Infosecurity News

BBC News Goes Dark with Censor-Busting Tor Site
Dark web version of news platform helps to circumvent censorship

UniCredit Breach Affects Three Million Records
Italy’s biggest lender hit by cyber-attack

Millions of Adobe Customers Exposed in Privacy Snafu
Data leak came from unsecured Elasticsearch instance

Johannesburg Held to Ransom
Cyber-extortionists are threatening to expose the city's data online

Drivers' Data Exposed in 7-Eleven Fuel App Breach
App user shown personal data of other customers in 7-Eleven breach

US Proposes Legalizing Cybersecurity Tech Donations to Doctors
Physicians may be allowed to accept cybersecurity donations that could prevent cyber-attacks

Senators Urge AWS Investigation After Capital One Breach
Warren and Wyden claim cloud giant should have SSRF mitigations

Ongoing Phishing Campaign is Targeting UN and NGOs
Phishers are after Microsoft and Okta credentials

Man Pleads Guilty After Physically Deploying Keyloggers
New Jersey man was after sensitive IP on emerging technology

Phishing Scam Nets Montana Healthcare Service
Summer data breach exposed personal information of 129,000 patients

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



