62.6 billion cyber-threats last year

Aston Martin Partners with SentinelOne
SentinelOne named official cybersecurity partner of Aston Martin Cognizant F1 Team

84% of CNI Orgs Experienced Cyber-Attacks in the Last Year
93% of orgs that experienced attacks admitted at least one was successful



