Infosecurity News

Ransomware Payments Doubled and Downtime Grew in Q4
Coveware data highlights pervasive threat from online extortion

Sonos Backtracks to Offer Fixes for Legacy Speakers
Firm will also ensure old kit works with newer models

US Cybersecurity Agency Issues Emotet Warning
CISA warns of increased Emotet malware activity

US County Suffers Two Cyber-attacks in Three Weeks
Albany County has been targeted twice in three weeks by cyber-criminals

Over Half of Organizations Were Successfully Phished in 2019
New research shows 55% of organizations became phishing victims in 2019

Over 2000 WordPress Sites Hit by Malicious Redirects
Campaign takes users to scam sites, says Sucuri

Data on 30,000 Cannabis Users Exposed in Cloud Leak
Misconfigured S3 bucket to blame, says vpnMentor

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



