Infosecurity News

Half UK Uni Students Have No Mobile Security
Intel Security calls for better education resources

UK Cert Body Crest Signs NSA MoU
Body will take over spy agency’s own accreditation scheme

Government Moots Plans for ‘British Firewall’
Flagship project requires involvement of ISPs

IT Security Tops Tech Priorities for CIOs
High availability and disaster recovery, user experience, cloud computing and mobility followed closely behind for the third year.

Google Announces $350,000 Project Zero Prize
The goal of this contest is to find a vulnerability or bug chain that achieves remote code execution on multiple Android devices.

EU Group Canvas Aims to Put Ethics Back in Security
Consortium will try to get law enforcement round the table

#ISC2Congress: Garfield Helps Keep Children Safe Online
The Center for Cyber Safety and Education have teamed up with cartoon character Garfield to teach children how to protect themselves online

Russian Hackers Leak Simone Biles, Serena Williams Medical Records
Fancy Bear has claimed responsibility for the hack of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database.

Judge: FBI Must Seek Warrant to Hack Suspects
Court rules sending malware is a ‘search’

Mainframe Concerns as CIOs Struggle with GDPR Plans
Compuware research claims many don’t know where data resides

UK Consumers Fail on Password Security
Centrify finds same old mistakes being made

#ISC2Congress: People Should not be Blamed for Successful Phishing Attacks, says Ira Winkler
Security infrastructure failure is to blame for a successful phishing attack

#ISC2Congress: Cybercrime Victims Left Depressed and Traumatized
Victims of cybercrime are suffering emotional trauma which can lead to depression, an expert warned

Wells Fargo Pays Largest Consumer Protection Fine in US History
Unethical employees at the banking giant opened 2 million unauthorized accounts to collect sales incentives.

HITCON Hacking Contest Preps for Kickoff in Taiwan
The Hacks in Taiwan Conference (HITCON) will award the winner $10,000 for the best hacking effort.

US Appoints First-Ever CISO
The retired Brigadier General is the deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity and communications at the Department of Homeland Security.

GM Recalls Millions of Cars After Critical Bug Found
General Motors has been forced to recall over four million cars following a software defect linked to at least one death.

Million Dollar DDoS Tool Hacked
A ‘booter’ service designed to simplify DDoS attacks has been hacked and the details of its paying customers revealed, it has emerged.

Russian IM Biz QIP Spills 33 Million User Accounts
Russian instant messaging site QIP.ru has been breached and the details of over 33 million users released, with passwords apparently stored in plaintext.

Cyber Security Challenge UK to Admit Fast Track Entrants
Two luck golden ticket winners will be placed in November Masterclass final



