Infosecurity News

CyberArk Acquires Idaptive
Identity-as-a-Service company Idaptive has been acquired by CyberArk

US Health Giant Hooked with Ransomware Bait
Magellan Health attacked with ransomware after falling for phishing email

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tops 100 CVEs For Third Month
Sysadmins continue to be swamped in 2020

Sophos: Paying Ransom Can Double Attack Recovery Costs
Security vendor warns future ransomware victims

Banks’ DMARC Fail Puts #COVID19 Business Loans at Risk of Phishing
Proofpoint claims just 20% have DMARC set to strongest policy

Law Firm to the Stars Confirms Ransomware Attack
Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks notifies celebrity clients of ransomware attack

Investigation into “Significant Privacy Breach” at Ontario Care Home
An Ontario care home where 66 have died from COVID-19 is being investigated over potential privacy breach

INTERPOL Declares “Anti-Ransomware Day”
INTERPOL and Kaspersky dub WannaCry’s third anniversary “Anti-Ransomware Day”

CISSP Qualification Given Cert Status Equivalent to Master’s Degree Level
CISSP designated as comparable to RQF Level 7

Colin Murphy Appointed KnowBe4’s New Chief Information Officer
Experienced IT pro joins C-suite of international cybersecurity awareness training provider

Check Point Detects 30% Increase in #COVID19 Attacks
Cyber-criminals continue to register new domains or phishing campaigns

Pitney Bowes Hit by Ransomware for Second Time
Mailing tech firm targeted by Maze group

Two WordPress Plugin Bugs Expose Over One Million Sites
Wordfence warns of cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities

US to Issue Warning over Attempted Theft of Coronavirus Research
FBI and DHS to warn that state-backed threat actors are trying to swipe COVID-19 vaccine data

Attackers Pose as Zoom to Steal Microsoft Credentials
Fake Zoom notification email contains malicious link to Microsoft login

Only 19% of Lockdown ‘Work from Homers’ Update Anti-Virus Solution
New research highlights poor work-from-home security practices

Cyber-Attacks on UK Orgs Up 30% in Q1 2020
Beaming research finds UK companies suffered more than one attack per minute

Black Hat USA and DEF CON Cancelled Due to #COVID19
Popular cybersecurity conferences will go virtual this year

Cognizant: Ransomware Costs Could Reach $70m
IT giant admits major financial hit from Maze raid

Data Breach Exposes Four Million Dating App Users
MobiFriends was apparently breached back in January 2019



