Infosecurity News

CyberFirst Students Get Taste of CNI Security
UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority hosts exercises

Cybercrime Prosecutions Fall Again in UK
Police under-resourced, claims leading law firm

NHS Loses Almost 10,000 Patient Records in a Year
94% of NHS Trusts continue to use handwritten notes for patient record keeping.

Aussie Teen Pleads Guilty to 90GB Apple Hack
Melbourne schoolboy stored material in “hacky hack hack” folder

TUC: Staff Fear Workplace Surveillance
Poll shows most employees think they’re being monitored

EU Set to Legislate on Terror Content
Crackdown could force social networks to remove material within an hour

Pen Testers Breach Perimeter Through Web Apps
Vulnerable web applications led to 73% success rate in perimeter breaches, according to Kaspersky Lab

Trump Takes Offensive Cybersecurity Step Forward
Reversal of Presidential Policy Directive 20 enables offensive cyber strategies

Firewall Still Critical Tool in Network Security
An increased number of change requests creates problems for firewall management.

Smart Home Alert as MQTT Mistakes Expose Users
Avast warns misconfiguration could put users in physical danger

Security Experts Welcome Rise in Students Taking Computing A-Level
But huge gender imbalance persists

UK Researchers Warn of Serious WordPress PHP Flaw
Vulnerability has been left unfixed for over a year

PUB File That Drops Ammyy Targeted 2,700 Banks
Phishing emails sent to employees at banking institutions used .pub extension

Deals Get Phishy for Real Estate Sector
Hackers target homebuyers, real estate businesses with phishing campaigns

Trump Signs NIST Act to Benefit Small Businesses
Cybersecurity Act will provide resources to reduce cyber risk for small businesses

Customer Files $223m SIM Fraud Suit Against AT&T
Telco agent handed number to imposter, leading to $24m cryptocurrency loss

UK Identity Fraud Falls but Online Scams Rise
E-commerce fraud up 24%, says Cifas

Indian Bank Loses $13.5m in Global Attack
Hackers withdrew money from ATMs and made SWIFT transfers

What Drives Hackers to a Life of Cybercrime?
A look at the psychological and socioeconomic factors that drive hackers to cybercrime

NSA Insider Teaches Next-Gen IT Strategies
Cybersecurity expert releases new book for next generation of cybersecurity professionals



