Cyber Security Roundup for June 2016

Before Brexit (Why Brexit will be Business as Usual for Cyber Security & Data Protection in the UK) dominated the UK parliament agenda, a Commons Committee lambasted the Information Commissioner’s Office for not acting tough enough with TalkTalk in regards to their data breach earlier this year. 

The UK parliament also passed the controversial ‘Snoopers Charter’ bill this month.

For the fourth month in a row Adobe and Microsoft released critical patches to fix zero day exploited flash vulnerabilities. 

A spate of tech company chiefs had their twitter accounts hacked, including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, who was also spotted on an Instagram picture with tape covering his MacBook's webcam.

The Ransomware epidemic continues to make headlines and cause issues across all industries, this month saw concern over a new strain of ransomware called RAA, which executes only using JavaScript. 

News

• Microsoft Office 365 hit with Massive Cerber Ransomware Attack
• Commons committee lambasts ICO for lack of TalkTalk report
• 80% of retailers take Payment Card details by Phone in Unsecure Ways
• EU referendum petition Hijacked by Bots
• Welsh Police fined £150,000 by ICO after revealing Sex Offender Identities in Error
• Facebook Chief Zuckerberg covers his Webcam with Tape
• 'Significant' number of TeamViewer accounts Hacked
• 30% of UK Councils victimised by Ransomware in 2015
• Many IT pros are still not sure what the EU GDPR means to them
• World-Check Terrorism Database Exposed Online
• UK Parliament passes Investigatory Powers “Snoopers Charter” Bill
• 75% of Cloud Apps are not compliant with the EU GDPR
• 32 Million Twitter Logins found up for Sale
• Oculus Chief latest Social Media Hack Victim
• University pays $20,000 to Ransomware Hackers
• Amazon-driven services hit by Blackout
• Adobe scrambles to Patch "Critical" Flash Zero-Day flaw under Attack
• Microsoft release 6 Critical Patches for Windows, Edge, IE, Office & Adobe Flash Player
• Check Point tracks two waves of Cerber Ransomware hitting US, UK
• Teslacrypt RIP: Cisco Talos decryptor on the job
• FireEye researchers warn of 'Apple-like Phishing Domains' aimed at UK users
• Huge Spam and Malware network goes Offline
• RAA’ Ransomware which uses only JavaScript Discovered

Reports

• Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2015/16
• Consumers taking action over Mistrust of Organisations handling Personal Data
• Research Paper: Medical Staff Routinely ignore IT Security to do their jobs