Infosecurity News

  1. Russia’s APT29 Targets Embassies With Ngrok and WinRAR Exploit

    Threat group may be looking for intel on Azerbaijan

  2. NCSC Announces New Standard For Indicators of Compromise

    Security agency authors first RFC document for IETF

  3. Black Friday: Scammers Exploit Luxury Brands to Lure Victims

    Check Point Research say these latest luxury brand scams are a wake-up call for shoppers to stay vigilant online

  4. FBI Lifts the Lid on Notorious Scattered Spider Group

    Security advisory details TTPs of prolific threat actors

  5. Royal Mail to Spend £10m on Ransomware Remediation

    Postal service was breached in January 2023

  6. British Library: Ransomware Recovery Could Take Months

    Famed institution warns of ongoing disruption

  7. CSA Launches First Zero Trust Certification

    The CCZT program incorporates foundational principles from leading sources such as CISA and NIST

  8. Cyber-Criminals Exploit Gaza Crisis With Fake Charity

    Attackers sought crypto donations of $100-$5000 using Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum addresses

  9. Russian Hacking Group Sandworm Linked to Unprecedented Attack on Danish Critical Infrastructure

    A report described the coordinated attack, in which 22 critical infrastructure firms were targeted

  10. Black Friday: Malwarebytes Warns of Credit Card Skimming Surge

    Skimming threat actors ramp up their activity just in time for the holiday season

  11. Half of Ransomware Groups Operating in 2023 Are New

    WithSecure report highlights widespread code reuse

  12. BlackCat Ransomware Group Reports Victim to SEC

    ALPHV/BlackCat tries unusual extortion technique

  13. European Police Take Down $9m Vishing Gang

    Fraudsters operated from Ukrainian call centers

  14. US Government Unveils First AI Roadmap For Cybersecurity

    The initiative aligns with President Biden’s recent Executive Order

  15. BlackCat Ransomware Gang Targets Businesses Via Google Ads

    Nitrogen serves as initial-access malware, using obfuscated Python libraries for stealth

  16. UK Privacy Regulator Issues Black Friday Smart Device Warning

    Consumers urged to think before they buy connected technology

  17. Microsoft Fixes Five Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

    Patch Tuesday includes fixes for three actively exploited bugs

  18. US Dismantles IPStorm Botnet Proxy Service

    Russian-Moldovan national faces maximum 30-year jail stretch

  19. Python Package Index Faces Security Crisis With Validated Leaks

    2922 projects contained at least one unique secret, including from AWS, Redis and Google

  20. 82% of Attacks Show Cyber-Criminals Targeting Telemetry Data

    Sophos report based on 232 IR cases across 25 sectors from January 1 2022 to June 30 2023

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