Infosecurity News

  1. Americans Avoid Sites After Forgetting Passwords

    Password forgetfulness triggers site and account avoidance in 64% of Americans

  2. Online Fraud in the UK Up 179% in the Last Decade

    UK has been more heavily impacted by online fraud than any other country in Europe

  3. Armed Conflict Draws Closer as State-Backed Cyber-Attacks Intensify

    HP report reveals 100% increase in government-sponsored attacks

  4. ACC Launches Data Security Program for Law Firms

    Program will enable prospective clients to assess and compare law firms’ data security standards

  5. Number of US Breach Victims Jumps 564% in Q1 2021

    ITRC data reveals an increase of just 12% in incidents

  6. Italian Arrested After Allegedly Paying Hitman to Murder Ex-Girlfriend

    Europol officers analyzed crypto-transactions to trace individual

  7. Consulting Firm Data Breach Impacts MSU

    Michigan State University affected by ransomware attack on contractor’s law firm

  8. IT Pros Share Work Devices with Household

    Nearly a quarter of IT security professionals let household members use their work devices

  9. Phishing Emails Most Commonly Originate from Eastern Europe

    The five countries sending the highest proportion of phishing emails are from Eastern Europe

  10. Chemical Weapon Shopping Sends Dark Web User to Prison

    Broken-hearted American locked up for 12 years for trying to buy chemical weapon on dark web

  11. Privacy Concern Over Scotland’s New #COVID19 Check-In App

    Check In Scotland uploads and stores venue check-in data to a centralized database

  12. Cybersecurity Industry Must Find Solutions for Third Party Data Security

    The growing use of third parties has thrown up major data security challenges

  13. Wormable Netflix Malware Spreads Via WhatsApp Messages

    Check Point says threat is designed to phish for log-ins and card details

  14. CISA: Patch Legacy SAP Vulnerabilities Urgently

    Onapsis report claims some exploited bugs date back to 2010

  15. Office Depot Europe Configuration Error Exposes One Million Records

    Researchers say Elasticsearch database may have been open for 10 days

  16. Florida School District Held to Impossibly High Ransom

    Ransomware operators demand $40m from Broward County Public Schools system

  17. Parrot Launches Bug Bounty Program

    European drone group partners with YesWeHack to launch a Bug Bounty program

  18. Australia Considers Social Media ID Requirement

    Aussies may have to prove who they are to use online dating and social media accounts

  19. Ransomware Attacks Grew by 485% in 2020

    Report assesses how cyber-criminals have exploited the COVID-19 crisis

  20. AddSecure Acquires Telia Finland’s Alerta Business

    The deal will act as a platform for AddSecure to grow its business

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