Infosecurity News

  1. US Retailers More Vulnerable to Web App Attacks Than EU Counterparts

    US retailers had an average risk score of 35, which compares to 31 for those based in the EU

  2. Zoom Settles with FTC After Charges it Misled Customers

    Encryption falsely described as ‘end-to-end’ for years

  3. Ex-Microsoft Engineer Gets Nine Years for $10m Digital Theft

    Renton resident stole digital gift cards and sold them online

  4. Cadbury Social Media Scammers Take Chocoholics for a Ride

    There’s no such thing as a free chocolate hamper, experts warn

  5. Paralegal Admits Role in Outing Iowa Witnesses

    Former US DOJ contractor admits role in revealing identities of witnesses in a drug-trafficking operation

  6. UK in Cyber-War Against Anti-vaccine Propaganda

    GCHQ spies on a mission to disrupt hostile states spreading disinformation online

  7. Mashable Customer Data Leaked Online

    US news site confirms database containing user data has been posted online

  8. Open University Targeted With Over a Million Malicious Email Attacks So Far This Year

    All 1,191,312 malicious emails were blocked

  9. Paul Collyer to Join HTB as New Chief Risk Officer

    Collyer will replace retiring CRO Clive Gavin

  10. Emotet and TrickBot Top the Malware Charts Yet Again

    Check Point points to resulting surge in ransomware infections

  11. Price Dropped on Hacked Educational RDP Details

    Hacked educational RDP details get a price drop on Russian forums

  12. Housing Group Struck by Sodinokibi Data Thieves

    Ransomware takes out Flagship Group’s IT systems

  13. Hotel Booking Firm Leaks Data on Millions of Guests

    Card details for hundreds of thousands exposed in cloud config snafu

  14. San Francisco Police Seek Cybercrime Victims

    Police ask underage victims of men charged with online stalking and exploitation to come forward

  15. Brazil Seizes Sites Pirating US TV Shows

    America assists Brazil to take down sites and apps offering pirated US movies and TV shows

  16. US Seizes $1bn from Silk Road Crypto Account

    US files civil action to seek forfeiture of $1bn in Bitcoin moved from a Silk Road account

  17. #COVID19 Themed Attacks Surge by 605% in Q2

    Malware accounted for 35% of all incidents in this quarter

  18. #ForrTech: Predicted European Data Privacy Trends for 2021

    European businesses need to prepare for major changes in the data privacy landscape next year

  19. Campari Group on the Rocks After Ransomware Attack

    Italian drinks giant says IT systems temporarily suspended

  20. Live News Streaming Figures for #Election2020 Highlight Misinformation Threat

    Live news streaming traffic of the election double that of peak 2016 levels

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