Infosecurity News

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

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



