Infosecurity News

  1. IRS to Require New ID Verification

    Users must sign up with ID.me to access their IRS accounts online

  2. SBA Announces $3m Cybersecurity Program

    New program aims to boost cybersecurity infrastructure of emerging small businesses

  3. NSF Awards $29m to Cybersecurity Scholarships

    National Science Foundation to fund hundreds of cyber scholarships at eight universities

  4. Two in Five IT Security Managers Considering Quitting Their Jobs

    The study found there is an average security staff turnover rate of 20% in the UK

  5. US Data Breaches Surge 68% to All-Time High

    Number of victims decreases as criminals focus efforts

  6. US Adds 17 Exploited Bugs to "Must Patch" List

    One was used to attack Ukrainian websites

  7. UK's Privacy Tsar Mounts Fierce Defense of End-to-End Encryption

    ICO responds to controversial government PR campaign

  8. Homelife of Connecticut Residents Secretly Recorded

    Cops arrest man suspected of using digital devices to record his neighbors in their homes

  9. Pennsylvania Approves Ransomware Bill

    New legislation would prohibit use of taxpayers money’ to pay cyber-attack ransoms

  10. Memorial Health System Confirms Data Breach

    Ransomware attack jeopardizes data of 216K patients of Ohio-based health system

  11. (ISC)2 Appoints its First CISO

    (ISC)2 appoints Jon France as its first CISO

  12. Two-Fifths of Ransomware Victims Still Paying Up

    Anomali report reveals that cybercrime losses are surging

  13. #COVID19 Phishing Emails Surge 500% on Omicron Concerns

    Barracuda Networks data shows pandemic-related lures are still working

  14. Merck Wins $1.4bn NotPetya Payout from Insurer

    Judge rules “act-of-war” clause only applies to armed conflict

  15. Biden Signs Memo to Boost National Cybersecurity

    Memo requires national security systems to match or beat cybersecurity of federal civilian networks

  16. 11:11 Systems Acquires iland

    Cloud services company acquired by managed infrastructure solutions provider

  17. Third Firmware Bootkit Discovered

    New bootkit attributed to Chinese threat actor is most sophisticated yet

  18. Applications Open for Next NCSC for Startups Cohort

    Applications are being invited from startups developing products designed to protect SMEs from ransomware attacks

  19. Twitter Mentions More Effective Than CVSS at Reducing Exploitability

    Kenna Security research urges organizations prioritize patching in new ways

  20. Eleven Arrested in Bust of Prolific Nigerian BEC Gang

    TMT/Silver Terrier group may have 800,000 targets in its sights

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