Infosecurity News

UN Wants US Probe into Bezos-Saudi Phone Hack
Amazon boss was allegedly sent spyware by crown prince

US Journalist Denounced for Alleged Involvement with Brazilian Criminal Organization
Brazilian prosecutors accuse US journalist Glenn Greenwald of involvement with a phone-hacking gang

Fake Smart Factory Captures Real Cyber-threats
Cyber-criminals flock to fake industrial company honeypot

Facebook Crime Rises 19% as UK Tries to Police Social Media
Rise in UK Facebook-linked crime as government introduces stricter social media code of conduct

Apple Dropped iCloud Encryption Plans After FBI Complaint: Report
Move would have severely hampered investigations

Microsoft Exposes 250 Million Call Center Records in Privacy Snafu
Data leak was the result of misconfigured Elasticsearch databases

Campaigners Threaten ICO with Legal Action for AdTech Failings
Regulator has yet to punish industry for illegal real-time bidding practices

KnowBe4 Donates $250,000 to Stetson University College of Law
Donation will provide employee security awareness training, create scholarships and help to develop the university’s cybersecurity program

Surge in Ships Seeking Cybersecurity Classification
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore reports rise in applicants for "Cyber Managed" notation

US Cybersecurity Firm Founder Admits Funding DDoS Attacks
Founder of BackConnect Security paid a DDoS-for-hire service to launch cyber-attacks

Scottish Police Deploy Tech That Extracts Data from Locked Smartphones
Police Scotland is using Cellebrite machines to retrieve data from locked devices

Hong Kong Looks to GDPR as it Strengthens Privacy Laws
China SAR looks for inspiration following Cathay Pacific breach

UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children
Betting firms were reportedly allowed access to trove

Zero-Day IE Bug is Being Exploited in the Wild
CISA and Microsoft sound the alarm but no patch as yet

US Could Appoint a Cybersecurity Leader for Each State
Senate considers bill to create state cybersecurity leaders

Possessing Ransomware Could Become Illegal in Maryland
Maryland residents could be jailed and fined $10K for possessing ransomware

Mitsubishi Electric Discloses Information Leak
Electronics manufacturer Mitsubishi waits six months to declare breach

€114m in Fines Imposed by Euro Authorities Under GDPR
160,000 data breach notifications reported across 28 European Union Member States

Travelex Begins Reboot as VPN Bug Persists
Thousands of organizations may be exposed to same vulnerability

London Councils Lose Nearly 1300 Devices Over Three Years
Growing threat to public sector data as mobile working increases risk



