Infosecurity News

  1. Cloud Database Leak Exposes 425GB of Small Biz Financial Data

    Loans companies misconfigure S3 bucket containing sensitive customer info

  2. Encryption Debate Stalls Child Protection Bill

    US bill to tackle child sexual abuse material online has been left in limbo over privacy concerns

  3. Guitar Tuition Website Suffers Six-Month Data Breach

    Users’ payment card information exposed in six-month data breach of guitar tuition website TrueFire

  4. Human Traffickers Still Recruiting Victims Online

    FBI warns users of social media and dating apps to be wary of human traffickers

  5. Student Loans Company Hit by 5.4 Million Email Attacks in 2019

    Attackers target government body for students’ financial info

  6. US VPN Use Could Soar 150% as Covid-19 Spreads

    Coronavirus drives home working surge and school closures across globe

  7. Over a Quarter of Security Alerts Are False Positives

    New research highlights risks of alert fatigue in organizations

  8. Agents Arrest 24 on $30m Money Laundering Charges

    Group allegedly helped to launder funds from BEC, romance and other scams

  9. Illinois College Suffers Data Breach

    Staff at an Illinois college are to receive free credit monitoring following a data breach

  10. Checkmarx to Be Acquired by Hellman & Friedman

    Hellman & Friedman to acquire application and software security company Checkmarx

  11. US Health Department Hacked Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

    Cyber-attackers hack US Health and Human Services Department to spread disinformation

  12. Rail Thieves Prosper as Mobile Device Thefts Jump 62%

    FOI data reveals nearly 9000 devices went missing on UK trains last year

  13. UK Spies Hunt Down Covid-19 Threats

    NCSC says it’s taking steps to automatically discover and remove phishing sites

  14. Half of UK Firms Suffer Basic Cyber-Skills Gaps

    Government report warns many can’t complete simple tasks

  15. US Scraps Missiles Over Cybersecurity Concerns

    America drops plans to adopt Iron Dome missile defense system amid cybersecurity fears

  16. Info-Stealing Coronavirus Threat Map Detected

    Criminals are using a fake COVID-19 infection map to steal personal data

  17. Threat-Thwarting Guidance Published for Cargo Ships

    A guide has been published to help ocean carriers fend off cyber-attacks

  18. Chelsea Manning Released After Testimony Deemed No Longer Necessary

    Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from prison

  19. Volusion Magecart Breach Could Net Fraudsters $130m+

    Gemini Advisory claims as many as 20 million card records may have been compromised

  20. Microsoft Forced to Patch Leaked Wormable SMB Flaw

    Details of bug were accidentally released earlier this week

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