Infosecurity News
Government Spooks Urge Firms to Patch SharePoint Bug
CVE-2020-16952 is critical RCE flaw, says NCSC
US CEO Charged with $2bn Tax Evasion Scheme
Robert Brockman also accused of defrauding investors
Google Reveals it Was Hit by 2.5Tbps DDoS
Largest ever attack to date came in 2017, tech giant reveals
DDoS Attacks Disrupt Massachusetts Schools
Cyber-attacks interrupt remote learning for Sandwich and Tyngsboro students
Iran Reports Two Major Cyber-Attacks
Iran’s ports and government institutions targeted in large-scale cyber-attacks
Senator Questions US Healthcare Giant Over Cyber-Attack
Universal Health Services questioned over cybersecurity after suffering ransomware attack
BA GDPR Data Breach Fine Lowered to £20m Due to COVID-19
Impact of COVID-19 sees £183m data breach fine lowered to £20m after 2018 attack
Election Security and Confidence Can Be Enabled Through Public-Private Partnerships
Crowdstrike roundtable determines the best way to ensure trust in elections amid disinformation
Dickey’s PoS Breach Could Hit Three Million Cards
Popular BBQ restaurant chain was compromised for over a year
Nearly 800,000 SonicWall VPNs Need Critical Flaw Patching
Vulnerability could lead to denial of service or code execution
VoIP Firm Broadvoice Leaks 350 Million Customer Records
Elasticsearch misconfiguration to blame once again
Twitter Locks Trump Campaign Account
Twitter suspends @TeamTrump for “posting private information”
US Indicts Money Launderers to Cyber-criminal Elite
Alleged QQAAZZ members indicted for laundering millions of dollars for high-level cyber-criminals
Cyber-Attack on Major US Bookseller
Barnes & Noble suffers cyber-attack the day after solving its Nook outage issue
Government CIOs Praised for Pandemic Response, Better Collaboration Required
Better collaboration can aid state and local US government departments
Iranian APT Group Targets Global Universities Again
Tehran wants access to cutting-edge research
Zoom Finally Rolls out End-to-End Encryption
Stronger security for calls from next week
US Data Breach Volumes Plummet 30% in 2020
ITRC reveals number of victims has also fallen year-on-year
Carnival Confirms Passenger Data Compromised
Corporation reveals passenger data from three different cruise lines was accessed during cyber-attack
Suspended Sentence for Brit Caught in FBI Creepware Sting
A British man caught using malware to secretly film people in the privacy of their homes has avoided prison
