Infosecurity News

  1. Destructive Attacks Surged in 2020 for Financial Institutions

    VMware warns of sophisticated counter incident response efforts

  2. Name:Wreck Bugs Could Impact 100M IoT Devices

    Exploitation could deny service or enable remote code execution

  3. Food Shortages at Dutch Supermarkets After Ransomware Outage

    Logistics provider Bakker Logistiek suffered attack over Easter

  4. UK Sports Teams Boycott Social Media

    Sporting stars step back from social media to raise awareness of online abuse

  5. Biden Nominates More Ex-NSA Officials to Top Cybersecurity Roles

    Two former National Security Agency workers selected by Biden for senior cyber jobs

  6. Iran Nuclear Facility Suffers Cyber-Attack

    Israeli public media claims Israel was behind a cyber-attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear complex

  7. Cyber-criminals Increasingly Leveraging Debates About Travel During #COVID19 to Launch Attacks

    A 93% rise in malicious COVID-related domains created using the word 'travel' has been detected

  8. Europol: “Virtually All” Crime Now Has a Digital Element

    Criminals are increasingly leveraging digital tech in areas such as communication and finances

  9. Brits Still Confused by Multi-Factor Authentication

    FIDO Alliance warns that social media accounts are at risk

  10. Over 90% of Organizations Hit by a Mobile Malware Attack in 2020

    Check Point warns of MDM threats and chip-based bugs

  11. Man Arrested After Failed AWS Bomb Plot

    Individual allegedly wanted to “kill off 70% of the internet”

  12. Facebook Removes 16k Groups for Trading Fake Reviews

    Double intervention by UK watchdog prompts Facebook to axe groups trading in fake reviews

  13. US Jails Cyber-stalker Who Targeted Attack Survivor

    Florida man who cyberstalked survivor of murder attempt is sent to prison

  14. LifeLabs Launches Vulnerability Disclosure Program

    Canadian medical laboratory teams up with Bugcrowd to boost cybersecurity

  15. NCSC: Large Number of Brits Are Using Easily Guessable Passwords

    The survey found 15% of Brits use their pet's name as a password

  16. Learning from Recent Insider Data Breaches

    Organizations need to ramp up their monitoring and detection capabilities

  17. #COVID19 Fraud Surge Threatens to Overwhelm Banks

    Remote workers struggle with disjointed systems and outdated technology

  18. Hackers Hacked as Underground Carding Site is Breached

    Swarmshop admins, buyers and sellers on the receiving end of cyber-attack

  19. UK Firms Suffer Record Number of Cyber-Attacks in Q1

    Remote working continues to expose organizations

  20. College Track Coach Accused of Cyberstalking

    Athletics coach arrested on suspicion of tricking female athletes into sending him nudes

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