Infosecurity News

  1. Exchange Exploit Attempts Surge Sixfold as Ransomware Lands

    Check Point warns of major increase in attack activity

  2. Settlement Reached Over Data Breach Impacting 24 Million Americans

    Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau reaches multi-state settlement over AMCA data breach

  3. Utah Company Stored Passport Scans on Unsecured Server

    Premier Diagnostics data breach exposes personal information of over 50k customers

  4. Apple Sues Employee for Stealing Trade Secrets

    Former Apple materials lead sued after allegedly leaking trade secrets to media

  5. NCSC: Install Latest Microsoft Exchange Server Updates Urgently

    Orgs advised to take steps to avoid compromise by increasing range of threat actors

  6. 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

  7. SailPoint Appoints Heather Gantt-Evans as New CISO

    Gantt-Evans joins SailPoint from retail giant The Home Depot

  8. Darkside 2.0 Ransomware Promises Fastest Ever Encryption Speeds

    Group releases new features including VoIP calls and VM targeting

  9. Encrypted Comms Firm Denies Police Cracked User Messages

    Europol had claimed police accessed hundreds of millions of chats

  10. Molson Coors Suffers Suspected Ransomware Attack

    Trouble brewing for beverage giant

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

    Participants will face a series of hands-on challenges

  12. School Boss Resigns After Porn Found on Computer

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

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

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

  14. Trans Tracking Plugin Reported to Norwegian Authorities

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

  15. Sumo Logic Agrees Deal to Acquire DFLabs

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

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

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

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

    Veritas Technologies study warns of major shadow IT challenge

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

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

  19. Ransomware “Paralyzes” Spanish Employment Agency

    Attack locks down workstations and remote worker laptops

  20. Superstar K-Pop Band’s TikTok Hacked

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

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