Infosecurity News

  1. Gallup: Pollster Acts to Close Down Security Threat

    As the US presidential election draws near, polling company Gallup acts to block XSS vulnerability

  2. Crypto Scams Reach New Heights, FBI Reports $5.6bn in Losses

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported a 45% increase in cryptocurrency-related scams in 2023

  3. Cybersecurity Workforce Gap Rises by 19% Amid Budget Pressures

    ISC2 found that the cybersecurity workforce gap is now at 4.8 million, a 19% increase from 2023

  4. Poland's Supreme Court Blocks Pegasus Spyware Probe

    The Polish Supreme Court has ruled that a parliamentary commission investigating the previous government’s use of the Pegasus spyware was unconstitutional

  5. UK’s ICO and NCA Sign Memorandum to Boost Reporting and Resilience

    The Information Commissioner’s Office and National Crime Agency have cemented ties with a memorandum of understanding

  6. Microsoft Fixes Four Actively Exploited Zero-Days

    September’s Patch Tuesday fix-list features scores of CVEs including four zero-day vulnerabilities

  7. Highline Public Schools Forced to Close By Cyber-Attack

    Highline Public Schools in Washington State have now been closed for two days following the incident

  8. China-Linked Threat Actors Target Taiwan Military Industry

    TIDRONE group targets military, drone and satellite industries in Taiwan

  9. DoJ Distributes $18.5m to Western Union Fraud Victims

    The Justice Department has begun the latest round of fraud reimbursement from the Western Union Remission Fund

  10. Critical SonicWall SSLVPN Bug Exploited By Ransomware Actors

    Researchers have warned that a critical SonicWall vulnerability is being exploited in ransomware attacks

  11. Technology Causes “Digital Entropy” as Firms Struggle With Governance

    Increasingly complex regulations are stretching governance and compliance in organizations, warns the IAPP

  12. DDoS Attacks Double With Governments Most Targeted

    Distributed denial of service attacks continue to increase, with government the most targeted vertical

  13. Cyber-Attack on Payment Gateway Exposes 1.7 Million Credit Card Details

    A cyber-attack on Slim CD, which handles electronic payments for US and Canadian-based merchants, has potentially exposed the credit card details of 1.7 million people

  14. Man Charged in AI-Generated Music Fraud on Spotify and Apple Music

    A North Carolina resident made over $10m in unlawful royalty payments by producing hundreds of thousands of fake songs listened to by bots using AI

  15. Car Giant Avis Reveals Breach Impacted 300,000 Customers

    Rental hire company Avis has notified 300,000 customers of a data breach

  16. TfL Admits Some Services Are Down Following Cyber-Attack

    Transport for London has revealed several digital services are suspended after a cyber-attack last week

  17. Spyware Vendors' Nebulous Ecosystem Helps Them Evade Sanctions

    The secret web of at least 435 entities across 42 countries making up the spyware landscape facilitates unpunished security and human rights violations, the Atlantic Council found

  18. US and Allies Accuse Russian Military of Destructive Cyber-Attacks

    The joint government advisory highlighted the cyber activities of Unit 29155, which has launched destructive cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure globally

  19. PyPI Revival Hijack Puts Thousands of Applications at Risk

    Revival Hijack Python Package Index supply chain attack threatens 22,000 packages through malicious downloads

  20. Security Budgets Come Under Pressure as “Hypergrowth” Ends

    Despite rising threats researchers find a third of firms see flat or falling security budgets and hiring slows

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