Infosecurity News
Baltimore Won't Pay Ransom, Systems Remain Down
The deadline to pay ransom has arrived, and Mayor Young says Baltimore will not pay.
Hacktivist Attacks Have Fallen 95% Since 2015
IBM stats reveal decline of Anonymous
Facebook Bans Israeli Firm For Election Meddling
Archimedes Group boasts of “winning campaigns worldwide”
Europol and US Police Disrupt $100m Cybercrime Gang
Europol and US Police Disrupt $100m Cybercrime Gang. GozNym group targeted over 40,000 machines
Critical Vulnerabilities in Cisco Products
Cisco released two vulnerability advisories with plans to issue patches.
Forbes Site Up, Then Down Again after Magecart Attack
Forbes.com was hit with credit card skimming malware.
Supply Chain Attack Hits Best of the Web Website
Best of the Web's seal was injected with keyloggers and more than 100 websites are still linked to it.
UK Fraud Complaints Surge Over 40%
APP fraud drives major losses for consumers
Rights Group Win Allows Courts to Scrutinize Spy Agencies
Supreme Court ruling means decisions made by secret tribunal aren’t final
Trump Declares National Emergency to Contain China Threat
Executive Order appears to be veiled attempt to disrupt Huawei
IT Decision-Makers Willing to Share Threat Intel
The vast majority of security leaders would share threat intelligence, an IronNet report says.
Boost Mobile Alerts Customers of Security Incident
Boost Mobile customers are urged to change their PINs.
Hospitals Failing on Cybersecurity Hygiene
Over 80% still have SMB switched on, finds Forescout
“Wormable” Bug Could Enable Another WannaCry
Microsoft urges firms to patch as soon as possible
ZombieLoad Bugs Expose Intel Machines to Data Theft
New set of data sampling side-channel attacks discovered
San Francisco Votes to Ban Facial Recognition
San Francisco could be the first city to ban facial recognition technology.
Speculators Look to ID AVs Hacked by Russia
Trend Micro confirms unauthorized access from third party, though McAfee and Symantec say no evidence of breach.
Over 460,000 E-Retailer User Accounts Hacked
Asia's largest retailer suffered a breach exposing account information of nearly half a million users
Equifax Has Spent Nearly $1.4bn on Breach Costs
Cautionary tale as credit agency pays heavily for 2017 incident
Nine Charged in $2m SIM Swap Conspiracy
Group known as “The Community” targeted victims' cryptocurrency
