Infosecurity News

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

Increase in Ransomware Sophistication and Leverage of Legacy Malware Predicted for 2021
Sophos’ 2021 threat report predicts an increase in ransomware and legacy malware use

Americold Operations Downed by Cyber-Attack
Drivers stuck outside facilities after suspected ransomware attack

Chinese APT FunnyDream Runs Riot in Southeast Asia
Bitdefender says 200+ machines already compromised

Trump Fires CISA Boss Who Said Election Was “Most Secure in History”
Christopher Krebs was a well-respected industry figure

Three-Quarters of IT/Security Execs Concerned Over Security of Remote Workforce
There has been a 34% rise in vulnerabilities in 2020

Verizon Releases First Cyber-Espionage Report
US telecommunications giant publishes first data-driven report on advanced cyber-spying

Cybercrime to Drain $44bn from Russian Economy in 2020
State-owned Russian bank expects Russian economy to lose $44bn to cybercrime this year

Druva Acquires sfApex
California software company acquires Texas Salesforce developer tool and data migration service provider



