Infosecurity News
CyberFirst Girls 2019 Kicks Off Next Week
Thousands expected to take part in competition for school-aged students
Facebook Disrupts New Russian Disinformation Campaign
Hundreds of pages taken down after Sputnik employees are caught out
DoJ Prepping Criminal Probe of Huawei IP Theft: Report
Case linked to 2014 theft of T-Mobile tech
Attackers Leverage Open Source in New BYOB Attack
Plug-and-play hacking kits give rise to botnet attacks.
2018 Proved Highest Funding Year for Cybersecurity
Investment in cybersecurity startups has grown 81% since 2016, says Strategic Cyber Ventures.
VOIPo Left 7 Million Logs Unencrypted with No Passwords
VOIPo alerts customers of potential security incident due to a misconfiguration
WEF: Cyber-Attacks a Major Global Risk for Next Decade
Annual report reveals continued concerns over online theft and disruption
Oklahoma Government Leaks 3TB of Sensitive Data
Publicly accessible data included info on FBI investigations
Researchers Find 87GB Trove of Breached Log-Ins
“Collection #1” dump features over 21m dehashed passwords
MS Word Documents Spreading .Net RAT Malware
Auto-execution VBA code is able to perform several malicious actions, says FortGuard Labs.
Fortnite Vulnerable to Account Take-Over Attack
Vulnerabilities could allow hackers full access to user accounts and in-game currency.
Bugs Rack Web Host Sites and Flight-Booking System
Two independent security researchers disclose vulnerabilities in web hosting platforms and an airline reservation system.
New Magecart Group Hits Hundreds of Sites Via Supply Chain
Attack targets French ad agency
Alleged SEC Hackers Charged in Insider Trading Conspiracy
Ukrainian men said to have stolen non-public documents
IT Teams Have One Year to Move Off Windows 7
UK security experts urge organizations to plan upgrade
Orgs Slow to Advance IoT Security
IoT security showed incremental improvement in 2018, says Gemalto.
City of Del Rio Hit by Ransomware Attack
Del Rio, Texas, is working with the Feds after the city suffered a ransomware attack.
Shutdown a Threat to IT Security Recruitment
Recruitment of top talent is potentially compromised as government enters into its 25th day of a shutdown.
UK Banks Finally Issue New Cards After Ticketmaster Breach
Suspicious activity was first reported to ticketing firm in April
Bug Bounties Aren't Silver Bullet for Better Security: Report
MIT report also claims researchers rarely make good money from them
