Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
US cybersecurity firm FireEye hit by ‘state-sponsored’ attack
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
US cybersecurity firm FireEye says it has recently been attacked by a “highly sophisticated threat actor”, believing the hacking was state-sponsored. In a blog, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia said company tools used for testing customers’ security had been stolen. “The attacker primarily sought information related to certain government customers,” he wrote. Read this story and analysis by […]
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Universities Attacked by Phishing Campaign
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Universities and colleges around the world are being targeted by a new phishing campaign, according to fresh research published by RiskIQ. Among the educational establishments to be hit by the Shadow Academy campaign are Louisiana State University (LSU) in the United States and Oxford, Brighton, and Wolverhampton Universities in the United Kingdom.
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ICO is struggling to collect fines from companies that violate data protection rules
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
“Watchdog lacks teeth: 68 per cent of fines issued since January 2019 haven’t been paid” Read story by Dev Kundaliya in Computing
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MPs Bombarded by Nearly Three Million Monthly Email Attacks
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
UK Members of Parliament (MPs) have been targeted by a 60% year-on-year increase in cyber-attacks so far in 2020, according to new data from Parliament Street. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Manchester United hit by cyber attack but say fan data safe
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Manchester United have been hit by a “sophisticated” cyber attack. The club, who host West Bromwich Albion at Old Trafford on Saturday, say they are confident there has not been a breach of personal data of fans. read via BBCNews.
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UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The National Cyber Force’s existence has been publicly confirmed after months of speculation and a decade after the UK first began offensive cyber-operations. Read via BBCNews.
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HMRC Records 73% Growth in Email Phishing Attacks During #COVID19
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK’s HMRC detected a 73% rise in email phishing attacks in the six months that the COVID-19 pandemic struck the country, according to official data obtained following a FOI request by accountancy firm Lanop Outsourcing. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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MoD Receives Funding Boost and Confirms Increase in Cyber-Spending
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The UK government has dedicated an extra £16.5bn to defense spending which will see a heavy investment in cybersecurity defense and offensive capabilities. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Attacks on Pharma Rise Amid Targeting of #COVID19 Vaccine Development
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Attacks on the biotech and pharmaceutical industry have risen by 50% in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a new report from BlueVoyant. Read via InfoSecurityMag.
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Employees Have Access to an Average of 10 Million Files
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The average employee has access to around 10.8 million files, with larger organizations having around 20 million files accessible. Read via InfoSecurityMag
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