Infosecurity News

UK’s IoT Law Hopes to Drive Security-by-Design
Proposed legislation seeks to protect consumers from cyber risk

US Rolls Out New Bill to Reform NSA Surveillance
New US bill could end mass surveillance of phone records by the NSA

Major Canadian Military Contractor Compromised in Ransomware Attack
MAZE publishes data allegedly stolen from Bird Construction in ransomware attack

US Space Industry to Launch Cybersecurity Portal
Space ISAC cybersecurity information-sharing portal planned for spring 2020

Royal Yachting Association Resets Passwords After Breach
Unauthorized party accessed 2015 database

Chrome and Firefox Clamp Down on Suspicious Behavior
Renewed focus on stamping out malicious activity

Citrix Flaw Exploited by Ransomware Attackers
German car parts maker among the victims

Russian Pleads Guilty to Running Online Criminal Marketplace
Aleksei Burkov admits selling stolen credit card credentials via the website Cardplanet

US Issues Cybersecurity Warnings Over Flawed Medical Devices
US warns that GE CARESCAPE, ApexPro, and Clinical Information Center systems are exploitable

London Police Adopt Facial Recognition Technology as Europe Considers Five-Year Ban
London’s Metropolitan Police Service to start using facial recognition technology within a month

#BSidesLeeds: Credential Stuffing Often Seen as “Volume” Cybercrime
As it is not as trendy as ransomware, not enough attention is paid to credential stuffing

#BSidesLeeds: Cyber is Running the World, More Innovation to Come
Cybersecurity is “the best industry in the world”

European Energy Firm Targeted by RAT Linked to Iran
Recorded Future detects months-long espionage campaign

Ransomware Payments Doubled and Downtime Grew in Q4
Coveware data highlights pervasive threat from online extortion

Sonos Backtracks to Offer Fixes for Legacy Speakers
Firm will also ensure old kit works with newer models

US Cybersecurity Agency Issues Emotet Warning
CISA warns of increased Emotet malware activity

US County Suffers Two Cyber-attacks in Three Weeks
Albany County has been targeted twice in three weeks by cyber-criminals

Over Half of Organizations Were Successfully Phished in 2019
New research shows 55% of organizations became phishing victims in 2019

Over 2000 WordPress Sites Hit by Malicious Redirects
Campaign takes users to scam sites, says Sucuri

Data on 30,000 Cannabis Users Exposed in Cloud Leak
Misconfigured S3 bucket to blame, says vpnMentor



