Infosecurity News

Paradise Ransomware Uses IQY Attachments to Stay Hidden
New campaign weaponizes unusual Office file format

Patch Tuesday Fixes Over 100 Bugs This Month
Details also creep out of new wormable SMB vulnerability

Eight Million Shopper Records Leaked Online
Unsecured MongoDB database exposes Amazon UK, eBay and other customers

Two #RSAC Attendees Test Positive for #Coronavirus
Exabeam engineer hospitalized over Coronavirus fears upon return from RSA Conference

Necurs Botnets Busted
11 botnets that infected over 9 million computers all over the world have been disrupted

Los Angeles Utility Accused of Cybersecurity Coverup
The LA Department of Water and Power allegedly concealed gaps in its cybersecurity from regulators

Phishers Use Fake HIV Test Results as Bait
Criminals are using fake HIV test results to phish insurance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical companies

Google Play Protect IDs Just a Third of Malicious Apps
Mobile security tool comes bottom of AV-Test's 17-strong list

Human Error Linked to 60% of Security Breaches
Gallagher study finds companies exposed to service outages and data loss risks

Ryuk Ransomware Takes Out Durham, North Carolina
City and county systems now in recovery phase after Friday attack

University of Kentucky Defeats Month-Long Cyber-Attack
Month-long cyber-attack on the University of Kentucky causes system shutdown

Cybersecurity Conferences Postponed and Canceled Over #Coronavirus Fears
A raft of cyber and infosec conferences have been postponed or canceled due to Coronavirus

Accenture Acquires Context Information Security
British cyber-defense consultancy firm acquired by Accenture

(ISC)² Membership Grows to Over 150,000
Nonprofit cybersecurity membership association (ISC)² is bigger than ever

WatchGuard Announces Intention to Acquire Panda Security
Where network and endpoint security combine

SANS: Gender Still Biggest Challenge for Many Women in Cyber
Chronic skills shortages failing to overcome long-standing gender diversity problems

Former US Inspector General Indicted for Software Theft and Fraud
Government claims scheme was hatched to benefit his new company

APT Groups Attack Exchange Servers Via Patched Flaw
CVE-2020-0688 was fixed in February but attacks persist

Disaggregated Scalable Firewall Framework Released
US companies unite to develop a Disaggregated Scalable Firewall framework

266,000 Passwords Stolen in Trident Crypto Fund Data Breach
Trident Crypto Fund customer data has been stolen and published online in a major data breach



