Infosecurity News

Mattel Reveals July Ransomware Attack Impacting Business
Toymaker appears to have escaped serious damage

Former eBay Execs Indicted for Cyber-Stalking Campaign
Five co-conspirators have already pleaded guilty

Weak Hash Exposes Millions of Passwords on Cannabis Site
Misconfiguration leaves online databases open to the public

Wakefern and ShopRite Settle Slapdash Data Disposal Claim
ShopRite and parent company pay $235k to settle claims that data-filled devices were discarded in a dumpster

Prison for Russian Player in $100m Botnet Conspiracy
US imprisons Russian cyber-criminal for role in Botnet that stole and trafficked data

IT Pro Salaries Decline in Value
Survey reveals decline in value of over 40% of salaried IT professional job titles in the last 12 months

Florida Invests in Security Controls Ahead of #Election2020
Florida invests in cyber-controls after 2016 hacking efforts

Remote Working Exposing Businesses to Unforeseen Threats
Corporate infrastructures are being exposed to threats that would not have been considered a year ago

Adobe Chooses Blizzard Entertainment’s Adams as New CSO
Incoming security chief will not have to worry about Flash

Ransomware Alert as Emotet Detections Surge 1200%
HP Inc data warns of close link to human-operated ransomware threats

NCSC Report Highlights #COVID19 Threat Surge
More than a quarter of incidents the NCSC tackled were pandemic-related

(CS)2AI and KPMG Release Inaugural Control Systems Cybersecurity Report
First annual control systems and operational technology cybersecurity report released by (CS)2AI and KPMG

US City Fined Over Former Employee's Data Theft
$200k fine for Connecticut city that failed to terminate former employee’s access rights

Cyber-Criminals Target Naked Zoom Users
Fresh sextortion campaign tells Zoom users they could be the next Toobin

Ping Identity Acquires Symphonic to Boost API and Data Security Offering
Deal will allow users to centralize administration and enforcement to critical resources and data

Truata and Mastercard Launch Privacy-Enhanced Portal for Financial Institutions
Solution enables customer behavior to be tracked in a way that is compliant with data protection laws

The BBC Experiences Over 250,000 Malicious Email Attacks Per Day
The UK's public service broadcaster has been bombarded with malicious emails this year

Security Pros Have Role in Combatting Disinformation
Security professionals need to be tackling all aspects of disinformation

CERT/CC Aims to Tackle FUD with New CVE-Naming Bot
Vulnonym project automatically creates name for each CVE

UK Banks Face Consumer Frustration Over Digital Identity Management
Only 36% of UK banks capture and verify customer identities in the same digital channel



