Infosecurity News
Canadian Hacker Pleads Guilty in Russia Yahoo Case
FSB agents who breached Yahoo in 2014 hired him to compromise other accounts
Pentagon Exposes Top Secret Classified Info to Public Internet
The exposed data is from INSCOM, which is tasked with gathering intelligence for US military and political leaders.
London and Berlin are Most Exposed Cities in Europe
Trend Micro research finds millions of connected devices could be remotely attacked
Alleged Chinese Intelligence Officers Indicted by DoJ
Three men accused of hacking Western firms work for ‘security vendor’ Boyusec
Researchers Demonstrate 'Un-Hackable' Quantum Encryption
It’s capable of creating and distributing encryption codes five to 10 times faster than existing methods and on par with current internet speeds.
McAfee to Acquire Skyhigh Networks
Deal comes less than eight months after McAfee's spinout from Intel
Scarab Ransomware Uses Necurs to Spread to Millions of Inboxes
Ransomware hit 12.5 million in first few hours thanks to botnet
Imgur Breach Exposes 1.7 Million Users
Incident probably occurred back in 2014
UK Businesses Find Securing Customer Data Extremely Challenging
Fewer than two-fifths (38%) hope to achieve improved security when implementing IT solutions.
Proton Mac Malware Spreads via Fake Symantec Blog
The fake blog, about a supposed new version of CoinThief, is being amplified through Twitter.
Uber Breach: Customers Lose Confidence Following Firm's Failures
Realities of how the firm handled the situation hit home with customers
UK Shoppers Lost £16m to Fraud Last Christmas
City of London police warns consumers to be vigilant this year
Mozilla to Build Have I Been Pwned Function into Firefox
Mozilla has announced an integration of the breach alerting service Have I Been Pwned to alert users about data breaches through the Firefox UI
Awareness is the Key to Staying Safe on Black Friday
Over 40% of people shop from their desks at work on Black Friday.
UK Hails £5m Hardware Security Research Center
Queen’s Belfast plays host to new hub with aspirations to be world leader
Iranian National Indicted for $6m HBO Extortion Plot
Behzad Mesri is former Iranian military operative
Troldesh Nabs Top Ransomware Spot
Bitdefender found that during 2017 alone, the number of new major ransomware families surpassed 160.
Top Sites Expose Visitors to Breaches by Tracking Keystrokes
Princeton researchers find privacy and security concerns in use of session replay scripts
Uber Shock: Firm Hid Breach of 57 Million Users
Ride-hailing service under fire after paying hackers $100K to delete stolen data
DMARC Implementation Lags as Email Fraud Surges
Yet just 0.5% of the top million domains have protected themselves from impersonation by DMARC email authentication.
