Infosecurity News

Police Catch Suspects Planning #COVID19 Hospital Ransomware
Four arrested in Romania and Moldova

REvil Ransomware Gang Threatens to Release Dirt on Trump
Ransom demand for celeb law firm doubles to $42m

Iowa Civil Rights Meeting Zoom-bombed
Des Moines meeting abandoned after a double Zoom-bombing by racist losers

Norway's Wealth Fund Loses $10m in Data Breach
Data breach at world’s largest sovereign wealth fund enables fraudsters to steal $10m

API Attacks Increase During Lockdown
Threat researchers observe API endpoints taking a hammering during health pandemic

AI and Machine Learning Critical to Tackling Cyber Threats Says NTT
AI and machine learning only way to quickly and efficiently identify security threats

Attacks on Banks Spike 238% During #COVID19 Crisis
VMware Carbon Black says attacks coincide with major news events

ICO’s BA and Marriott Fines Likely to Be Pushed Back Again
Cordery Compliance claims final sum may be much reduced

UK Power Grid Biz Suffers Outage After Cyber-Attack
Elexon’s internal systems hit but electricity supply unaffected

Ohio Votes to Outlaw Attempted Hacks
Ohio passes bill to criminalize all malicious hacking attempts, even if they fail

Critical Flaws Found in Cyberoam Security Devices
Vulnerabilities detected in Cyberoam’s firewall and VPN technology

Identity Breaches at 79% of Organizations
IDSA finds 79% of organizations suffered an identity-related security breach in the last 2 years

DWF Appoints Mark Hendry as Director of Data Protection and Cybersecurity
DWF appoints a new director of data protection and cybersecurity

Kaspersky Report Shows Need for Improved Password Storage
A Kaspersky study shows the majority of people are unaware of how to check if their credentials have been leaked

Remote Workers Often Not Provided Secure Tools
Remote workers are often not provided secure tools to access networks and authenticate themselves

Microsoft OLE Bugs Most Frequently Exploited Since 2016
US government reveals top 10 most targeted CVEs

US: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting #COVID19 Vaccine Researchers
FBI and CISA warn domestic organizations to double down on security

#COVID19 Hospital Construction Firms Hit by Cyber-Attacks
Data theft and ransomware likely end goals

City Index Reports Intrusion and Potential Data Breach
Financial trading service provider reports network intrusion to users

Ramsay Cyber-Espionage Framework Rumbled by Researchers
Researchers discover new cyber-espionage framework dubbed "Ramsay" in development



