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  1. Ransomware Payments Doubled and Downtime Grew in Q4

    Coveware data highlights pervasive threat from online extortion

  2. Sonos Backtracks to Offer Fixes for Legacy Speakers

    Firm will also ensure old kit works with newer models

  3. US Cybersecurity Agency Issues Emotet Warning

    CISA warns of increased Emotet malware activity

  4. US County Suffers Two Cyber-attacks in Three Weeks

    Albany County has been targeted twice in three weeks by cyber-criminals

  5. Over Half of Organizations Were Successfully Phished in 2019

    New research shows 55% of organizations became phishing victims in 2019

  6. Over 2000 WordPress Sites Hit by Malicious Redirects

    Campaign takes users to scam sites, says Sucuri

  7. Data on 30,000 Cannabis Users Exposed in Cloud Leak

    Misconfigured S3 bucket to blame, says vpnMentor

  8. UN Wants US Probe into Bezos-Saudi Phone Hack

    Amazon boss was allegedly sent spyware by crown prince

  9. US Journalist Denounced for Alleged Involvement with Brazilian Criminal Organization

    Brazilian prosecutors accuse US journalist Glenn Greenwald of involvement with a phone-hacking gang

  10. Fake Smart Factory Captures Real Cyber-threats

    Cyber-criminals flock to fake industrial company honeypot

  11. 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

  12. Apple Dropped iCloud Encryption Plans After FBI Complaint: Report

    Move would have severely hampered investigations

  13. Microsoft Exposes 250 Million Call Center Records in Privacy Snafu

    Data leak was the result of misconfigured Elasticsearch databases

  14. Campaigners Threaten ICO with Legal Action for AdTech Failings

    Regulator has yet to punish industry for illegal real-time bidding practices

  15. 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

  16. Surge in Ships Seeking Cybersecurity Classification

    Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore reports rise in applicants for "Cyber Managed" notation

  17. US Cybersecurity Firm Founder Admits Funding DDoS Attacks

    Founder of BackConnect Security paid a DDoS-for-hire service to launch cyber-attacks

  18. Scottish Police Deploy Tech That Extracts Data from Locked Smartphones

    Police Scotland is using Cellebrite machines to retrieve data from locked devices

  19. Hong Kong Looks to GDPR as it Strengthens Privacy Laws

    China SAR looks for inspiration following Cathay Pacific breach

  20. UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children

    Betting firms were reportedly allowed access to trove

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