Infosecurity News

Attacks on Banks Spike 238% During #COVID19 Crisis
VMware Carbon Black says attacks coincide with major news events

ICO’s BA and Marriott Fines Likely to Be Pushed Back Again
Cordery Compliance claims final sum may be much reduced

UK Power Grid Biz Suffers Outage After Cyber-Attack
Elexon’s internal systems hit but electricity supply unaffected

Ohio Votes to Outlaw Attempted Hacks
Ohio passes bill to criminalize all malicious hacking attempts, even if they fail

Critical Flaws Found in Cyberoam Security Devices
Vulnerabilities detected in Cyberoam’s firewall and VPN technology

Identity Breaches at 79% of Organizations
IDSA finds 79% of organizations suffered an identity-related security breach in the last 2 years

DWF Appoints Mark Hendry as Director of Data Protection and Cybersecurity
DWF appoints a new director of data protection and cybersecurity

Kaspersky Report Shows Need for Improved Password Storage
A Kaspersky study shows the majority of people are unaware of how to check if their credentials have been leaked

Remote Workers Often Not Provided Secure Tools
Remote workers are often not provided secure tools to access networks and authenticate themselves

Microsoft OLE Bugs Most Frequently Exploited Since 2016
US government reveals top 10 most targeted CVEs

US: Chinese Hackers Are Targeting #COVID19 Vaccine Researchers
FBI and CISA warn domestic organizations to double down on security

#COVID19 Hospital Construction Firms Hit by Cyber-Attacks
Data theft and ransomware likely end goals

City Index Reports Intrusion and Potential Data Breach
Financial trading service provider reports network intrusion to users

Ramsay Cyber-Espionage Framework Rumbled by Researchers
Researchers discover new cyber-espionage framework dubbed "Ramsay" in development

CyberArk Acquires Idaptive
Identity-as-a-Service company Idaptive has been acquired by CyberArk

US Health Giant Hooked with Ransomware Bait
Magellan Health attacked with ransomware after falling for phishing email

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Tops 100 CVEs For Third Month
Sysadmins continue to be swamped in 2020

Sophos: Paying Ransom Can Double Attack Recovery Costs
Security vendor warns future ransomware victims

Banks’ DMARC Fail Puts #COVID19 Business Loans at Risk of Phishing
Proofpoint claims just 20% have DMARC set to strongest policy

Law Firm to the Stars Confirms Ransomware Attack
Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks notifies celebrity clients of ransomware attack



