Infosecurity News

Half of Cybersecurity Professionals Report Increase in Cyber-Attacks
New research by ISACA has found that the cybersecurity skills gap is contributing to businesses' cybersecurity preparedness

CyberEPQ Course Triples Student Intake for the Coming Year
Government funding will help more sixth-form students get into cyber

Fifth of Brits Suspect They've Been Monitored by Employers
Privacy regulator warns employees to stay within the law

FBI Warns of Dual Ransomware Attacks and Data Destruction Trends
Hackers are deploying different ransomware variants, including AvosLocker and Hive, among others

BunnyLoader Malware Targets Browsers and Cryptocurrency
Coded in C/C++, the tool is a fileless loader that conducts malicious activities in memory

AI-Generated Phishing Emails Almost Impossible to Detect, Report Finds
Email security provider Egress found that AI detectors were unable to identify if a phishing email came from an AI chatbot

Nearly 100,000 Industrial Control Systems Exposed to the Internet
A new report from Bitsight has highlighted how thousands of physical critical infrastructure organizations are vulnerable to cyber-attacks

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Celebrates 20 Years
This year’s cybersecurity awareness month theme is Secure Our World

Cigna Agrees $172m Payment to Settle Fraud Allegations
Insurer accused of inflating Medicare claims

Royal Family Website Downed by DDoS Attack
Russian Killnet group suspected

US, UK, and Democratic Nations Unite to Combat Cyber-Threats to Civil Society
Joint meeting brings together eight like-minded countries

Data Theft Overtakes Ransomware as Top Concern for IT Decision Makers
A recent survey conducted by Integrity 360 shows that data theft has overtaken ransomware as a top concern for some IT decision makers

Russian Company Offers $20m For Non-NATO Mobile Exploits
Operation Zero will pay $20m for exploits like RCE, LPE and SBX, integral to a full-chain attack

Microsoft’s Bing AI Faces Malware Threat From Deceptive Ads
Malwarebytes said the goal of these tactics is to lure victims into downloading malicious software

Phishing, Smishing Surge Targets US Postal Service
The surge in these attacks has prompted DomainTools to delve into their origins and implications

Privacy Regulator Orders End to Spreadsheet FOI Responses
UK ICO issues call after damaging police leak

Microsoft Breach Exposed 60,000 State Department Emails
Chinese actor Storm-0558 compromised Outlook accounts

MOVEit Developer Patches Critical File Transfer Bugs
CVSS 10.0 flaw was found in the WS_FTP Server software

Budworm APT Evolves Toolset, Targets Telecoms and Government
Symantec explained that the attack leveraged a new variant of Budworm’s SysUpdate backdoor

Booking.com Customers Targeted in Major Phishing Campaign
Perception Point research highlights the extensive reach of this issue, affecting hotels and resorts on a global scale



