Infosecurity News
Most Consumers Aware of Connected Car Security Issues
About 85% of consumers in a new survey are aware that connected cars have the potential to be targeted by a cyberattack.
Tech Support Scam Malware Fakes the Blue Screen of Death
Troubleshooter asks for $25 to fix the fake problem.
PayPal Admits Acquired Company Suffered Major Breach
Theft of PII hit 1.6m customers of TIO Networks
IT Staff Blame Themselves for Security Risk
IT staff have access to business-critical data through the IT systems they manage, making them a prime target for cyber-criminals.
NHS DMARC Fail Leaves Patients Exposed to Phishing
Virtually all domains are unprotected, Agari claims
Over 100GB of Secret Consumer Credit Data Leaked Online
National Credit Federation caught out by AWS misconfiguration
Consumers Overwhelmingly Blame Businesses for Breaches
70% would stop doing business with companies following a data breach; yet they feel no responsibility for their own poor data security habits.
Over a Quarter of Ransomware Now Targets Corporates
Remote desktop systems an increasingly popular vector, says Kaspersky Lab
UK Shipper Clarksons Suffers Data Breach
CEO says firm won’t be held hostage by hackers
Uber Breach Affected 2.7 Million UK Users
Firm releases more info but still hasn’t informed those affected
Second-Hand Storage Devices Offer a Trove of Personal and Business Info
18 of 64 used drives bought off eBay were found to contain critical or highly critical personal information.
Conference Calls a ‘Significant & Overlooked’ Security Gap in the Enterprise
66% of professionals use the same passcodes to dial-in to calls for up to a year or more
Euro Police Arrest Over 100 Money Mules
Losses of €31m identified in just a few days of latest crack down
Elite Oxbridge Alumni Club Reports Stolen Hard Drive
Thousands of members may have had bank and personal details compromised
Canadian Hacker Pleads Guilty in Russia Yahoo Case
FSB agents who breached Yahoo in 2014 hired him to compromise other accounts
Pentagon Exposes Top Secret Classified Info to Public Internet
The exposed data is from INSCOM, which is tasked with gathering intelligence for US military and political leaders.
London and Berlin are Most Exposed Cities in Europe
Trend Micro research finds millions of connected devices could be remotely attacked
Alleged Chinese Intelligence Officers Indicted by DoJ
Three men accused of hacking Western firms work for ‘security vendor’ Boyusec
Researchers Demonstrate 'Un-Hackable' Quantum Encryption
It’s capable of creating and distributing encryption codes five to 10 times faster than existing methods and on par with current internet speeds.
McAfee to Acquire Skyhigh Networks
Deal comes less than eight months after McAfee's spinout from Intel
