Infosecurity News

Washington in Super Tuesday Fake News Warning
Firm words for foreign governments who may try to undermine results

Chinese Nationals Charged With $100m Crypto Money Laundering
They worked on behalf of North Korean Lazarus Group, alleges DoJ

SpaceX Contractor Hit by Data Breach
DoppelPaymer ransomware pegged as the likely culprit

Walgreens App Error Has Customers Viewing Each Other's Personal Messages
An internal error in the Walgreens messaging app has exposed customers’ personal messages to other customers

Thoma Bravo Acquires Sophos for $3.9bn
Cybersecurity firm Sophos has been acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $3.9bn

Data of 10K Rail Passengers Exposed
British Wi-fi provider exposes personal data of 10,000 rail passengers

HMRC Scam Calls Surge 234% in a Year
UK tax office is still a major target for phishers

UK Lawmakers Warned of “Persistent” Hacking Threat
Parliament reportedly under attack every minute

Home Office Admits 100 GDPR Breaches in EU Scheme
Privacy problems for EU citizens hoping to settle in the UK

US Jails Chinese Scientist for Stealing $1bn of Trade Secrets
America imprisons Chinese scientist who stole $1bn of trade secrets from a petroleum company

FBI Indicts Alleged Ticketfly Hacker
FBI indicts alleged Ticketfly hacker accused of compromising 127 million user accounts

#RSAC: The Five Most Dangerous New Attacks of 2020 Aren't All That New
What's old is new again, as attacks against perimeter devices and mobile security top the list of SANS most dangerous new attack vectors

Michigan Healthcare Group Hack Went Undetected for Six Months
Michigan healthcare group takes six months to detect breach that exposed patient data

#RSAC: GM CEO Stresses Need to Invest in Developing Next Generation of Cyber Engineers
GM CEO encourages investment in STEM education to create future talent pool

Let’s Encrypt Hits One Billion Certificate Milestone
Over 80% of pages globally now use HTTPS

Shark Tank Star Corcoran Loses $400K in Email Scam
Invoice fraudster tricks her finance team into wiring funds abroad

Facebook Sues Analytics Firm Over “Malicious” SDK
Social network claims OneAnalytics illegally harvested user data

#RSAC: Election Security Beyond the Ballot Box
There's more to securing elections than just making sure that ballot boxes are secure

#RSAC: How to Hack Society
The ideas behind technology security could be useful to help society at large, argues industry luminary Bruce Schneier

#RSAC: Building Secure Automobiles for Driverless and Manned Cars
GM CEO talks securely building driverless and driven cars



