Infosecurity News

  1. 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

  2. SailPoint Appoints Heather Gantt-Evans as New CISO

    Gantt-Evans joins SailPoint from retail giant The Home Depot

  3. Darkside 2.0 Ransomware Promises Fastest Ever Encryption Speeds

    Group releases new features including VoIP calls and VM targeting

  4. Encrypted Comms Firm Denies Police Cracked User Messages

    Europol had claimed police accessed hundreds of millions of chats

  5. Molson Coors Suffers Suspected Ransomware Attack

    Trouble brewing for beverage giant

  6. “Hacker Games” Launched to Encourage Development of Secure Coding Skills

    Participants will face a series of hands-on challenges

  7. School Boss Resigns After Porn Found on Computer

    County schools superintendent quits after “questionable” images found on work computer

  8. Another 210,000 Americans Affected by Netgain Ransomware Attack

    Healthcare patients in Washington state impacted by cyber-attack on managed IT services provider

  9. Trans Tracking Plugin Reported to Norwegian Authorities

    Browser add-on that flags social networks as transphobic or trans-friendly may violate GDPR

  10. Sumo Logic Agrees Deal to Acquire DFLabs

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

  11. Ajay Sabhlok Appointed Rubrik’s First Joint CIO and CDO

    Sabhlok will oversee IT, data and analytics strategies at cloud data management firm

  12. Third of Office Workers Warned After Sharing Data Via Unofficial Apps

    Veritas Technologies study warns of major shadow IT challenge

  13. Record Number of Cyber-Incidents Hit US Schools in 2020

    A total of 377 districts were affected, according to non-profit

  14. Ransomware “Paralyzes” Spanish Employment Agency

    Attack locks down workstations and remote worker laptops

  15. Superstar K-Pop Band’s TikTok Hacked

    Hacker compromises BTS’s TikTok account and uploads creepy music video

  16. Romance Fraudster Who Conned Jenifer Lewis Jailed

    US imprisons Santa Monica man who impersonated Navy SEAL to con women

  17. American Companies Not Taking Cybersecurity Seriously

    51% of Americans say their companies could have done more to increase cybersecurity during the pandemic

  18. SolarWinds Unlikely to Be an Isolated Event as Attackers Become More Sophisticated

    Pandemic has allowed malicious actors to industrialize

  19. More Than 10 APT Groups Exploiting Recent Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

    Security firm identifies more than 5000 affected global email servers

  20. NHS Regulator Faces Surge in Email Attacks During Vaccine Rollout

    The CQC was targeted by nearly 60,000 malicious email attacks from December 2020 to February 2021

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