Infosecurity News

Coincheck Promises to Repay 90% of Stolen Crypto-Coins
Hacked exchange will need to fork out over $400m

Microsoft Issues Out-of-Band Fix for Intel’s Broken Spectre Patch
Second unscheduled update of the month for Redmond

London Football Exchange to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency
Discussions are already underway with over 50 clubs, including Premier League Clubs in the UK and prominent teams in Europe, the US and Australia.

Fraud Is a Quick-Growing Concern for Businesses
The research also shows that businesses need to better identify their customers to help combat online fraud.

Cyberattacks Doubled in 2017
Ransomware attacks on businesses also doubled.

HMRC Fights Back Against the Smishers
Tax man says its efforts to foil the fraudsters are working

ICO Fines Soared 69% in 2017
New figures show regulator is getting tough ahead of GDPR

UK Cybercrime Falls but Attacks on Organizations Soar
Latest ONS stats reveal mixed picture

Mastercard to Implement Biometrics for In-Store Card Payments
Consumers will be able to identify themselves with fingerprints or facial recognition when they shop and pay with Mastercard.

Malware Tactics Shifted "Significantly" in 2017
Last year saw a distinct divergence in the types of attacks against businesses from attacks against consumers, Malwarebytes said.

(ISC)² Rolls Out On-Demand SSCP Training
The move makes security training easily attainable to those who might not otherwise have access.

Over a Third of Global Firms Breached in 2017
Digital transformation creates complexity and security risk, warns Thales

Crypto ICOs Lose 10% of Funds to Hackers
Ernst & Young report warns phishing is number one risk

Trend Micro in New Hacktivist Warning
Web defacers could slip into full-blown or-profit cybercrime, report claims

Charity and Business GDPR Awareness Remains Low
80% of large businesses have heard of GDPR, and 27% have made changes to how they operate in response

Bell Canada Suffers Customer Data Breach
Names and email addresses of up to 100,000 customers accessed

High-Profile Twitter Accounts Hit by Turkish Propaganda Campaign
Accounts of UN Indian ambassador, WEF president and Fox News targeted by hacker group ‘Ayyildiz Tim’

Quality of Password Strength and MFA Adoption Improves
Only four percent of common passwords would meet with official requirements on strength

Sonic the Hedgehog Apps Leak Data
Sonic Dash, Sonic the Hedgehog Classic and Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom each feature an average of 15 OWASP vulnerabilities.

Espionage Campaign Sets Sites on Turkish Defense Contractors
The perpetrators are targeting multiple people with weaponized documents that download a remote access Trojan.



