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Infosec bits for week 11/20

- Roderick Mooi

  1. University of Kentucky Defeats Month-Long Cyber-Attack [Sarah Coble, Infosecurity / Reed Exhibitions]
    - see also: Inside a massive cyber hack that risks compromising leaders across the globe
  2. Top cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2020 [Josh Fruhlinger, CSO / IDG Communications]
  3. Ransomware Attackers Use Your Cloud Backups Against You [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
    - see also: Ransomware: These sophisticated attacks are delivering ‘devastating’ payloads, warns Microsoft
  4. Coronavirus-themed scams and attacks intensify [Zeljka Zorz, Help Net Security]
    - see also: How Threat Actors are Abusing Coronavirus Uncertainty
  5. How Security Leaders at Starbucks and Microsoft Prepare for Breaches [Kelly Sheridan, Dark Reading / Informa]
  6. How to write an effective information security policy [Mary K. Pratt, CSO / IDG Communications]
  7. Securing Content Management Systems [Australian Cyber Security Centre]
  8. Microsoft: 99.9% of compromised accounts did not use multi-factor authentication [Catalin Cimpanu, Zero Day / CBS Interactive]
  9. Time to Stop Overlooking DNS Security [Mark Fieldhouse, NS1 / Infosecurity / Reed Exhibitions]
  10. The War of Passwords: Compliance vs NIST [Rita Nygren, Tripwire]
  11. Alleged Vault 7 leaker trial finale: Want to know the CIA’s password for its top-secret hacking tools? 123ABCdef [Kieren McCarthy, The Register]