Infosecurity News

Florida School Board Member Blames Controversial Facebook Post on Hacker
White privilege Facebook post was the result of a hack, says Broward School Board member

DIA Analyst Jailed for Disclosing Secrets to Journalist Girlfriend
Former Defense Intelligence Agency employee imprisoned for leaking classified information to journalists

Indonesia Denies #COVID19 Test Data Breach
An alleged breach of COVID-19 test data prompts an investigation by Indonesia’s government

Stalker Online Breach: 1.3 Million User Records Stolen
Popular MMO game is latest to suffer serious security incident

Online Fraudsters Steal £17m Over #COVID19 Lockdown
Action Fraud says younger shoppers are more likely to be tricked

North Korean #COVID19 Phishing Campaign Targets Six Countries
UK, US, India, Singapore, Japan and South Korea warned of spoofed emails

FEMA Employee Indicted for Hacking Medical Center
Theft of data from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center pinned on FEMA IT specialist

Video Game Creator Battles Racist Bots
Valve introduces anti-spam measures to tackle wave of racist bots in Team Fortress 2

US Deports NeverQuest Cyber-Thief
US sends NeverQuest malware creator, jailed for stealing $800,000 back to Russia

Facebook Pulls Trump Campaign Ad Featuring Nazi Symbol
Debate over political ads and misinformation heats up in the US

Malicious Chrome Extensions Downloaded Over 33 Million Times
Mass global surveillance campaign uncovered

Sophisticated State-Backed Attack Rocks Australia
PM urges organizations across sectors to improve cyber-resilience

US Indicts Six Nigerians Over $6m Email Scam
US takes action against Nigerians who targeted Americans with email scams

ESET Reveals New Insights into Espionage Group InvisiMole
Report shows espionage group has enhanced its capabilities

FCC Warned Against Approving US/Hong Kong Subsea Cable
FCC advised to partially deny cable system linking US with Hong Kong over security concerns

UK U-Turns on Contact Tracing App Privacy
UK government puts privacy first, chooses decentralized COVID contact-tracing app model

ICO Report Calls for Reforms Around Police Data Extraction
Report highlights data privacy and protection risks and failures made by the police

Pandemic Popularity Forces Dark Web Forums to Recruit
Digital Shadows finds site moderators in high demand

#COVID19 Attacks Still Less Than 2% of Total Threats
Virus-themed phishing and malware threats are branded outliers

Zoom Will Offer End-to-End Encryption for All Users
Video conferencing platform reverses controversial decision



