Infosecurity News

  1. Alibaba Facial Recognition Tech Picks Out Uyghur Minorities

    Chinese tech company offers facial recognition of minorities as a cloud service

  2. Will the US Move to a Federal Privacy Law in 2021?

    Experts discuss impact of CPRA and other recent events on privacy rules in the US

  3. Decade-Long Data Silo to Address Google-Fitbit Privacy Concerns

    Rights groups concerned over European Commission’s green light

  4. UK Energy Firm Suffers Data Breach Impacting Entire Customer Database

    Customers have been contacted following the incident

  5. Bouncy Castle Bug Puts Bcrypt Passwords at Risk

    Authentication bypass flaw found in popular Java crypto library

  6. Microsoft and 40+ Customers Hit in Russian Espionage Attack

    Tech firms, not governments, form the largest group of victims

  7. Disinformation Spreaders Predicted by AI

    New AI algorithm predicts which Twitter users will share unreliably sourced news

  8. Healthcare.gov Data Thief Jailed

    Prison for tech company employee who stole PII and used it for financial gain

  9. Indian Police Bust Illegal Call Center

    Delhi police cybercrime unit arrests 54 over illegal call center targeting foreign nationals

  10. Two-Thirds of Orgs Expect Increase in #COVID19 Phishing Attacks Next Year

    64% of business leaders are anticipating a rise in phishing attacks in 2021

  11. Ransomware and Cyber-Extortion Payments Double in 2020

    The payment of ransoms and extortions doubled between 2019 and 2020

  12. Experts Urge Users to Ignore Facebook Christmas Bonus Scam

    Messages from ‘friends’ are fake, says Identity Theft Resource Center

  13. Malicious Chrome and Edge Extensions Affect Millions of Users

    Avast urges users to uninstall now or risk phishing and data theft

  14. BEC Hits Double Digits as COVID-19 Scams Abound

    Barracuda Networks reveals latest spear-phishing trends

  15. Analysis of 5G Network Security Reveals Attack Possibilities

    5G security research discloses exploit opportunities

  16. Sextortionists Deploy New Spyware

    Goontact targets iOS and Android users in Asia who visit sites selling escort services

  17. Refinitiv Acquires GIACT

    Refinitiv boosts cybercrime-fighting abilities with acquisition of Giact Systems

  18. Lithuania Suffers "Most Complex" Cyber-attack in Years

    Cyber-attack during government’s transition is the most complex to hit Lithuania in years

  19. Cloudhouse Acquires UpGuard Core to Help Customers Resolve Compliance Issues

    Cloudhouse acquires UpGuard Core as it looks to expand its offerings and reach

  20. Society at Increasingly High Risk of Cyber-Attacks

    Kevin Curran outlines the ease in which cyber-attacks can be conducted

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