Infosecurity News

Cyber-Criminal Fined $300,000 for Pipeline Attacks
Court fines Anonymous member behind DDoS attacks on Dakota Access Pipeline

Crypto Firm Offers $200,000 Bug Bounty to Hacker Who Stole $2m
Attacker exploited flaw in smart contract platform

Russian and North Korean Groups Still Targeting #COVID19 Vaccine Firms
Microsoft points the finger at Fancy Bear, Lazarus and Cerium

Scammers Expose Facebook Data Haul of 13 Million Records
Misconfigured Elasticsearch database to blame

ICE Operation Arrests 113 Child Predators
US and Brazil team up to tackle production and dissemination of child sexual abuse material

Ticketmaster Fined £1.25m Over Data Breach
ICO fines British ticketing company £1.25m for failing to protect customers’ payment details

New Center Supports Rail Cybersecurity
Egis Group and Cylus partner to launch rail cybersecurity Center of Excellence

Shutterstock Adds Single Sign-On Integration to its Platform
SSO is designed to eliminate password fatigue and speed up authentication

Data Breach Hits 28 Million Texan Drivers
Human error at insurance software provider to blame

Credential Stuffers Scaled The North Face to Access Accounts
Clothing company’s customers warned of follow-on phishing attacks

CISA’s Krebs Set to be Fired in Blow for Security Community
Agency’s Rumor Control service debunked Trump’s voter fraud misinformation

Fraudulent Transactions a Bigger Worry for Online Retailers During #COVID19
60% of online retailers believe consumers are more concerned than ever about fraud

Ethical Hacker's Comic Dream Gets Backing
Support growing for comic book publisher specializing in comics for and by hackers

Cyber-Mercenaries Sell Espionage Campaigns
Hackers-for-hire offer ransomware and phishing services alongside digital espionage

Most Americans Reuse Passwords for Work Devices
Survey finds 63% of US employees use same passwords for multiple accounts on work devices

Recommendations Accepted in Boost for EU Data Transfers
New steps made to enable international data transfers by European Data Protection Board

KnowBe4’s Security Awareness Essentials Course Certified by the NCSC
KnowBe4’s security awareness course receives certification from the NCSC

#EdgeLive: The Emerging Role of SASE in Organizational Security
SASE is set to become the predominant security network architecture in organizations

#EdgeLive: Phishing Attacks Now Targeting Enterprise Specifics
Phishing attacks have evolved during the pandemic to target business specifics

ICO Demands Urgent Data Protection Changes from UK Parties
Seven largest political parties are failing on GDPR compliance



