Infosecurity News

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?

Quantum Computing is Here, Look to a Post Quantum Future
Data is the new oil, but advances in quantum computing could be breaking encryption faster in the future

Fake Exec Tricks New York City Medical Center into Sharing Patient Info
Phishing impersonation scam succeeds at non-profit medical center in New York

Cybersecurity Firm to Create 164 New Jobs in Virginia
$1.4m expansion of Expel Inc. to bring 164 new jobs to Virginia

Cost of Insider Threats Rises 31%
New study finds dramatic increase in the cost and frequency of insider threats

US Arrests Prominent Harvard Academic for China Ties
Charles Lieber is said to have lied to investigators

US Downs Drone Fleet on China Security Fears
Department of Interior has 30 days to establish new procedures

Human Rights Fears as UN Admits Serious Breach
Global body covered up 2019 attack by likely nation state group

DigiCert CEO: Focus Security and Privacy on the Person
Following news of IoT-enabled breaches and extended facial recognition, DigiCert CEO says make the person the focus

Hacker Leaks Alleged Tesla Design Secrets
Hacker leaks Tesla’s alleged planned changes to S and X models on Twitter

Japan Considers Emergency Cybersecurity Measures Ahead of 2020 Olympics
Experts propose emergency cybersecurity plan to Japanese government ahead of the Olympic Games



