Infosecurity News

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

    Participants will face a series of hands-on challenges

  2. School Boss Resigns After Porn Found on Computer

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

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

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

  4. Trans Tracking Plugin Reported to Norwegian Authorities

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

  5. Sumo Logic Agrees Deal to Acquire DFLabs

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

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

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

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

    Veritas Technologies study warns of major shadow IT challenge

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

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

  9. Ransomware “Paralyzes” Spanish Employment Agency

    Attack locks down workstations and remote worker laptops

  10. Superstar K-Pop Band’s TikTok Hacked

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

  11. Romance Fraudster Who Conned Jenifer Lewis Jailed

    US imprisons Santa Monica man who impersonated Navy SEAL to con women

  12. American Companies Not Taking Cybersecurity Seriously

    51% of Americans say their companies could have done more to increase cybersecurity during the pandemic

  13. SolarWinds Unlikely to Be an Isolated Event as Attackers Become More Sophisticated

    Pandemic has allowed malicious actors to industrialize

  14. More Than 10 APT Groups Exploiting Recent Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

    Security firm identifies more than 5000 affected global email servers

  15. NHS Regulator Faces Surge in Email Attacks During Vaccine Rollout

    The CQC was targeted by nearly 60,000 malicious email attacks from December 2020 to February 2021

  16. Most Threat Analysts Banned from Sharing Intel with Peers

    Closed attitudes could be harming cybercrime fight, says Kaspersky

  17. Exposed Password Gave Hackers Access to 150,000 Cameras

    Report suggests major security fail from a familiar source

  18. Microsoft Expands Coverage of Exchange Server Patches

    Yet another zero-day also fixed in this month’s Patch Tuesday

  19. Arkansas Bill Addresses “Unfair” Social Media Censorship

    Social media sites could be liable for damages if content is removed for “dubious or pretextual” reasons

  20. Vodafone Calls for New Cybersecurity Policies to Help SMEs

    Comms company asks UK government to slash VAT on cybersecurity products

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