Infosecurity News
Americans Feel Fated to Fall Prey to Cybercrime
Financial loss to scams mounts, as Americans report caring less about falling victim to cybercrime.
Dark Web Drug Dealers Get 43 Years
Leeds trio sold fentanyl and carfentanyl internationally
Active Cyber Defence Should Be Rolled Out UK-Wide: Report
King’s College London claims ACD could help win customer trust
Google’s €50m GDPR Fine Heralds a New Era
Tech giant punished for lack of transparency, valid consent and adequate info
Plexal Announces New International LORCA Partnerships
The Global Cyber Alliance and the New York Economic Development Corporation to boost international security cooperation at the London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement
Global Firms Face $5tr in Cybercrime Losses
Accenture report urges greater focus on industry-wide collaboration
DNC: Russian Hackers Targeted Staffers After Midterms
Civil case against alleged Kremlin/Trump conspiracy updated with new revelations
Collection #1 Data Dump the “Tip of the Iceberg”
Experts warn same seller has TBs of more recent data for sale
New Year, New Features for Fallout EK
The Fallout exploit kit uses a new Flash exploit, likely to evade detection.
Malware Evades Detection One Step at a Time
Banking Trojan Anubis was hidden in two Google Play apps.
Hackers Use PayPal to Phish with Ransomware
A new, sophisticated attack kills two birds with one stone.
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
