Infosecurity News
NY County IT Supervisor Charged with Crypto-Mining
Suffolk County employee accused of mining Bitcoin at his workplace
Financial Services Firms Spend Over $2m on Ransomware Recovery
Most didn’t pay the ransom and could restore from backups
Global Databases Riddled with an Average of 26 Vulnerabilities
Imperva warns of surging threat to on-premises data troves
Apple Releases Urgent Patch Following Discovery of Pegasus Spyware
The vulnerability was discovered after the spyware was found on the iPhone of an anonymous Saudi activist
Texas GOP Website Down After Anonymous Hack
Hackers ridiculed the state’s Republican Party and went after Texas’ new ‘Heartbeat Act’
Mustang Panda Compromises Indonesian Intelligence Agency
Chinese cyber-spies reportedly breach Indonesian government ministries and agencies
US Locks Up Key Player in Nigerian Romance Scam
Oklahoman imprisoned for money-laundering role in multi-million-dollar lonely hearts online fraud
CISA Announces New Chief of Staff
Cyber Readiness Institute’s managing director, Kiersten Todt, named as CISA’s new chief of staff
WhatsApp to Roll Out Encrypted Backups
The move sees the Facebook-owned company offer very different user security and privacy features than Apple
A Third of Industrial Control Systems Attacked in H1 2021
Kaspersky claims spyware is growing threat to industrial systems
UK Man Gets Five Years for Online Abuse Campaign
Graphic designer blackmailed and intimidated several women
University Hacker Sent to Prison
Former master’s student imprisoned for hacking into university computer and selling exam answers
Poland Extradites Alleged Botnet Operator to US
Ukrainian accused of decrypting credentials and selling them on the dark web will face US court
Colorado County Clerk Charged with Cybercrime
Clerk charged with burglary and cybercrime for allegedly using boss’s computer while on administrative leave
Menlo Appoints Devin Ertel as CISO
Ertel will also oversee Menlo's efforts to reduce its risk and security exposure globally
Personal Information of Nearly 80,000 MyRepublic Customers Accessed After Breach
The breach took place on August 29 via a third-party data storage platform used to store customer data.
UK to Revamp ICO as Part of Data Rules Reform
The proposals outlined in the consultation aim to remove the barriers to data use, including in the development of emerging technologies
Prison for BEC Scheme Money Launderer
Dual US-Canadian national sentenced for laundering millions of dollars for cyber-criminals
Cyber-criminal Targets Dadsnet Founders
Threat actor takes over entrepreneurial couple’s Instagram account, demands $40K for its return
Hackers Steal Data from United Nations
Data swiped from UN earlier this year by unknown hackers using stolen credentials
