Infosecurity News
UK 'Most Well-Prepared' European Nation for GDPR
Study finds UK well ahead of other European nations, but legal experts err on side of caution
Army Boss Warns UK Falling Behind Russia on Cyber
More investment needed, says Nick Carter
Russian Bots Call for Release of FISA Memo
Republican lawmakers follow suit, despite voting to reauthorize surveillance law
Half of Norway’s Population May Have Been Breached
Healthcare provider hit by major intrusion
Smartphone Maker OnePlus Hit with Credit Card Breach Affecting Tens of Thousands
A malicious script was injected into the payment page code to sniff out credit card info while it was being entered on the website.
In a Twist, Dridex Campaign Uses FTP Sites
The attack downloads malicious documents from compromised FTP sites instead of the more usual malicious web links.
Most IT Execs Have Zero Control Over Password Hygiene
More than half of IT executives in a recent survey said they rely solely on employees to monitor their own password behavior.
One Identity Acquires Balabit to Merge IAM and PAM
Identity and access management provider One Identity has acquired privileged access management vendor Balabit
Report Details 100+ Domains at Risk from IDN-Related Spoofing
Farsight Security highlights continuing challenge to combat phishing
Serial DDoS-er Pleads Guilty to Two Year Spree
Former electronics store employee bought DDoS-for-hire services
UK Man Sentenced for Tweeting Personal Data
Details included name and health details of “vulnerable adult”
Russia, China's Cyber-Capabilities Are Catastrophic
Both have the capability to launch kinetic and cyber-attacks that cause complete paralysis and/or destruction of critical systems and infrastructure.
MailChimp Found Leaking Email Addresses
If you visited a link from a MailChimp newsletter, your email address and your reading habits may have been broadcast to a site owner.
Zyklon Spreads Using Just-Patched Microsoft Vulns
The threat actors behind the full featured backdoor are banking on administrators taking their time patching.
G-Suite Security Center Aims to Improve SMB Security
New features could shift focus to proactive security
New Attack Group Fires RATs and Disc Wipers at Targets
Group targets mainly South Korean victims using native language skills
ICO Hands Out £350K Fine to Nuisance Call Company
Firm broke PECR law after making 75 million automated PPI calls
Bug-Hunting Hackers Earn Top Dollar for Efforts
Top-earning researchers make 2.7 times the median salary of a software engineer.
Three-Quarters of Businesses Saw Phishing Attacks in 2017
Further, nearly half of information security professionals surveyed said that the rate of attacks increased from 2016.
(ISC)² Names Board Chairperson, New Board Members
Kevin Charest, CISO for Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) and the 2017 (ISC)² board of directors secretary, has been named chairperson.
