Infosecurity News

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

EU: UK Must Share More Data to Access Crime-fighting System
An EU committee wants to block the UK’s access to crime-fighting intel unless it shares more data with member states

LabCorp Shareholder Files Suit Over Double Data Breach
Shareholder sues LabCorp to recoup share value losses following two data breaches

Celebrity Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack on NYC Law Firm
Cyber-criminals threaten to expose celebrities’ private data if law firm doesn’t pay ransom

MAZE Claims Ransomware Attack on US Egg Supplier
Threat group MAZE claims to have exfiltrated data from Sparboe in a ransomware attack

Blue Mockingbird Is Mining Cryptocurrency
New cyber-threat spotted deploying Monero cryptocurrency-mining payloads on Windows machines

Deloitte Partners with Palo Alto to Extend Its Cybersecurity Services
Palo Alto Networks to become a strategic partner across Deloitte's EMEA network



