Infosecurity News

Airports Ill-Equipped to Deal with Major Cyber-Attacks
New research shows hyper-connectivity heightening cyber-risks at airports

Rights Group Calls for End to Police Facial Recognition
Face Off report claims false positives can reach 98%

Data on 3.1 Million Facebook Users Exposed Through App: Report
Another Cambridge University app has been suspended amid privacy concerns

Nation-State Threats From Unexpected Countries
Netherlands and Lebanon are rising in the ranks of nation-sponsored attacks.

No Sign of Slow Down in Vulnerability Disclosure
Q1 2018 shows that publicly disclosed vulnerabilities continue to rise.

Europol, BT Partner to Boost Threat Intelligence
BT commits to intelligence sharing to fight rise in cybercrime.

Orgs Failing to Identify Insider Threat Blind Spots
Negligent and malicious insider risks still running rife in the enterprise

Adobe Slings Fixes For a Further 47 CVEs
Software-maker keeps admins busy a week after Patch Tuesday

Kaspersky Lab to Open Swiss Datacenter in Bid to Rebuild Trust
Under-fire AV vendor to move “core processes” from Russia

Mexican Banks Lose Millions in SWIFT-like Attacks
Reports suggest local SPEI network was targeted

Hacker Phishes Teachers, Catches 14 Felonies
A California teenager was arrested after having phished his high school teachers in an attempt to change grades.

Crypto-Mining Malware Tops Most Wanted List
Check Point releases its list of April's most wanted malware.

Chili's Fires Up Incident Response, Post-Breach
Credit card information for in-restaurant purchases was scraped from systems.

Danish Railway Company DSB Suffers DDoS Attack
Passengers unable to purchase tickets as systems taken down

NCA: Organized Cybercrime Continues to Rise
Attribution and under-reporting compound challenges for crime-fighters, says agency

Experts Warn New Bugs Could Expose PGP Emails
EFF urges users to take immediate action

Exabeam Study Confirms IT Security Diversity Problem
Industry is still male-dominated, but offers great job satisfaction and benefits

Chrome Extension Malware Targets Facebook
A new malware campaign is spread through links on Facebook.

Bolton's Push to Cut Security Post Not Sound
As US faces increased digital threats, Trump's national security adviser moves to cut a key cybersecurity post.

White Hat Spoofs 2FA, Sends User to Phishing Page
Renowned hacker Kevin Mitnick bypasses 2FA with relative ease.



