Infosecurity News

Edinburgh Napier University Student Named as 2018 Cyber Security Challenge Champion
The Cyber Security Challenge has named 19-year-old Edinburgh Napier University student Charlie Hosier as its 2018 champion

EU Voters Worried About Election Hacking and Disinformation
UK most concerned over cyber-attacks, despite paper-based ballots

Microsoft Reveals Causes of Global MFA Outage
Three issues were behind last week’s 14-hour log-in snafu

Uber Slapped with £385K ICO Fine for Major Breach
No GDPR levy as breach and cover up happened in 2016-17

Facebook Privacy Documents Seized by Parliament
Parliament invokes a rare legal mechanism to obtain internal Facebook documents.

EU Takes Down 33,600 Counterfeit Sites
Joint efforts of global law enforcement result in seizure of sites selling fake products.

Holiday Season Attacks Expected to Increase by 60%
A spike in cyber-attacks is expected throughout holiday season, says Carbon Black.

Fraud Alert as Cyber Monday Sales Kick Off
Security experts warn of phishing and gift card scams

German Regulator Fines Firm for GDPR Failings
Chat app Knuddels was breached after failing to encrypt passwords

Ukrainian Police Nab Suspected RAT-Slinger
Lviv man is alleged to have infected thousands around the world

US Says China Increased Hacking over Trade Dispute
Ahead of Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping, US accuses China of trying to steal American technology

PI System Software Maker, OSIsoft, Announced Breach
OSIsoft data beach reportedly impacted all domain accounts

Phishing Used to Launch GreyEnergy's ICS Attacks
Security researcher analyzed content of phishing email used in ICS attacks

Alleged SIM Swap Fraudster Stole $1m from Exec
New York man apparently targeted Silicon Valley bigwigs


Black Friday Warning as UK Retailers Fail on 2FA
LastPass claims only Amazon offers customers more secure log-ins

#Irisscon: Is Spam Email Defeated or Not?
Has spam email been defeated, or should we admit we cannot beat it?

#Irisscon: Stop Siloing Vulnerability Management to Deal with Old Bugs
Old vulnerabilities persist, because of how vulnerability management and full stack visibility is done

#Irisscon: Government Needs to Join Irish Cyber Agenda
Irisscon opens with a look back at the last 10 years of the Irish CERT, and a call for better government involvement

UK Retailers in Website Security Fail
Sectigo research finds just a third have chosen most secure certs



