Infosecurity News

Democrats Deny Iowa Caucus App Hack
US Democratic Party says cybersecurity threat is not to blame for disastrous Iowa caucuses

Police Warn of Physical IT Risk from Malicious Contractors
Insiders at cleaning, decorating and other firms could access networks

Twitter Fixes API Bug That Unmasked Users
Nation states may have exploited flaw to target individuals

Suffolk iCloud Voyeur Gets 32 Months Behind Bars
Police urge users to switch on 2FA to protect accounts

Nintendo Hacker Pleads Guilty to Downloading Child Porn
California resident admits downloading child pornography and habitually hacking Nintendo

Cybersecurity Incident Mars Australian Freight Giant's Operations
Australian freight company shuts down IT systems after cybersecurity incident

British Charity Loses Over $1m in Domain Spoofing Scam
Cyber-criminals con UK charity Red Kite Community Housing out of £932K

£187,000 Raised for NSPCC’s Childline Service at White Hat Ball
Music and TV star Peter Andre hosted the event in London

Missile Engineer Arrested After Taking Secret Info to China
Chinese-born former Raytheon employee behind bars

Maze Ransomware Hits Law Firms and French Giant Bouygues
Stolen data already being leaked online to force payment

UK Cops Swoop on Malta Bank Heist Suspects
Individuals arrested on money laundering fraud and theft charges

REvil Ransomware Crew Sponsors Underworld Hacking Competition
Sodinokibi threat group funds $15K prize money for illegal hacking competition

US County's Computers Still Down Nine Days After Ransomware Attack
An Oregon county is struggling to recover from a ransomware attack

Breach at Indian Airline Affects 1.2 Million Passengers
Privately-owned Indian airline SpiceJet suffers large-scale data breach

British Council Blocked Over 10 Million Malicious Emails in 2019
Intercepted emails included potential malware, spam and phishing

US Defense Contractor Hit by Ryuk Ransomware
Websites down at EWA as attackers step up efforts

AlphaBay Moderator Faces 20 Years Jail Time
Colorado man pleads guilty to racketeering charges

UK Cyber Sector Tops £8bn as Brexit Looms
Concerns that departure from the EU will kill nascent industry

Number of Web Certs Up, More Public Education Needed
Number of security certificates on the web increases

Need for “Big Data Biology” as Users Create More Data
Identity data is created on us all of the time but how protected is it?



