Infosecurity News

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

Ad Targeting Gamers Successfully Cuts Cybercrime
DoS attacks decrease after gamers reminded of the law

Avast Thwarts Cyber-spies in Suspected Second CCleaner Attack
Hackers compromised user credentials to gain network access

Most Effective Phishing Tactic Is to Make People Think They've Been Hacked
Study finds email subject lines referencing online security are the most clicked on

Chartered Institute of Information Security Calls for Better Collaboration on Skills and Pathways
Cybersecurity is still “badly defined” as a term

Chinese National Gets 40 Months for Exporting US Military Kit
Tao Li was arrested by undercover agents in LA

Trojanized Tor Browser Steals Users’ Digital Currency
Eset discovers scheme targeting Russian dark web users

US Lawmakers Call on Apple to Reverse Hong Kong App Ban
Firm accused of becoming complicit in Chinese censorship and repression

Girl Scouts of USA Launch First National Cybersecurity Challenge
Over 3,000 girls will take on America’s first Girl Scouts National Cyber Challenge

Italians Rocked by Ransomware
Ransomware attacks blast Rammstein tunes while wreaking havoc in Italy

Baltimore Doubles Up on Cyber-Insurance Following Ransomware Attack
The city with no cyber-insurance just purchased two $10m policies



