Infosecurity News

Romance Fraud Surges in Lockdown Following Shift to Online Dating
UK Finance reveals that bank transfer romance fraud increased by 20% last year

Scammers Selling Fake #COVID19 Vaccination Cards for Just $20
DomainTools says market is building for anti-vaxxers

Zero-Day and Six Publicly Disclosed CVEs Fixed by Microsoft
Patch Tuesday sees just 56 vulnerabilities addressed this month

Cyber Command Major Imprisoned for Sex Crime
US Army major gets lengthy sentence for producing child sexual abuse material

Gaming Industry Is Fraudsters’ Prime Target
Fraud booms across all industries, with gaming companies topping US victim list

Alison Partners with CODERED
Free online learning platform announces partnership with cybersecurity course provider

High Demand for Hacker Services on Dark Web Forums
Seven in 10 inquiries on dark web forums relate to gaining access to a web resource

Tanium Adds Matt Thompson to Board of Directors
Thompson becomes independent director of endpoint management and security provider

New Council Will Drive UK’s Cyber-Training and Standards
UK Cyber Security Council brings profession in line with medical, legal sectors

Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Hit By Cyber-Attack
Video game firm CD Projekt reveals a ransom note left by the attackers

Experts Warn of “Beg Bounty” Extortion Attempts
SMBs are being bombarded by unsolicited bug bounty requests

Cyber-Attacker Tries to Remotely Poison Florida City
Unknown assailant hijacked system to increase sodium hydroxide levels

Paralegal’s Pal Admits Outing Witnesses
Iowan pleads guilty to accessing sensitive, non-public information and releasing it on Facebook

Law Firm Data Breach Impacts UPMC Patients
PHI of more than 36k UPMC patients may have been exposed following attack on law firm

Emsisoft Suffers System Breach
Configuration error allows unauthorized third party to access anti-malware solution maker’s technical logs

Remote Desktop Protocol Attacks Surge by 768%
RDP attacks continued to grow in Q4 of 2020, but at a slower rate

NHS Staff Hit by Almost 140,000 Malicious Emails in 2020
NHS Digital figures highlight email threats faced by the healthcare sector

Europol Breaks $14m Card Fraud Ring
Operation Secreto results in 105 arrests across the continent

Tens of Thousands of Patient Files Leaked in US Hospital Attacks
Ransomware group suspected, but lack of malware perplexes

Crypto Fund Founder Pleads Guilty to $100m Fraud Scheme
Virgil Sigma and VQR investors left high and dry



