Infosecurity News
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
#BSidesLeeds: Credential Stuffing Often Seen as “Volume” Cybercrime
As it is not as trendy as ransomware, not enough attention is paid to credential stuffing
#BSidesLeeds: Cyber is Running the World, More Innovation to Come
Cybersecurity is “the best industry in the world”
European Energy Firm Targeted by RAT Linked to Iran
Recorded Future detects months-long espionage campaign
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
