Infosecurity News

Cyber-Attack on US Water Company Causes Network Outage
500,000 customers affected by cyber-attack on Greenville Water

Smart City Alert as Experts Detail LoRaWAN Security Issues
IOActive claims hackers could compromise encryption keys with ease

Hackers Begin Uploading 30 Million Cards from Wawa Breach
Stolen data being sold by one of the underground’s most popular crime shops

Dell Technologies Announces Adrian McDonald as New EMEA President
McDonald will take on the role from February 3 2020

UK Deems Huawei a Manageable Risk for 5G
Experts welcome balanced decision informed by intelligence services

SEC Publishes Cybersecurity Practices of Financial Industry
America’s SEC publishes observations on financial industry’s cybersecurity practices

UK Medical Products Manufacturer Shuts Plant Following Breach
Tissue Regenix closes manufacturing plant after suffering a cybersecurity breach

NFL Twitter Accounts Hacked One Week Before Super Bowl
Saudi group says it’s behind Twitter hack of the NFL and 15 football teams

Suspected Magecart Hackers Arrested in Indonesia
Three men thought to have used stolen cards to buy luxury goods

Staff Send 130+ Emails Per Week to Wrong Recipient
Data Privacy Day study highlights insider threat to global firms

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



