Infosecurity News

Barracuda Acquires Zero-Trust Network Access Innovator Fyde
Barracuda’s security offering will now include zero-trust access capabilities

#EdgeLive: Stopping API Attacks with Bot Mitigation
The increase of API attacks has been mostly missed by businesses

Patch Tuesday: Dangerous Zero-Day Hides Among Another 100+ CVEs
Microsoft back to old ways with a large security update round

Cybersecurity Skills Shortage Falls for First Time
(ISC)2 study reveals global gap of around 3.1 million professionals

Fifth of UK Firms Planning to Downsize Security Teams
PwC report reveals UK organizations are lagging behind global rivals

#EdgeLive: DDoS Attacks Are Evolving into Extortion-Led RDoS Campaigns
How DDoS attacks are evolving to involve extortion

Hacker Sells Access to Pakistani Airlines' Network
Access to Pakistan International Airlines’ network found for sale on dark net

Vulnerabilities Affect 100,000 Sites Using WordPress Plugin
Critical privilege-escalation vulnerabilities impact 100,000 sites using WordPress plugin, Ultimate Member

Zix Acquires CloudAlly
Israeli cloud-based backup and recovery provider CloudAlly acquired by Zix Corporation

PKWARE Acquires Dataguise to Expand Data Security Offering
PKWARE will operate Dataguise's offices in the US, India, Europe and Canada

#EdgeLive: Selecting the Right Approach to Securing a Remote Workforce
Approaches organizations should consider following the shift to remote working

Malicious Use of SSL Increases as Attackers Deploy Hidden Attacks
Attackers’ use of SSL encrypted-traffic sees large spike in 2020

US Retailers More Vulnerable to Web App Attacks Than EU Counterparts
US retailers had an average risk score of 35, which compares to 31 for those based in the EU

Zoom Settles with FTC After Charges it Misled Customers
Encryption falsely described as ‘end-to-end’ for years

Ex-Microsoft Engineer Gets Nine Years for $10m Digital Theft
Renton resident stole digital gift cards and sold them online

Cadbury Social Media Scammers Take Chocoholics for a Ride
There’s no such thing as a free chocolate hamper, experts warn

Paralegal Admits Role in Outing Iowa Witnesses
Former US DOJ contractor admits role in revealing identities of witnesses in a drug-trafficking operation

UK in Cyber-War Against Anti-vaccine Propaganda
GCHQ spies on a mission to disrupt hostile states spreading disinformation online

Mashable Customer Data Leaked Online
US news site confirms database containing user data has been posted online

Open University Targeted With Over a Million Malicious Email Attacks So Far This Year
All 1,191,312 malicious emails were blocked



