Infosecurity News

Hackers Target Fortnite with V-Buck Scams
ZeroFOX has generated more than 53,000 alerts related to Fortnite scams.

EFF Says DMCA Expansion Doesn't Go Far Enough
The Copyright Office adopted new exemptions for DMCA, including smartphones, home appliances and home systems.

Girl Scouts Alerted to Possible Data Breach
Thousands may have been affected in Orange County

Canadian Crypto-Exchange Shutters After $6m ‘Hack’
Commentators suggest MapleChange may be exit scamming

Facebook Removes Scores of Fake Iran-Linked Accounts
Battle against “coordinated inauthentic behavior” continues

Election Security Is Risky at State and Local Levels
Attackers will target the easiest yet most effective point of entry, says McAfee.

CISOs Challenged by Budget and Rise in Attacks
84% of CISOs believe an attack is inevitable, says Kaspersky Lab.

Copy of Chinese Spy Chip Used in Security Training
New infrastructure-security combat training offered by CYBERGYM encompasses advanced forensics analysis.

One-Fifth of US Consumers Never Return to Breached Brands
PCI Pal research highlights changing attitudes to data privacy

No Place for Security as Cryptocurrency Skills Demand Soars
Trend Micro warns of dangerous disconnect between two competencies

BA Breach: An Extra 185K Customers Notified
Airline finds more card data stolen dating back to April

ICS and IIoT Increasingly Vulnerable to Hackers
Plain-text passwords and connections to the public internet put industrial networks at risk, says CyberX.

Multiple Phishing Campaigns Target Universities
Kaspersky Lab warns US universities to be on guard for phishing attacks.

Apple CEO Advocates for Privacy, Industry Responds
Pushing for GDPR-like regulations, Apple's Tim Cook stands up for privacy while taking a subtle jab at other tech giants.

Facebook Fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica Failings
ICO issued maximum fine to social network

CNI Campaign TRITON Linked to Russian Institute
FireEye claims industrial control system malware is state-backed

Cathay Pacific Breach Hits Over 9 Million Customers
Hong Kong airline reportedly sat on info for months

Software Security Report Shows Improved DevSecOps
Organizations that scan more often fix flaws more quickly, finds a new CA Veracode report.

DoD Expands Hack the Pentagon Program
The US Department of Defense awards three contracts to grow its crowdsourced digital defense program.

Pocket iNet Leaves 73 GB of Sensitive Data Exposed
AWS S3 server bucket misconfiguration leaves data of Washington ISP exposed.



