Infosecurity News

Minneapolis City and Police Websites Attacked
Cyber-attacks hit Minneapolis as protests over George Floyd’s death continue

Payment App Data Breach Exposes Millions of Indians' Data
Personal and financial data of millions of Indians exposed in BHIM data breach

Aussie Football Site Leaks 70 Million Records
BigFooty exposes users’ personal info and messages

Trump Plans to Ban Chinese Students with Military Ties
Report suggests crackdown on espionage from the East

Amtrak Guest Rewards Breach Affects Personal Info
Unspecified number of customers hit after unauthorized access incident

Utah Tech CEO Jailed for Possessing Thousands of Files Depicting Child Sexual Abuse
Saltmine CEO behind bars after downloading images of children and animals being sexually abused

Texas University to Create Cybersecurity Innovation Institute
UTSA to build digital research institute aimed at safeguarding US manufacturers

UK Government Launches Funding Program to Boost Security of IoT Market
Innovators are encouraged to bid for funding to develop assurance schemes for IoT products

Alabama Seniors Offered Free Cybersecurity Courses
University of Alabama offers free cybersecurity course to the over 50s

Most Organizations Not Prepared to Safely Support Home Working
Most businesses are not deploying sufficient security measures for remote working

NSA: Russian Military Sandworm Group is Hacking Email Servers
US urges organizations to patch Exim servers now

Revealed: Advanced Java-Based Ransomware PonyFinal
Microsoft warns of latest human-operated threat to large organizations

Over 600 NTT Customers Hit in Major Data Breach
IT services giant said Singapore data center was incursion point

Comedian Arrested for Cybercrime over Face Swap
Idris Sultan was arrested for sharing a face-swap photo with Tanzanian president on social media

DoD Contractors Team Up with HPE on Ransomware-Stopper
RackTop Systems is now included in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Complete program

IT Leaders Overestimate Staff's Commitment to WFH Security
IT leaders who think staff follow security best practices while working from home are misguided

Intelligence Gateway Launches to Compile Malicious #COVID19 URLs
The gateway accepts submissions of suspicious URLs or emails

C-Level Executives the Weakest Link in Organizations’ Mobile Security
C-level executives regularly ask to bypass mobile security protocols

Cyber-Criminals Impersonating Google to Target Remote Workers
Remote workers have been targeted by up to 65,000 Google-branded attacks in first four months of 2020

Check Point Unmasks Hacktivist Who Defaced Nearly 5000 Sites
Brazilian police notified about prolific Uberlandian



