Infosecurity News

Russian Twitter Trolls Spring into Action After Salisbury Attack
Whitehall report claims 4000% increase in activity

Atlanta City Splurges $2.7m in Ransomware Aftermath
Incident response failure leads to excessive spending

#RSAC: Panel Discussion on the Role of Machine Learning & AI in Cyber
Exploring machine learning and artificial intelligence in the current cyber landscape

Still No. 1: Survey Says Cybersecurity Remains Top Concern for Risk Managers
Cybersecurity remains the top threat to businesses across multiple categories, including infrastructure, geopolitical and emerging risks.

#RSAC: Reschma Saujani: We Can End Cyber Gender Imparity in a Decade
Girls Who Code founder on why girls are the answer to the current tech talent deficit

More Than 1.5 Billion Facebook Users Moved Beyond the Long Arm of GDPR
More than 1.5 billion Facebook users will be beyond the long arm of GDPR law, allowing Facebook to evade the upcoming data protection rules.

New iOS Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hack iPhone, iPad
Syncing iTunes across devices via Wi-Fi is a popular and convenient feature, but newly discovered attack scenarios could put iOS devices at risk.

#RSAC: Culture of Online Humiliation & Bullying Has to Stop, Says Monica Lewinsky
Monica Lewinsky reflects on her own experiences of public shaming and the current online culture of humiliation

Oracle CPU Fixes 254 Flaws this Quarter
Admins in for a busy time as Fusion Middleware dominates

Security Pros Claim Biggest DDoS Threat is Customer Trust Loss
Corero Network Security poll finds firms lose $50,000 per attack

UK Commits £15m to Commonwealth Cyber-Initiative
Hopes declaration will protect third of the global population from threats

#RSAC: The Five Most Dangerous New Attacks According to SANS
SANS institute shared what they believe to be the five most dangerous new attack techniques in cybersecurity.

#RSAC: Defenders Need to Work Together for Better Protection
How defenders can reach outside their organizations to leverage pooled resources

#RSAC: The Impact of Industrial IoT Exploits
Ed Cabrera examines the attack surface of smart factories and industrial robots

48 Million Detailed Psychometric Records on Individuals Leaked
The data consists of Cambridge Analytica-style profile information from tens of millions of people, scraped from multiple sources.

70% of Energy IT Pros Fear 'Catastrophic Failure' from Cyber-Attacks
97% are concerned that attacks could cause operational shutdowns, and 96% believe they could impact the safety of their employees.

IT Managers Lack Visibility into Almost Half of Network Traffic
Nearly a quarter of IT managers are blind to as much as 70% of their network traffic.

UK ID Fraud Hits an All-Time High
Cifas reveals scammers now targeting online retail, telecoms and insurance

MPs Demand Faster NHS Response on Cyber, One Year After WannaCry
Public Accounts Committee “alarmed” at current failings

TaskRabbit Takes Site Offline After Security Incident
IKEA-owned marketplace tells users to change passwords



