Infosecurity News

Vatican Infiltrated by Chinese Hackers Ahead of Sensitive Talks
The Vatican has allegedly been targeted by a Chinese state-sponsored group in the last three months

Cyber-Criminals Continue to Exploit #COVID19 During Q2
There has been a continued focus on COVID-19 phishing lures

BSIA Cybersecurity Group Releases New Code of Practice for Installers
New code of practice developed by BSIA’s Cybersecurity Product Assurance Group

Qualys Announces Spell Security Acquisition
Acquisition boosts endpoint security and threat detection capabilities

Nation State Attackers Shift to Credential Theft
Nation state attackers shift from financial theft and gain to stealing user credentials

Promo Data Breach Hits 14.6 Million User Accounts
Dark web traders selling personal data and cracked passwords

#COVID19 Could Push Average Breach Cost to $4m
IBM finds remote work increases financial impact and incident response

Global Firms Delayed Key Security Projects as Pandemic Struck
Tanium study also reveals a quarter stopped patching

Dell EMC Patches iDRAC Vulnerability
Dangerous Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller vulnerability detected and fixed

Operators of VHD Ransomware Unveiled
State-sponsored threat group is big-game hunting with VHD ransomware

Accountability Concerns Main Reason Security Pros Want to Quit
Survey finds lack of executive accountability is main reason security pros want to quit

No More Ransom Initiative Reflects on Achievements on Fourth Anniversary
No More Ransom has prevented an estimated $632m reaching criminals

Garmin Confirms Cyber-Attack as Ransomware Recovery Rumored
Garmin admits it suffered encrypting cyber-attack last week

Identity Governance Business Critical as Orgs Return to Work, Say IT Experts
86% of IT experts believe monitoring for cybersecurity threats will become more challenging due to increase in SaaS apps

Cosmetics Giant Avon Leaks 19 Million Records
Unsecured cloud server discovered by researchers

UK/US Governments Warn of QNAP NAS Malware
QSnatch has infected over 60,000 devices globally

Over Half of Universities Suffered Data Breach in Past Year
Redscan data finds many are failing on security training and testing

Virginia Startup CEO Charged with Investment Fraud
The CEO of a bankrupt Crystal City tech firm has been charged with investment fraud

American Insurer Charged Over Sustained Data Breach
New York regulator charges First American Financial unit over years-long data breach

Google Accused of Privacy Breaches by Australian Watchdog
Australia’s consumer watchdog is taking Google to court over personal data use



