Infosecurity News
GDPR Fines Surge 39% Over Past Year Despite #COVID19
Over $190m in financial penalties imposed across EU
No US Trial for Irish Hacker
United States withdraws extradition request for Dubliner who stole $2m in Bitcoin
EEMA Appoints Digital Identity Expert to Board of Management
Steve Pannifer joins EEMA board
Health Insurer Fined $5.1m Over Data Breach
Excellus Health Plan agrees to pay $5.1m to settle HIPAA violation case
NSA Appoints Cyber Director
America’s National Security Agency confirms Rob Joyce as Cybersecurity Directorate leader
MoD Experiences 18% Growth in Personal Data Loss Incidents
MoD saw incidents rise by 18% year-on-year
Thales and TT Electronics Partner to Enable OT Cybersecurity Initiatives and Research
Collaboration seeks to accelerate digital risk management innovation
Joker’s Stash Carding Site to Close in February
Site admin announces retirement after alleged bout of COVID-19
Environmental Regulator Suffers Ransomware Blow
SEPA warns it will take some time to restore all services
Leaked #COVID19 Vaccine Data “Manipulated” to Mislead Public
Disinformation effort could undermine trust in vaccines, warns EMA
Florida Man Cyberstalked Survivor of Murder Attempt
Cross City man pleads guilty to cyberstalking woman who survived violent encounter in childhood
Women in Cybersecurity Mid-Atlantic Partners with CMMC COE
Memorandum of Understanding reached between WiCyS Mid-Atlantic and CMMC COE
UK Accidentally Deletes 150k Arrest Records
Technical blunder erases 150k arrest records from UK-wide police database
NCSC Reveals New Solution to Protect Remote Public Sector Workers
Solution enables existing PDNS solution to extend beyond the enterprise network
#CES2021: AI and Quantum Technologies Set to Disrupt Cybersecurity Industry
Orgs must prepare cyber-defenses for surge in AI and quantum tech
NSA: DNS over HTTPS Provides “False Sense of Security”
Agency urges most enterprises to avoid DoH
Facebook Sues Devs of Alleged Data-Scraping Chrome Extensions
Portuguese duo said to have designed code to covertly harvest user info
Automated “Classiscam” Operation Made $6.5m in 2020
E-commerce scam-as-a-service comes to Europe from Russia
Fujitsu: High Risk of #COVID19 Vaccine Disinformation Campaigns
Individuals and businesses should prepare for a wave of vaccine disinformation campaigns
Convicted Hacker Allegedly Commits Fraud While Awaiting Release
ISIS cyber-operative granted compassionate release charged with committing crimes while in federal prison
