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  1. Cyber-Attack Downs Alabama County’s Network

    Chilton County’s computer network disrupted by suspected ransomware attack

  2. 95% of Brits Unable to Consistently Identify Phishing Messages

    Scam messages from Facebook are most likely to trick people

  3. Alert Fatigue and Overload an Issue for Majority of Security Analysts

    83% of security staff have experienced alert fatigue

  4. HSBC SMS Phishing Scam Targets UK Victims

    Text-based scam attempts to trick victims into handing over personal and banking info

  5. Fake TikTok App Targets Indian Users

    Fake ‘professional’ version of TikTok spread via SMS to Indian users

  6. Global Privacy Regulators Probe Facial Recognition Firm Clearview AI

    ICO and OAIC will look into its controversial data scraping practices

  7. SurveyMonkey Phishers Go Hunting for Office 365 Credentials

    Abnormal Security warns of attacks abusing legitimate survey site domain

  8. German Police Seize BlueLeaks Server

    Bid to shut down DDoSecrets leak continues

  9. Fraudsters Conducting Malvertising Campaign Via Inactive Domains

    Many of the second hand pages download the Shlayer Trojan

  10. Russian Fraudsters Test Stolen Credit Cards Using Ecommerce Sites

    Fake product listings demonstrate link between content and payment fraud

  11. US Unmasks Fxmsp Hacker

    The mysterious Fxmsp hacker now has a name

  12. UK Stalkerware Usage Soars During Lockdown

    Use of stalkerware in the UK correlates with a worrying increase in domestic abuse queries

  13. Microsoft Confirms Takedown of Phishing Domains

    Phishing messages used COVID-19 as a lure to access Office 365 accounts

  14. Organizations’ Security Measures Failing to Keep Pace with BYOD Use

    69% say BYOD is embraced by their organization

  15. Billions of Banking and Social Media Credentials Available Online

    Around 15 billion credentials are in circulation in cyber-criminal marketplaces

  16. BotRx Appoints Cybersecurity Veteran to Spearhead Global Market Expansion

    Peter Christou joins bot mitigation and detection firm BotRx as EVP of global sales

  17. Casino App Clubillion Leaks PII on “Millions” of Users

    Researchers at vpnMentor find another misconfigured database

  18. Magecart Group Made Millions Targeting 570+ Sites

    Gemini Advisory warns Keeper group is still at large

  19. EDP’s North America Business Admits Ransomware Attack

    Portuguese energy giant was hit with Ragnar Locker in April

  20. 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

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