Infosecurity News
Brits Lose $9.3bn to Scams in a Year
One in 10 have suffered from fraud in past 12 months
#mWISE: Chinese Cyber Power Bigger Than the Rest of the World Combined
China is rising as a cyber superpower, sponsoring not just ever more highly sophisticated espionage campaigns, but also venturing into cybercrime and disinformation
Chinese Group Exploiting Linux Backdoor to Target Governments
The new backdoor is being used by Earth Lusca to conduct cyber-espionage campaigns, primarily against governments in Asia and the Balkans
#mWISE: FBI Director Urges Greater Private-Public Collaboration Against Cybercrime
FBI director Christopher Wray said that partnerships with the private sector have changed the FBI’s approach to fighting cybercrime
Threat Actor Claims Major TransUnion Data Breach
Database compromise dates back to March 2022
Clorox Struggling to Recover From August Cyber-Attack
US manufacturer can’t say when operations will return to normal
Microsoft AI Researchers Leak 38TB of Private Data
An overly permissive Shared Access Signature (SAS) token was to blame
Fraudsters Steal Over $1m in Three Weeks Through ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Scam
Sophos researchers highlight a highly sophisticated operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency from DeFi trading applications
Another $40m Dispersed to Western Union Fraud Victims
Around 25,000 global victims will receive full compensation
Illegal Betting Ring Used Satellite Tech to Get Scoop on Results
Global cops support Spanish investigation into massive fraud
TikTok Fined $368m For Child Data Privacy Offenses
Chinese social media giant broke GDPR several times over
Cloud to Blame for Almost all Security Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks found that over 45% of organizations’ high-risk exposures in the cloud were due to cloud providers introducing new services
China's Malicious Cyber Activity Informing War Preparations, Pentagon Says
The report says China is likely to launch destructive cyber-attacks against the US Homeland in the event of a military conflict
Pirated Software Likely Cause of Airbus Breach
Incident exposed personal information at 3200 vendors
Iranian Threat Group Hits Thousands With Password Spray Campaign
APT33 activity resulted in data theft from small number of victims
Caesars Entertainment Reveals Major Ransomware Breach
Attackers compromised loyalty program data via supplier
Manchester Police Officers’ Data Breached in Third-Party Attack
Officers working undercover or in sensitive roles like intelligence could be exposed
Elon Musk in Hot Water With FTC Over Twitter Privacy Issues
A new court filing from the US Department of Justice suggests the billionaire “may have jeopardized data privacy and security” at Twitter, now known as X
Lazarus Group Blamed For $53m Heist at CoinEx
North Korean actors have become prolific crypto-thieves
Wake-Up Call as 3AM Ransomware Variant Is Discovered
Symantec says it was used in a failed LockBit attack
