Infosecurity News

Honda and UMG Hit by Privacy Leaks
Firms exposed through IT misconfigurations

Open Redis Servers Infected with Malware
More than two-thirds of the open Redis servers contained malicious keys.

Stress Relief App Turns Stressful for Facebook
A malicious link to the Relieve Stress Paint app targets Facebook users.

Canadians Unsure What to Do Post-Identity Theft
Identity theft knowledge is low among the majority of Canadians.

Senators Urge Bolton to Reconsider Cyber-Tsar Role
Democrats want Trump administration rethink

Icann Files Suit in Germany in Bid to Clarify GDPR
Oversight body’s Whois policy threatens to run foul of new law

US Court Upholds Kaspersky Lab Government Ban
Moscow-based AV company will appeal ruling

EU Agencies Join to Tackle Dark Web Crime
Europol announces a new dark web crime-fighting team.

Tesla Car Crashes into Police SUV
The driver of 2015 Model S says the car was in autopilot mode.

To Keep Them Safe Online, Teach Them to Phish
Experts offer in-depth training on phishing tactics.

Spear-Phisher Gets Five Years for Helping FSB Yahoo Hackers
Karim Baratov’s exploits linked to Kremlin hacking of 500m accounts

US Government Warns of North Korean APT Malware
Joanap and Brambul are being used by Hidden Cobra group, says US-CERT

Two Canadian Banks Warn Customers of Possible Breach
Simplii Financial and the Bank of Montreal were both contacted by ‘fraudsters’ on Sunday

No Smiles for Coca-Cola After Data Breach
A former Coca-Cola employee stole a hard drive containing the data of 8,000 workers.

Destroyed Keys Cost WIRED $100,000 in Bitcoin
After amassing a small fortune with a Butterfly miner and generating 13 Bitcoin, WIRED tossed its keys to the wind.

More Data Leaked from AWS Bucket Misconfigurations
Insurance start-up AgentRun leaked sensitive data due to a misconfigured S3 bucket during migration.

Apple Device Access Requests Decline
Report comes amid calls for more transparency on foreign access to source code

PGP Founder: Don’t Disable Encryption Service
Experts claim EFF advice and reporting of new flaws could do more harm than good

Prolific Phisher ‘Courvoisier’ Gets 10 Years Behind Bars
UK man stole details of tens of thousands of consumers

Security of HTML5 May Not Live Up to Promise
Lauded as the solution to Flash problems, HTML5 security is called into question.



