Infosecurity News

Cybersecurity Burnout Costing Firms $700m+ Annually
Hack The Box research claims employee burnout could be costing hundreds of millions in lost productivity

G7 to Develop Cybersecurity Framework for Energy Sector
The G7 nations agree to develop a cybersecurity framework for key technologies used to operate electricity, oil and natural gas systems

CIISec Urges Employers to Target Young Talent in Gaming Centers
The Chartered Institute of Information Security has issued a new guide to help firms recruit more talent

92% of Organizations Hit by Credential Compromise from Social Engineering Attacks
A Barracuda report found that 92% of organizations experienced an average of six credential compromises caused by email-based social engineering attacks in 2023

Fake Meeting Software Spreads macOS Infostealer
Recorded Future has found that Vortax, a purported virtual meeting software, is actually malicious software spreading three information stealers

VMware Discloses Critical Vulnerabilities, Urges Immediate Remediation
VMware has disclosed critical vulnerabilities impacting its VMware vSphere and VMware Cloud Foundation products, with patches available for customers

Quarter of Firms Suffer an API-Related Breach
Salt Security study finds 23% of organizations suffered a breach via production APIs in 2023

Report Reveals Record Exploitation Rate For Load Balancers
Action1 reveals cybercriminals are increasingly targeting NGINX and Citrix load balancers

Los Angeles Public Health Department Discloses Large Data Breach
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health revealed a data breach impacting more than 200,000 individuals, with personal, medical and financial data potentially stolen

Academics Develop Testing Benchmark for LLMs in Cyber Threat Intelligence
Researchers from the Rochester Institute of Technology introduced a benchmark designed to assess large language models’ performance in cyber threat intelligence applications

Meta Pauses European GenAI Development Over Privacy Concerns
Meta has delayed plans to train its LLMs using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram following a request by Ireland’s data protection regulator

China Attempted Covert Military Drone Tie-Up With UK University – Report
New report reveals China’s attempts to access leading AI research for military purposes

London Ransomware Attack Led to 1500 Cancelled Appointments and Operations
Ransomware attack on an NHS supplier forced the health service to rearrange 1000+ operations and appointments

UK General Election: Tech Policy Expert Calls for Law Overhaul to Combat Deepfakes
Governments should “police the content rather than the technology used to create it,” Matthew Feeney from the Centre for Policy Studies argued in a new paper

Microsoft Admits Security Failings Allowed China to Access US Government Emails
Microsoft President Brad Smith told US Congress that the tech giant accepts responsibility for security failings regarding the 2023 China hack

Ascension Attack Caused by Employee Downloading Malicious File
Healthcare firm Ascension said that ransomware attackers gained access to its systems after an employee accidently downloaded a malicious file

Arid Viper Hackers Spy in Egypt and Palestine Using Android Spyware
ESET detected five cyber espionage campaigns targeting Android users with trojanized apps deploying ‘AridSpy’ spyware

Kaspersky Finds 24 Flaws in Chinese Biometric Hardware Provider
A series of vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to bypass the Chinese manufacturer’s biometric access systems

Cyber Insurance Claims Hit Record High in North America
Insurance firm Marsh received over 1800 cyber claim reports from clients in the US and Canada in 2023, higher than any other year

Ukrainian Cyber Police Identify Suspected LockBit and Conti Member
Ukrainian police appear to have arrested a cryptor specialist with links to major ransomware groups



