Infosecurity News

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

Stalkerware Soared 91% in UK Last Year
Concerning stats released ahead of International Women’s Day

One Million Virgin Media Customers at Risk After Data Leak
Unauthorized access after ISP leaves database exposed for months

T-Mobile Suffers Another Breach as Staff Emails Targeted
Carrier warns customers their account info may have been stolen

US DoD Employee Charged with Spying for Lover
DoD linguist accused of leaking the identities of American spies to Lebanese lover with terrorism connections

University Launches Cyber-Toolkit for Detectives
Purdue University’s new toolkit helps detectives bust cyber-criminals

US to Give Ukraine $8m for Cybersecurity
US pledges $8m to fund Ukrainian cybersecurity project

UK Cybersecurity Defense Standards Slip, Calls Made for Improvement
The UK's cybersecurity rating slips as goverment calls for improvements in defenses

UK’s ICO Fines Cathay Pacific £500,000 for 2018 Breach
Incident stemmed from a “catalog of errors” at the firm

Let’s Encrypt: One Million Certificates Non-Compliant After Bug
Users haven’t been able to replace certs affected by CAA flaw quick enough

J.Crew Customer Accounts Breached a Year Ago
Retailer in much-delayed breach notification



