Infosecurity News

Private Eye Charged in Hacking Scheme Seeks Plea Deal
Suspect held in New York since 2019 over international hacker-for-hire scheme is ready to negotiate

ACH Data Security Rule Takes Effect
Sensitive financial information must now be unreadable when stored electronically

Smart Home Experiences Over 12,000 Cyber-Attacks in a Week
A Which? analysis found that that a home filled with smart devices was targeted by over 12,000 unique scans/hacks in a single week

Record Year for Investigators in Healthcare Fraud Cases
Department of Justice reportedly opened 580 new cases in 2020

Microsoft Assigns CVE to PrintNightmare but No CVSS Score
Tech giant claims it’s still investigating the impact of the bug

Russia's APT28 Blamed for Brute Force Campaign Using Kubernetes
Threat actors have targeted hundreds of US and European organizations

New Charges Filed Against Alleged Capital One Hacker
Software engineer faces six new charges over theft of 20TB of personal data

Gozi Virus Arrest Made in Colombia
Romanian suspected of role in infection of over a million computers is arrested in Bogota

Putin Orders Twitter to Open Russian Office
New law requires big foreign social media companies operating in Russia to open offices there

First-of-its-Kind SASE Accreditation Course Launched
The SASE Accreditation course is designed to offer cyber pros hands-on experience in cloud security disciplines

Criminal VPN Service Dismantled by Global Police
DoubleVPN offered anonymity to threat actors from just $25

Infosec Community Posts Solidarity Bikini Pics After Twitter Troll Outburst
Security pro’s Twitter post outraged one follower

PrintNightmare: Windows Zero-Day Accidentally Disclosed by Chinese Researchers
Bug affects Print Spooler and could enable remote control of domain controllers

Four in Ten Americans Use Embarrassing Passwords
Survey finds 38% of Americans would be mortified if they had to say their password aloud

Analyst Steals Millions by Spoofing Director
Trading analyst fraudulently authorized transfers then diverted funds to accounts under his control

Accenture Acquires Sentor
Swedish cyber-defense and managed security firm snapped up by consulting firm

French Court Upholds Bitcoin BTC-e Employee's Sentence
Alexander Vinnik loses appeal against five-year prison sentence for money laundering

Pentagon CISO Suspected of Sharing Secrets
Katie Arrington on leave while classified disclosure concerns are investigated

Salvation Army Hit by Ransomware Attack
The Christian charity is thought to be negotiating with the attackers over the siphoned data

No Pay Rise Since Pandemic for Two-Thirds of Cyber Pros
Companies were more likely to offer pay rises to tech roles linked to creating value and agility



