Infosecurity News
End-to-End Encryption Sparks Concerns Among EU Law Enforcement
The call comes amid the rollout of end-to-end encryption on Meta’s Messenger platform
Millions of Americans' Data Potentially Exposed in Change Healthcare Hack
Millions of Americans may be impacted by the Change Healthcare data breach as UnitedHealth confirms exposed data includes personal and health information
Vulnerability Exploitation on the Rise as Attackers Ditch Phishing
Mandiant’s latest M-Trends report found that vulnerability exploitation was the most common initial infection vector in 2023, making up 38% of intrusions
Russian Sandworm Group Hit 20 Ukrainian Energy and Water Sites
Notorious APT44 group Sandworm launched a major campaign against Ukrainian critical infrastructure in March
Russian APT28 Group in New “GooseEgg” Hacking Campaign
Microsoft has warned of a long-running credential stealing campaign from Russia’s APT28
Fraudsters Exploit Telegram’s Popularity For Toncoin Scam
The scheme was uncovered by Kaspersky and has been operational since November 2023
Dependency Confusion Vulnerability Found in Apache Project
This occurs when a private package fetches a similar public one, leading to exploit due to misconfigurations in package managers
CrushFTP File Transfer Vulnerability Lets Attackers Download System Files
CrushFTP is urging customers to download v11 of its file transfer platform, with attackers actively exploiting a vulnerability that allows them to download system files
NSA Launches Guidance for Secure AI Deployment
The new document is the first release from NSA’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center (AISC), in partnership with other government agencies in the US and other Five Eyes countries
NCSC Announces PwC’s Richard Horne as New CEO
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre will see Richard Horne take over as its new boss in the autumn
MITRE Reveals Ivanti Breach By Nation State Actor
Non-profit MITRE says a sophisticated state group breached its network via two chained Ivanti zero-days
Alarming Decline in Cybersecurity Job Postings in the US
This drop represents a direct threat to US national cybersecurity infrastructure, said CyberSN representatives in their report
Akira Ransomware Group Rakes in $42m, 250 Organizations Impacted
A joint advisory from Europol and US and Dutch government agencies estimated that Akira made around $42m in ransomware proceeds from March 2023 to January 2024
Quishing Attacks Jump Tenfold, Attachment Payloads Halve
The figures come from Egress’s latest report, which also suggests secure email gateways lag behind tech advancements
Russia's Sandworm Upgraded to APT44 by Google's Mandiant
Mandiant has confirmed that Sandworm is responsible for many cyber-attacks against Ukraine has close ties with a Russian hacktivist group
New Cyber-Threat MadMxShell Exploits Typosquatting and Google Ads
Zscaler also confirmed MadMxShell uses DLL sideloading and DNS tunneling for C2 communication
US Election Officials Told to Prepare for Nation-State Influence Campaigns
A US government advisory sets out actions election officials need to take to mitigate the impact of nation-state influence campaigns ahead of the November elections
Trust in Cyber Takes a Knock as CNI Budgets Flatline
Bridewell report reveals critical infrastructure firms are losing faith in their defensive tooling
UK Police Lead Disruption of £1m Phishing-as-a-Service Site LabHost
The Metropolitan Police and partners have disrupted the prolific LabHost phishing-as-a-service platform
Linux Cerber Ransomware Variant Exploits Atlassian Servers
The attacks exploit CVE-2023-22518, a critical flaw in Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server
