Infosecurity News

Microsoft: #COVID19 Threats Less Than 2% of Total Daily Volume
Government advisory agrees that threat levels aren’t on the rise

Zoom Signs-Up Ex-Facebook CSO as Google Bans Platform
Stamos on board as outside advisor to help improve security

Half of UK Adults Exposed to #COVID19 Fake News
Ofcom says two-fifths find it hard to discern authentic information

FBI Warns of Cloud-Based BEC Attacks
Costly business email compromise scams prompt a warning from the FBI

Fake 3D Printed Fingerprints Fool Biometric Scanners
Researchers find biometric security is only good enough for the average Joe or Jane

Accenture Acquires Revolutionary Security
Philadelphia cybersecurity company Revolutionary Security acquired by Accenture

Microsoft: Cyber-Criminals Are Targeting Businesses Through Vulnerable Employees
Microsoft is seeing cyber-criminals target employees during #COVID-19 pandemic

Quarter of DevOps Suffer Open Source Component Breaches
Sonatype also finds happy developers are more secure developers

Over 350,000 Exchange Servers Exposed to Serious RCE Bug
CVE-2020-0688 was patched in February and is being actively exploited

EU Privacy Tsar Calls for Europe-Wide #COVID19 Tracking App
Coordinated response needed to ensure GDPR compliance

Akamai CSO: Online and Remote Work is the Future of Business
Businesses that were ill-prepared for the moment that we’re in are probably finding it more challenging to operate

Scammers Target US Stimulus Checks
Fraudsters pose as financial institutions in stimulus check phishing campaign

Linux Servers Under Attack for a Decade
Platform considered safe has been under attack from Chinese APT groups for ten years

Philippines Arrests 32 on Fake News Charges
32 Filipinos charged with spreading fake news about the #COVID19 outbreak

Internet Traffic Spiked to Double Normal Rate in March
Over the last four weeks, global traffic has grown by 30%

UK Businesses Could Make Huge Savings on Cybersecurity Services
Businesses could make huge savings by purchasing cybersecurity services from smaller companies

Only a Quarter of Orgs ‘Focus’ on Cyber-Attack Prevention
Survey reveals that companies prioritize attack detection and containment over prevention

Shadow IT Represents Major #COVID19 Home Working Threat
Nearly half of security pros see it as a challenge, says Check Point

INTERPOL: #COVID19-Fighting Hospitals Facing Ransomware Deluge
Global police alerted as cyber-criminals target healthcare organizations

ICO’s Mega BA and Marriott Fines Delayed Again
#COVID19 means regulator may reconsider size of penalties



