Infosecurity News

Crypto Spat Sees BTG Delisted from Exchange After Attack
Bittrex removes Bitcoin Gold following May 51% attack

ICO Breach Reports Jump 75% as Human Error Dominates
External attacks accounted for just 12% of reports last year

Google Set to Restrict Tech Support Ads
Search giant sees uptick in possible fraudulent activity

Bitfi Retracts ‘Unhackable’ Claims
Controversial firm shutters bug bounty program

Five Eyes Talk Tough on Encryption Backdoors
Allies reignite feud with Silicon Valley over access to encrypted data

RansomWarrior Defeated with Decryption Tool
Check Point steps in to tackle ransomware from ‘India’

Mobile Phishing Campaign Offered Free Flights
Phishing scam offers free airfare when users share malicious link with WhatsApp contacts.

Orgs Still Feel Vulnerable Despite Cyber Standards
An IT Governance survey finds implementing ISO 27001 beneficial in mitigating risk

43% of Security Pros Could Execute Insider Attack
Despite increased spending on security, insider threats remain a risk to business, according to new survey.

BEC Analysis Reveals Organization-Wide Threat
Barracuda Networks claims risks expands beyond C-level and finance

Cryptojackers Exploit Critical Apache Struts Flaw
Researchers urge organizations to patch now

Most NHS Trusts Provide No Alternative to Consumer IM
CommonTime FOI request reveals privacy and compliance risks

APT Uses Spear Phishing in New Campaign
Researchers uncovered new activity from the Cobalt Group (a.k.a., TEMP.Metastrike).

Hundreds of Banks Exposed from Fiserv Flaw
Fiserve deployed a security patch within 24 hours of receiving the flaw notification.

Hearing Date Set in Georgia Election Security Case
Georgia citizens move forward in the fight for paper ballots.

Machine Identity Failings Expose Firms
Venafi warns of a coming security storm

Chinese Hotel Breach May Have Hit 100 Million+ Customers
GitHub snafu thought to be to blame

Air Canada Presses Reset After App Security Snafu
Around 20,000 mobile accounts affected after unauthorized access

Stamping Out Art Forgery with Cryptocurrency
Blockchain and decentralized ledger technology find a place in the art world

Cryptocurrency Platform Suffers Data Breach
More than 261,000 Atlas Quantum customers were affected in the breach.



