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Cryptzone has expanded support for Office 365, SharePoint Online and OneDrive for its HiSoftware Security Sheriff.   HiSoftware Security Sheriff now extends its deep security functionality for on-premises SharePoint to automatically inspect, classify, secure, audit and process content in both Office 365 and hybrid environments. Security Sheriff’s context-aware inspection capabilities detect sensitive data and automatically take actions to ensure access to Office 365 content is only available to those who have permissions to the file....

Redfern has achieved the new Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications.   Following it gaining the ISO27001:2013 accreditation for its Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), the travel management company (TMC) becomes the first to achieve the two Government certifications.   Redfern chief executive Mark Bowers, said: “Our new Cyber Essentials certifications demonstrate our clear commitment to ensuring our systems and practices are as secure as possible. Online security is a huge issue facing all...

The website and Twitter account of Mexican restaurant Chipotle were compromised late on Saturday evening and for several hours into Sunday morning.   The @chipotletweets Twitter account also has been compromised by an individual referring to themselves as “TheCeltic666” and as part of a group called TUGFeds. The Twitter account icon was replaced with the image of a Nazi flag and several tweets from the individual(s) who hacked them.   The rogue tweets claimed that...

Phishers and phone fraudsters are pouncing on public concern over the data breach at Anthem.   The flood of phishing scams was unleashed just hours after Anthem announced publicly that a “very sophisticated cyber attack” on its systems had compromised the Social Security information and other personal details on some 80 million Americans.   After Anthem said on its FAQ page that all impacted members will receive notice via mail which will advise them of...

The US Chamber of Commerce and 16 other business lobbies have sent a letter to Washington officials urging them to oppose China’s new cyber security regulations.   In the letter, technology vendors argue that China’s new regulations would require them to hand over their source code and adopt China’s encryption algorithms, measures which could potentially undermine the security of their customers around the world.   “An overly broad, opaque, discriminatory approach to cyber security policy...

Cyber crime begins with petty action in online gaming environments, according to the director of the Cyber Crime Unit of the National Crime Agency.   Jamie Saunders said that key organised gang figures involved in large-scale fraud moved from ‘laddish’ online behaviour to ‘extremely corrosive’ behaviour.  He said it begins with “stealing gold off each other in online games, cheating if you like” and in the background of cyber criminals, it “does start with play:...

A cyber criminal has admitted conducting a malicious campaign of attacks against childrens’ social services, social housing, and crime prevention websites.   Ian Sullivan of Bootle, Merseyside, carried out a series of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in 2013 and his targets included a range of business and public sector websites, including multi-national banks, sites providing support for children going through adoption and divorce proceedings, crime reporting sites and social housing organisations.   No...

Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York, who has been working at Sony Pictures since the start of the year, has had her details leaked by the recent hack.   According to Forbes, a salary of £19,500, an address and other employee details belonging to a “York, Beatrice” amongst the reams of information dumped online by the Guardians of Peace since the attacks on Sony started in late November.   A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said he...

The Sony Pictures hackers appear to have released documents containing detailed salary information for more than 30,000 employees of Deloitte.   Along with the files smuggled out of Sony Pictures this week, a cache of documents apparently relating to internal personnel matters at Deloitte have been released. According to Fusion, the files appear to come from a single target’s computer who appears to be currently employed in human resources at Sony Pictures, and had previously...

Hackers grabbed a digital database from the city of Detroit, and demanded a Bitcoin ransom.   According to Mayor Mike Duggan, the city called their bluff and the hijackers were unsuccessful with their request. He explained this week that hackers had asked for hundreds of thousands of dollars in the crypto currency after compromising a city database back in April. The pilfered database wasn’t used or needed by the city, however, The Detroit News reported, so the...