Infosecurity News

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

Huawei Poses 'No Threat' According to Belgium, Trump Not Convinced
The Belgian Centre for Cybersecurity won't issue "a negative opinion" on Huawei following several months of investigation.

Kaspersky Labs Discovers 'Previously Unknown Vulnerability' in Microsoft Windows
Kaspersky Labs believes it was an attempt to gain full control over a targeted device.

Sophos Investigates Microsoft Reboot Failures Following Software Update
Sophos has been looking into reports of boot-up failures.

Pregnancy Club Fined £400K After Illegally Sharing Data on Millions
UK firm Bounty lucky to escape with pre-GDPR penalty

‘Nasty List’ Phishing Scam Targets Instagram Users
Direct messages are spammed out from hijacked accounts

Dangerous Drone Encounters Soared in 2018
Near-misses with aircraft in UK airspace up a third

Attackers Spoofing Known Tech, Security Brands
Researchers discover attackers spoofing Microsoft, Barracuda Networks to steal credentials.

Mailgun Web Issues from WordPress Plugin Hack
Hackers exploit a vulnerability in the Yuzo Related Post plugin for WordPress sites.

Matrix Compromised Through Known Jenkins Flaws
A security researcher alerted Matrix to vulnerabilities in an outdated version of Jenkins.



