Infosecurity News

Code Signing Shortcomings Leave Gaps for Hackers
Venafi research finds just 14% of European firms have security in place

Radiohead Officially Releases Music Stolen in Hack
Rather than pay the $150K ransom, Radiohead has made the stolen tracks available to fans.

SOCs Struggle with Staffing, Reporting and Visibility
Alert overload and false positives remain a problem in the SOC.

HaveIBeenPwned.com Open to Acquisition
Maintaining the site at its level of growth has become overwhelming for Troy Hunt.

FTSE 250+ Demonstrate Weak Security, But Low SMB Exposure
FTSE 250+ organizations leave an average of 35 servers and devices exposed

Welsh Man Gets Four Years for TalkTalk Attack
Asperger’s syndrome sufferer sentenced to young offender institute

US Customs Contractor Hack Breaches Traveller Images
Data on tens of thousands is reportedly stolen

Chinese Uni Exposes 8TB+ of Email Metadata
Misconfigured Elasticsearch database again to blame

Criminals Try to Schedule Spam in Google Calendar
Spammers using Google services, including Calendar, Photos and Forms.

Data of 1m Users Lost in EmuParadise Breach
Community members learn of breach from haveibeenpwned.com notice.

Vectra Raises $100m in Series E Funding
Total funding surpasses $200 million.

UK Taxpayers Overwhelmed with Phishing Scams
FOI request reveals 2.6m reports over past three years

Microsoft Warns of Campaign Exploiting 2017 Bug
Phishing emails contain malicious RTF files

GoldBrute Campaign Brute Forces 1.6m RDP Servers
Researchers warn of new automated password-cracking threat

Sextortion Scammers Pose as Corrupt CIA Agents
Victims told their names were found in large investigation of online pedophiles.

New Adware Found in 200+ Google Play Apps
Plug-in displays ads on user's lock screen.

Entrust Datacard Closes on Thales' nCipher Security
Entrust Datacard positions itself to grow with general purpose HSM market.

Researchers Find 40,000+ Containers Exposed Online
Misconfiguration creates extra security risk, warns Palo Alto Networks

GateHub Users Lose $9.7m to Hackers
Cryptocurrency wallets come under fire

Regulator Slams Cathay Pacific Over Breach
Two groups accessed airline’s IT systems



