Infosecurity News

Russia Operatives Accused of 2019 Election Interference
Government statement comes ahead of much delayed intelligence report

Over Half of Canadians Victims of Cybercrime
New cybersecurity initiative finds more than half of Canadians are cybercrime victims

Tech Giants Sued Over Biometric Privacy
Illinois residents sue Google, Amazon, and Microsoft over faceprints’ acquisition

FBI Issues Cybersecurity Warning to Air Travelers
Cleverly faked airport websites prompt FBI to issue warning to travelers

Three-Quarters of UK Businesses Facing Compliance Problems Following Lockdown
75% predict a backlog of data subject access requests

Russian APT Crew Actively Targets #COVID19 Vaccine Developers
Russian state-sponsored hackers target COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers

Award-Winning Tech Expert Joins Arcserve as New CTO
Ivan Pittaluga will oversee the strategy and development of solutions at the data and ransomware protection provider

EE Launches Identity Checker to Help Fight Customer Fraud
Mobile operator’s new platform verifies a customer’s identity in real time

EU Court of Justice Deems Privacy Shield Unlawful
Max Schrem’s challenge to Facebook Ireland sees Privacy Shield deemed invalid

#COVID19 Accounted for Massive Increase in Q1 Phishing Trends
13% of all phishing attempts in Q1 were linked to COVID-19

Walmart Sued Under CCPA After Data Breach
Filing alleges customer data is already circulating on dark web

Malicious Router Log-Ins Soar Tenfold in Botnet Battle
Trend Micro issues lockdown warning for home users

Twitter Staff Tricked in Celeb Account Hijacking Campaign
Crypto scam tweeted by Gates, Musk, Obama, Biden and others

Data Breach at Texas Benefits Recovery Firm
Benefit recovery specialists hacked and PHI of over a quarter of a million people exposed

Jewish Service Zoom-bombed with Swastikas
Connecticut synagogue’s virtual service disrupted by anti-Semitic symbols

Superdrug Makes Anti-Cyberbullying Pledge
UK retailer urges social media users to #BeKind

Cofense Detects HMRC #COVID19 Tax Relief Scam
Phishing email targets those whose ability to work has been impacted by the pandemic

Media and Video Companies Suffer Huge Increase in Cyber-Attacks
The media industry faced 17 billion credential stuffing attacks during 2018 and 2019

CISA: Patch Critical SAP RECON Bug Now
Vulnerability affects SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) Java component

More Malware Found Hidden in Chinese Tax Software
Firms doing business in China urged to be on high alert



