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COVID-19 phishing attacks continue to increase

KnowBe4 has released the results of its Q2 2020 top-clicked phishing report. The results found that phishing email attacks related to COVID-19 remained frequent in Q2 2020. Covering the second quarter, simulated phishing tests with a message related to the Coronavirus were the most popular, with a total of 56%. Social media messages were another […]


Australia and UK open joint investigation into Clearview AI

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have opened a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices of Clearview AI, focusing on the company’s use of ‘scraped’ data and biometrics of individuals. The investigation highlights the importance of enforcement cooperation in protecting the personal information of […]


UK diners and pubgoers at risk of email fraud as lockdown restrictions are eased

Proofpoint has released research identifying that only one (2%) of the UK’s top 50 most popular dining and pub brands has implemented the strictest level of DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance) protection. This protocol stops cybercriminals spoofing an organisation’s identity and decreases the risk of email fraud for customers.  Worryingly, this means the […]


Honda confirms cyberattack which brought parts of its operations to a standstill

Honda has confirmed a cyberattack that brought parts of its global operations to a standstill. The company said in a statement to the BBC on Tuesday that the attack took place on the Honda network on an internal server and that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computer servers, use email and otherwise […]


Avon suffers a cybersecurity incident

Cosmetics giant, Avon, is recovering from a cybersecurity incident. The company has filed documents with the US Securities Exchange Commission disclosing the incident on June 9. The documents said that Avon Products suffered a cyber incident in its Information Technology environment which has “interrupted some systems and partially affected operations.” It said the company is evaluating the extent […]


Australian PM warns of sophisticated state-based cyber hacks

Australia’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has said that the Australian government and institutions are being targeted by ongoing sophisticated state-based cyber hacks. Mr Morrison said the cyberattacks were widespread, covering ‘all levels of government’ as well as essential services and businesses. He declined to identify a specific state actor and said no major personal data breaches had […]


Life Healthcare announces cyberattack

The Life Healthcare Group announced that its southern African operation has been the victim of a targeted criminal attack on its IT systems. The company said it acted immediately when it became aware of the incident and took its systems offline, in order to actively contain the attack. Its hospitals and administrative offices switched over […]


Vermont’s National Railroad Passenger Corporation confirms data breach

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) in Vermont has disclosed a data breach that may have resulted in the compromise of customer personally identifiable information (PII). The data breach was discovered on April 16, 2020. In a letter to the Attorney General’s Office of Vermont, the rail service said that an unknown third party managed to fraudulently access […]


New wave of Sandworm attacks

The National Security Agency in the United States of America has revealed that Russian cyber actors from the GRU Main Center for Special Technologies have been exploiting a vulnerability in Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software since at least August 2019. The cyber actors responsible for this malicious cyber programme are known publicly as the […]


Joomla team confirms security breach

The team behind the Joomla open source content management system (CMS) has announced a security breach. The incident took place after a member of the Joomla Resources Directory (JRD) team left a full backup of the JRD on an Amazon Web Services S3 bucket owned by their own company. Data potentially affected included full name, […]


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