Infosecurity News

BotRx Appoints Cybersecurity Veteran to Spearhead Global Market Expansion
Peter Christou joins bot mitigation and detection firm BotRx as EVP of global sales

Casino App Clubillion Leaks PII on “Millions” of Users
Researchers at vpnMentor find another misconfigured database

Magecart Group Made Millions Targeting 570+ Sites
Gemini Advisory warns Keeper group is still at large

EDP’s North America Business Admits Ransomware Attack
Portuguese energy giant was hit with Ragnar Locker in April

UK Cyber Startups Raise Almost £500m During First Half of 2020
UK startups have nearly eclipsed the total raised last year already despite COVID-19

Sophisticated Russian BEC Group Targets Multinationals
Russian BEC group Cosmic Lynx has been operating on the quiet for at least a year, says Agari

Microsoft Research Develops Invisible Cloud Malware Scanner
With Project Freta, Microsoft claims to have made it easy to scan thousands of virtual machines invisibly

Researchers Use AI to Spot Drone Pilots
A good drone pilot is hard to find, unless you happen to be a researcher from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Manufacturing Sector Paid Out 62% of Total Ransomware Payments in 2019
The manufacturing sector made 62% of ransomware payments last year

Tech Giants Suspend Hong Kong Co-Operation Following Security Law
Platforms will not work with police on data access until international consensus

Bankrupt Bitcoin Biz Founder Leaves $13m Hole
Angry investors still trying to get their money back from VaultAge Solutions

Instagram Star “Hushpuppi” Faces BEC Charges
Hundreds of millions laundered from cybercrimes

LORCA Announces Fifth Cyber-Accelerator Cohort
17 companies to benefit from year-long innovation scheme

Infosecurity Magazine Autumn/Fall Online Summit Agenda – Last Chance to Register!
Registration is now open for Infosecurity’s two-day virtual event

Home Routers Are All Broken, Finds Security Study
Of 127 routers tested, all had serious flaws, according to a German study

Purple Fox Exploit Kit Adds Two Microsoft Vulnerabilities
Exploit kits may be on the decline, but that hasn’t stopped Purple Fox from keeping its game sharp

Account-Snooping Yahoo Engineer Escapes Jail Time
Man escapes jail time after using his position to snoop on thousands of accounts

Mobile Users Increasingly Targeted by Undeletable Malicious Files
Adware is often being pre-installed on mobile devices

Volume and Size of Fines for Data Breaches Expected to Rise
37% of workers expect the number and size of fines for their employers to increase

Flaw Fixed in Hotels.com Generator as Tesco Clubcard Users Impacted
Weakness exploited in way Hotels.com generates vouchers



