Infosecurity News

#GartnerSEC: Hiring Strategies Do Not Consider Future Digital Trends
Consider looking forward, rather than at what is needed now, in your hiring efforts

Hackers Steal $4.2m from State Troopers' Pension Fund
Hackers steal $4.2m from Oklahoma retirement fund for state employees

#GartnerSEC: Trends and 'Mega Trends' Include Cloud, Passwords and Business Strategies
Security controls are shifting, focus must shift to new forms of controls

#GartnerSEC: Have a Future Vision to Survive in a Digital Society
Gartner talks security survival plans for a digital society

#GartnerSEC: How to Make Automation Decisions for Security
Gartner opens Security and Risk Management Summit with automation message

Pupils Flagged as Cyber Threat to UK Schools
A fifth have witnessed unauthorized access by students, says NCSC

DDoS Attack Forces Wikipedia Offline
Popular site down intermittently in much of Europe over the weekend

Monster Defends Data Leak Response
Privacy snafu was third-party recruiter's fault, says jobs site

Coalition of Attorneys General Opens Investigation into Facebook
Eight states come together to investigate Facebook’s alleged anti-competitive business practices

DOD Picks Insider Threat Awareness Month to Train Staff in Threat Detection
DOD marks the nation’s first Insider Threat Awareness Month with guidance doc and staff training

Scams and Ransomware Cost Kiwis $6.5m in 3 Months
New Zealand reports highest ever quarterly financial losses to cybercrime

NCSC CEO: Vigilance and Coordinated Action Needed Against "Big Four" Nation State Threats
How the internet needs to be kept peaceful, but vigilant against threats

Catastrophic Incident at OS Provider Could Cost US Insurers $24bn
Guy Carpenter report reveals the growing cost of cyber-attacks

Only One Third of UK Employees Receive Regular Email Security Training
Email security training is proving ineffective among employees

South Korean Firm’s Email Leak Exposes Global Clients
DKLOK bins journalist’s email and refuses to engage with white hats

Android OTA Bug May Have Hit One Billion Users
Check Point discovered dangerous new smishing hole

40% of IT Pros Would Outlaw Ransomware Payments
Research reveals 40% of IT professionals believe ransomware payments should be made illegal

Senior Staff Immune from Insider Threat Finger-Pointing
Research shows employees are reluctant to report senior staff suspected of stealing company data

Security Flaws Found in 600,000 GPS Child Trackers
Researchers have identified flaws in 29 GPS tracker models made in China

Satori Botnet Man Pleads Guilty
Washington man researched ways to conscript new IoT devices



