Infosecurity News

Zero-Day Flaw Exposes Atlas VPN User IPs
The exploit code, shared by a researcher on Reddit, demonstrates the issue

UK and US Sanction 11 Russians Tied to Trickbot/Conti Ransomware
These new sanctions follow a first wave in February 2023, where seven Russians involved with Trickbot and Conti were also sanctioned

IBM Reports Patient Data Breach at Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary
The attackers may have accessed sensitive patient information, such as health insurance and medication details

Chinese Hacker Steals Microsoft Signing Key, Spies on US Government
The threat actor used the stolen key to breach 25 organizations, including US government agencies

Think Tank Urges Labour to Promote “Securonomics” Agenda
Progressive Britain wants the party to borrow from US security strategy

Hundreds of Scam Pages Uncovered in Major Investment Fraud Campaign
Users are first targeted by Facebook adverts

UK Government Backs Down on Anti-Encryption Stance
Statement to Lords heralds delay to on-device message scanning

MITRE and CISA Release OT Attack Emulation Tool
The open source tool will enable cyber teams to consistently test and boost the defenses of ICS environments

Russia-Backed APT28 Tried to Attack a Ukrainian Critical Power Facility
The attack has been carried out using legitimate services and standard software functions, CERT-UA observed

High-Severity Vulnerability Discovered in Popular CMS
The unpatched bug in PHPFusion could result in the theft of sensitive data, Synopsys researchers warn

UK Boards Are Growing Less Concerned About Cyber-Risk
Their global peers feel the opposite, according to Proofpoint study

Experts Uncover Underground Phishing “Empire” W3LL
Secretive group targets specifically Microsoft 365 accounts

Crypto Casino Stake.com Back Online After $40m Heist
Hot wallets were compromised at firm

Mend.io SAML Vulnerability Exposed
SAML flaw in enabled rogue customers to access others’ SaaS data

Airlines Battle Surge in Loyalty Program Fraud
Group-IB said 2022 saw 30% more loyalty fraud, impacting 75+ airlines and involving 2000 malicious sources

UK Electoral Commission Fails Cybersecurity Test Amid Data Breach
Auditors cited outdated software and unsupported iPhones as key reasons for the failed test

More Schools Hit By Cyber-Attacks Before Term Begins
Highgate Wood School forced to delay new term for six days

UK National Cyber Security Centre Gets a New CTO
Industry veteran Ollie Whitehouse is confirmed

Freecycle Breach May Have Hit Millions of Users
Non-profit urges all users to reset passwords

Python Package Index Targeted Again By VMConnect
ReversingLabs uncovered three additional malevolent packages believed to be part of the campaign



