Infosecurity News

US Senate Approves New Deepfake Bill
Lawmakers want more government research on divisive AI tech

Black Friday Alert as E-Commerce Attacks Surge in 2020
Imperva saw spikes in API, DDoS, ATO and other attacks

Oregon County Hit by Ransomware Attack
Jackson County suffers cyber-attack amid wildfire clean-up and Covid-19 surge

Hard Rock Stadium Ups Cybersecurity
Critical infrastructure of Super Bowl LIV venue protected by new cybersecurity solution

#DxPsummit: CISOs Discuss Ransomware Strategies for Recovery and Resistance
How CISOs are forming a strategy around resilience and data protection against ransomware

Raytheon Employee Jailed for Exporting Missile Data to China
Former Raytheon engineer imprisoned for exporting sensitive military information to PRC

HMRC Records 73% Growth in Email Phishing Attacks During #COVID19
The UK's HMRC reveals there has been 367,520 reports of email phishing attacks in 2020

UN and Europol Warn of Growing AI Cyber-Threat
Report claims new tech could be exploited as attack vector and surface

MoD Receives Funding Boost and Confirms Increase in Cyber-Spending
MoD receives £16.5bn with intentions for large cyber-spending

Katie Moussouris Drops Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Microsoft
Katie Moussouris urges organizations and users to support the Pay Equity Now Pledge

Publicly Available Exploit Code Gives Attackers 47-Day Head Start
New research warns that code is released in the wild 24% of the time

Chinese Cloud Hopper Attackers Use Zerologon in New Campaign
Symantec says global attacks target range of sectors

#DxPsummit: How Zoom Met 2020’s Security Challenges
Zoom’s corporate CIO talks about facing the security, privacy and growth challenges of 2020

Attacks on Pharma Rise Amid Targeting of #COVID19 Vaccine Development
Attacks on pharma and biotech companies have grown by 50% this year

Dubliner Jailed Over $2m Cryptocurrency Theft
Ireland imprisons cyber-thief US identified as part of SIM-swap gang that stole $2m of cryptocurrency

US Holiday Shoppers Fear Cyber-Scams
Americans plan to do more holiday shopping online this year despite cybercrime fears

Twitter Appoints "Mudge" as Head of Security
Hacker Peiter Zatko, aka Mudge, to fill Twitter’s newly created head of security role

#ISC2Congress: Which Pen-Testing Approach is Right for Your Business?
How to determine the best pen-testing strategy for your organization

#DxPsummit: Use Quarantine in Your Ransomware Recovery
How an air-gapped strategy and quarantine can ensure ransomware recovery

#ISC2Congress: Building a Resilient Cybersecurity Industry from #COVID19
Lessons can be taken from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Juliette Kayyem



