Infosecurity News

  1. Zoom Phishers Register 2000 Domains in a Month

    As #COVID19 home working surges, cyber-criminals look to cash in

  2. Ransomware Attackers Exploit #COVID19 to Target Hospital VPNs

    Microsoft alerts several dozen healthcare organizations

  3. Morrisons Wins Insider Breach Ruling but Liability Concerns Persist

    Supreme Court ruling means employers could still be sued

  4. Company Launches Lockdown-Friendly Hacking Competition

    Hacking challenge with $2,850 prize will take place on April 6

  5. Affordacare Patient Data Allegedly Published Online

    Affordacare patient records allegedly published online, but clinic tells patients their data was unaffected by a recent data breach

  6. Ransomware Payments on the Rise

    New research finds more ransomware victims are paying their cyber-attackers

  7. Lack of Understanding of US Legislation Putting UK Business Data at Risk

    UK business data could be at risk due to a lack of legislative knowledge

  8. Chinese #COVID19 Conspiracy Theories Date Back to January

    Beijing official spread fake news that virus is a US military weapon

  9. Cyber-Attacks Up 37% Over Past Month as #COVID19 Bites

    Cloudflare notes spikes of malicious traffic hitting six-times normal levels

  10. IASME Named Sole Cyber Essentials Certification Body

    Cyber Essentials set for relaunch with IASME as sole certifier

  11. ‘Secure’ Backup Company Leaks 135 Million Records Online

    Researchers discover another unsecured Elasticsearch database

  12. OIG Lacks Confidence in FBI's Adherence to Woods Procedures

    Auditor reports missing or non-existent facts in FBI Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications

  13. New Marriott Data Breach Affects 5.2 Million Guests

    Hotel chain Marriott International suffers second data breach

  14. #WorldBackupDay: Only 58% of Brits Back Up Their Data

    Survey finds 42% of Brits do not back up their data (and many don’t even know how to)

  15. Sensitive Voter Data Exposed by App Used in US Elections

    Data exposed online by a canvassing app used by the Republican party

  16. NATO Report Warns of New Authoritarian Chinese Splinternet

    China’s plans to replace TCP/IP being pushed through at ITU level

  17. Privacy Snafu Exposes 42 Million ‘Telegram’ Records

    Iranians were using third-party version of the app

  18. Houseparty Offers $1m for Info on ‘Smear Campaign’

    Users take to social media complaining of online hacking attempts

  19. Ban Hasn't Stopped COVID-19 Instagram Ads

    Adverts selling masks and other COVID-19 essentials appear on Instagram and Facebook despite ban

  20. VoIP Carriers Investigated Over Fraudulent Robocalls

    US court orders injunctions against two telecom carriers that facilitated millions of fraudulent robocalls

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