Infosecurity News

Study Reveals the Worst State for Online Privacy
Your boss can legally demand your social media passwords in the Equality State

Lack of Diversity Persists in Cybersecurity
Survey reveals cybersecurity workforce is still dominated by white men

Chartered Institute: IT Security Industry is Stagnating
Industry body urges firms to relax hiring policies to encourage diversity

Action Fraud Snafu Leaves 9000 Cases Quarantined
Know Fraud system mistakenly identifies reports as containing malware

£265m Data Breach Costs Could Have Been Avoided with £9600 Worth of Bug Bounties
HackerOne research highlights the effectiveness of bug bounty programs

AWS Left Reeling After Eight-Hour DDoS
US East Coast region particularly badly affected

Bedside Robots May Have Been Used to Spy on Hotel Guests in Japan
Hotel owners apologize for ignoring bedside robot spying vulnerability

Cash-back Websites Expose 2 TB of Sensitive Information
Bank details of over 3.5 million users laid bare in double data breach

US Government Agencies Outline Security Strategy for 2020 Election
Agencies share collaborative plans to tackle interference in presidential election

NCSC Blocked 658 Incidents Including Nation State Attacks
NCSC dealt with 658 incidents in third year of operation

Spanish Police Arrest Three in €10m BEC Bust
Guardia Civil reveals details of three-year Operation Lavanco

Magecart Group Linked to Dridex and Carbanak Malware
Malwarebytes digs into WHOIS data to uncover new intel

Facebook Removes Russian and Iranian Fake Accounts Ahead of 2020
Pressure is on the social network before US Presidential election

New Alliance Aims to Scupper Cyber-attacks on Operational Technology
Operational Technology Cyber Security Alliance launched

American High School Hack Linked to Epic Water Fight
Pennsylvania students hack school to gain competitive advantage in game

McAfee Names Alexis Bledel Most Dangerous Celebrity
Study shows security risks of searching for celebrity gossip online

Thousands Warned Over Home Group Data Breach
One of the UK’S largest housing associations informed of breach by security researcher

Trend Micro Tackles Cloud Misconfigurations with Latest Acquisition
Aussie start-up Cloud Conformity was AWS Tech Partner of the Year 2019

US Military Personnel Exposed in Latest Cloud Data Leak
Reservations firm Autoclerk fails to secure Elasticsearch database

German Automation Giant Still Down After Ransomware Attack
Major producer of industrial automation tools, Pilz, reveals disruption



