Infosecurity News

#GartnerSEC: Top Trends for Risk and Security Include Cloud, Automation and Privacy
Top and upcoming trends impacting security and risk professionals

Outbound Email Errors Cause 93% Increase in Breaches
Businesses still rely on employees to report outbound email failures

#GartnerSEC: Rewrite Recruitment Strategies to Fit New Roles and Career Paths
Create job ladders to create opportunities and career paths as part of a hiring strategy

UK Banks Best in Europe at Reducing Card Fraud Losses Last Year
FICO data finds UK banks have reduced fraud losses by £52m since 2018

UK Businesses Planning for Long-Term Shift to Digital Working
Over half of UK businesses are planning to increase their digital skills training budgets

Use of Illegal Stream-Ripping Services Increases by 1390%
Stream-ripping services now overshadow all other illegal online music activity in the UK

New Jersey Keylogger Hacker Jailed
New Jersey man who used keyloggers to steal rivals' trade secrets is jailed

St. Louis County Fends Off Cyber-Attack
Trojans rumbled before they could infect a Missouri county’s website with malware

CISA Issues Chinese Hacking Groups Warning
CISA issues security advisory regarding threat actors linked to Chinese Ministry of State Security

#GartnerSEC: Phased Passwordless Authentication Can Enhance Productivity and Security
Gartner outlines how and why organizations should be moving to a passwordless future

#GartnerSEC: #COVID19 Created New Roles, More Data Collection and Flexible Businesses
Gartner explores the challenges and opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic

NCSC Launches New Vulnerability Reporting Toolkit
Government security agency offers help for organizations

#GartnerSEC: Five Steps to Ensuring Board Engagement
Gartner recommends five steps to ensure management engagement

Data Breach Hits 46,000 US Veterans
Hackers divert payments intended for healthcare providers

Largest Ever Magecart Campaign Hits 2000 E-Stores
Sansec warns that tens of thousands of customers may have been affected

Privacy Issues Found in Vote Joe App
Vote Joe app users can access voting records of unwitting Americans

39% of Employees Access Corporate Data on Personal Devices
Over a third of employees use their own devices to access company data

#GartnerSEC: Moving Towards an Explicit Zero Trust Model of Cybersecurity
Gartner outlines what a zero trust model should look like

Cybersecurity Leaders Oppose Voatz
Voatz’s assertion that good-faith security researchers pose a security threat is opposed by cybersecurity leaders

#GartnerSEC: Top Projects for 2020 Include Authentication, Risk Management and Cloud
Gartner’s top projects for security and risk for the next year



