Infosecurity News

  1. Trend Micro Finds and Fixes Zero-Day Bugs

    Security vendor urges customers to upgrade as soon as possible

  2. Rights Group: APP Bank Fraud Cost Consumers £1bn

    Which? claims simple checks could have saved hundreds of millions in losses

  3. Cloud Database Leak Exposes 425GB of Small Biz Financial Data

    Loans companies misconfigure S3 bucket containing sensitive customer info

  4. Encryption Debate Stalls Child Protection Bill

    US bill to tackle child sexual abuse material online has been left in limbo over privacy concerns

  5. Guitar Tuition Website Suffers Six-Month Data Breach

    Users’ payment card information exposed in six-month data breach of guitar tuition website TrueFire

  6. Human Traffickers Still Recruiting Victims Online

    FBI warns users of social media and dating apps to be wary of human traffickers

  7. Student Loans Company Hit by 5.4 Million Email Attacks in 2019

    Attackers target government body for students’ financial info

  8. US VPN Use Could Soar 150% as Covid-19 Spreads

    Coronavirus drives home working surge and school closures across globe

  9. Over a Quarter of Security Alerts Are False Positives

    New research highlights risks of alert fatigue in organizations

  10. Agents Arrest 24 on $30m Money Laundering Charges

    Group allegedly helped to launder funds from BEC, romance and other scams

  11. Illinois College Suffers Data Breach

    Staff at an Illinois college are to receive free credit monitoring following a data breach

  12. Checkmarx to Be Acquired by Hellman & Friedman

    Hellman & Friedman to acquire application and software security company Checkmarx

  13. US Health Department Hacked Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

    Cyber-attackers hack US Health and Human Services Department to spread disinformation

  14. Rail Thieves Prosper as Mobile Device Thefts Jump 62%

    FOI data reveals nearly 9000 devices went missing on UK trains last year

  15. UK Spies Hunt Down Covid-19 Threats

    NCSC says it’s taking steps to automatically discover and remove phishing sites

  16. Half of UK Firms Suffer Basic Cyber-Skills Gaps

    Government report warns many can’t complete simple tasks

  17. US Scraps Missiles Over Cybersecurity Concerns

    America drops plans to adopt Iron Dome missile defense system amid cybersecurity fears

  18. Info-Stealing Coronavirus Threat Map Detected

    Criminals are using a fake COVID-19 infection map to steal personal data

  19. Threat-Thwarting Guidance Published for Cargo Ships

    A guide has been published to help ocean carriers fend off cyber-attacks

  20. Chelsea Manning Released After Testimony Deemed No Longer Necessary

    Wikileaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from prison

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