Infosecurity News
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
Scarab Ransomware Uses Necurs to Spread to Millions of Inboxes
Ransomware hit 12.5 million in first few hours thanks to botnet
Imgur Breach Exposes 1.7 Million Users
Incident probably occurred back in 2014
UK Businesses Find Securing Customer Data Extremely Challenging
Fewer than two-fifths (38%) hope to achieve improved security when implementing IT solutions.
Proton Mac Malware Spreads via Fake Symantec Blog
The fake blog, about a supposed new version of CoinThief, is being amplified through Twitter.
Uber Breach: Customers Lose Confidence Following Firm's Failures
Realities of how the firm handled the situation hit home with customers
UK Shoppers Lost £16m to Fraud Last Christmas
City of London police warns consumers to be vigilant this year
Mozilla to Build Have I Been Pwned Function into Firefox
Mozilla has announced an integration of the breach alerting service Have I Been Pwned to alert users about data breaches through the Firefox UI
Awareness is the Key to Staying Safe on Black Friday
Over 40% of people shop from their desks at work on Black Friday.
UK Hails £5m Hardware Security Research Center
Queen’s Belfast plays host to new hub with aspirations to be world leader
