Infosecurity News
Facebook Uploaded 1.5 Million Email Contacts Without Consent
Facebook tells all to Business Insider, confirming that the upload was unintentional.
LinkedIn Data Found in Unsecured Databases
A privacy foundation found unsecured databases that held LinkedIn data, including email addresses.
TA505 Targets Financial and Retail Using 'Undetectable' Methods
CyberInt found TA505 is using tactics and a remote administration tool, developed by TektonIT.
Fraudsters Exploit Sympathies Surrounding Notre Dame Tragedy
Following the tragic events in Paris, cyber-criminals have taken advantage of people's goodwill.
Cloud Security Spending Set to Top $12bn by 2023
Forrester claims public cloud native security spend will grow fastest
Dark Web Fraudsters Defraud Each Other with Fraud Guides
Terbium Labs reveals old, incomplete and repackaged how-to guides flooding the dark web
DNS Hijackers Target Middle East Governments
New state-sponsored groups goes after registrars
DCMS Shares UK Journalists Emails, Potential GDPR Breach
The government department responsible for implementing the GDPR has committed a faux pas with UK journalists which could mean it has broken its own rules
UK To Become First Country To Bring in Age-Verification for Online Pornography
The UK will become "the first country in the world" to bring in age-verification for online pornography, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Scranos Goes Global After Targeting China
A new password and data stealing operation that has been targeting China has started to infect users worldwide using a rootkit driver
Fifth of Web Traffic Comes from Malicious Bots
Distil Networks reveals financial services is most affected sector
EU: We Have No Evidence Kaspersky Lab is Security Risk
European Commission effectively confirms that Parliament vote was ill-informed
Wipro Confirms Major Breach Investigation
A dozen customers suspected of being compromised
Almost a Quarter of Orgs Don’t Run Security Checks on Products
New survey finds concerning approach to security testing before productS are launched into the market
Spear-Phishing Campaign Targeted Ukrainian Government as Early as 2014
A spear-phishing email campaign targeting Ukraine could have been active as early as 2014.
Support Services Websites Cut Off from UK Public by Gov-Backed ISPs
Charity, school and social support websites are being blocked by "overzealous" web filters designed to protect children from harmful online content.
Fortinet to Pay $545,000 for Violating False Claims Act
The network security company acknowledged that one of its ex-employees orchestrated altering product labels to make them compliant with the Trade Agreement Act.
NCSC Launches 2019 Cybersecurity Accelerator
UK government wants to find the security stars of tomorrow
TSB Offers to Cover APP Fraud Losses
Lender hopes to blaze a trail as authorized push payment scams increase
FBI Non-Profit Probes Agent Data Breach
Reports suggest data was sold on dark web
