Infosecurity News

  1. Danes Blame Bug for ID Leak Affecting 1.3 Million

    Over a fifth of the population affected by CPR snafu

  2. DevOps Alert: 12,000 Jenkins Servers Exposed to DoS Attacks

    Radware urges admins to fix cloud automation servers

  3. Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Equifax Hack

    US indicts four members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army over Equifax hack

  4. Social Robot Teaches Kids Cyber-safety

    Delaware students learn online safety from a robot with a new spin on some old fairy tales

  5. Facebook's Social Media Accounts Hacked

    Hackers briefly took over Facebook’s Instagram and Twitter accounts

  6. Emotet Spreads Via Newly Discovered Wi-Fi Module

    Infamous loader brute forces nearby wireless networks

  7. Docker Registry Snafus Expose Firms to Cloud Compromise

    Palo Alto warns misconfigurations could seriously damage security

  8. National Portrait Gallery Faced Almost 350,000 Email Attacks in Q4 2019

    FOI data highlights information security risks for London tourist attractions

  9. Likud Election App Exposes All Israel’s Voters

    Nearly 6.5 million people caught up in privacy snafu

  10. Crypto Exchange Loses "Almost All Funds" in Hack

    Altsbit has its hot wallet emptied by cyber-criminals

  11. Lawyers Could Net $30m in Yahoo Data Breach Settlement

    Lawyers handling Yahoo’s $177.5m data breach settlement can expect a $30m payday

  12. Gorgon Group Grows More Sophisticated

    The threat group known for operating MasterMana botnet is now spoofing login portals

  13. White Hats Shine a Light on Philips Hue Hack

    Zigbee vulnerability could allow attackers to compromise networks

  14. UK Government Under Fire Over NSO Group Links

    Israeli spyware maker will be hosted at security fair next month

  15. Facebook Encryption Plans Slammed by Children’s Charities

    NSPCC and others warn of creating ‘safe spaces’ for pedophiles online

  16. Porn Sites Suffer Highest Number of DDoS Attacks

    Study finds adult entertainment websites received the most DDoS attacks per site in 2019

  17. Sentar Awarded $164m Cybersecurity Task Order by US Defense Health Agency

    Sentar selected to provide cybersecurity risk management operations support to the Defense Health Agency

  18. Governments Are Soft Targets for Cyber-criminals

    Report finds larger attack surfaces make governments more vulnerable than other organizations

  19. Iranian Phishers Use Journalist’s Identity to Steal Info

    State hackers impersonate New York Times journalist

  20. 90% of UK Data Breaches Due to Human Error in 2019

    Phishing was the primary cause of breaches reported to the ICO last year

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