Infosecurity News

Fortinet Gets ZoneFox, Bitdefender Grabs RedSocks
Both Fortinet and Bitdefender announce acquisitions to enhance threat intelligence offerings.

Saudi Investment Site Defaced After Journalist’s Murder
Alleged agents’ contact details published

NSA Tools Used to Attack Nuclear Energy Firms
Kaspersky Lab finds 50 victims in Russia, Iran and Egypt

Morrisons Loses Insider Breach Liability Appeal
Decision sets up UK’s first data protection class action suit

Have Cybersecurity Training, Will Travel
IBM announces the roll out of its mobile command center.

Facebook Is in Retail Therapy, Shopping for Security Firms
After a series of damaging headlines, Facebook goes shopping to try and make things better

75K Files Accessed in Insurance Exchanges Breach
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services declare a breach in the agent and broker exchanges portal.

US Indicts Another Russian for Role in Info Warfare Campaign
St Petersburg woman accused of being chief accountant for ongoing operation

PM Urges Sanctions in Response to Cyber-Attacks
Theresa May wants Russia and others to be punished

Anthem in Record $16m HIPAA Settlement
Breach in 2015 hit 79m customers

Yale Faces Additional Lawsuit After 2011 Breach
Another victim in a Yale University data breach files a second lawsuit.

Fin Firms: Look to Mobile, Social for Comms Risks
Financial firms are looking in the wrong places for communications risks.

Flaw in Libssh Grants Admin Control to Servers
A four-year-old authentication bypass vulnerability impacts servers.

US Voter Leak Hits Tea Party Organization
Fund-raising super PAC spills details on half a million voters

Experts Question 'Official' Drop in Cybercrime
Under-reporting may be seriously skewing ONS results

Secret Comment Crew Code Spotted in New Attack
Operation Oceansalt could be false flag attempt, says McAfee

GreyEnergy Potential Successor of BlackEnergy
GreyEnergy targets the energy sector with a malware framework similar to that of BlackEnergy, says ESET.

Consumers Forgive Post-Breach, Want Privacy Rules
A survey suggests that consumers forgive brands but want GDPR-like rules in the US.

Amid Fears of Election Security, SEO Poisons URLs
Poll finds Americans are concerned about election security, and Zscaler says SEO is poisoning midterm elections.

European Banks and Police Warn Consumers of Cyber Scams
Awareness raising exercise is part of European Cyber Security Month



