Infosecurity News

Cocaine Smugglers that Posed as PC Sellers Jailed
Four members behind bars after EncroChat bust

Hundreds of Citrix Endpoints Compromised With Webshells
Zero-day exploit warning was issued a week ago

Ivanti Discloses Yet Another Critical Flaw
Latest bug described as a patch bypass

Manufacturing Sector Reeling From Financial Costs of Ransomware
Analysis by Comparitech found that manufacturers have lost $46.2bn from ransomware attacks in downtime alone since 2018

AI-Powered CryptoRom Scam Targets Mobile Users
Sophos security researchers shared the findings in a report published today

Threat Actors Use AWS SSM Agent as a Remote Access Trojan
Mitiga’s research demonstrated two potential attack scenarios

Cloud Firm Under Scrutiny For Suspected Support of APT Operations
Halcyon said that Cloudzy has been playing a pivotal role in facilitating cyber-criminal activities

AI-Enhanced Phishing Driving Ransomware Surge
Reported ransomware attacks targeting municipalities, education and healthcare in 2023 has quadrupled compared with 2021

Russian Cybersecurity Exec Wanted By Russia and US
Nikita Kislitsin is currently being detained in Kazakhstan

OT/IoT Malware Surges Tenfold in First Half of the Year
Nozomi Networks warns of escalating threats

CISA in New Warning Over Ivanti Vulnerabilities
Agency says two bugs are being chained in attacks

Novel Worm-Like Malware P2Pinfect Targets Redis Deployments
Cado Security said the malware acts as a botnet and is compatibille with both Windows and Linux

Canon Inkjet Printers Expose Wi-Fi Threat
The printers retained various information after re-initialization, including SSIDs and passwords

Cloud Tech Debt Puts Millions of Apps at Risk, Says New Report
Published by Qualys, the document draws from anonymized global cloud scans conducted in April 2023

New Infostealer Uncovered in Phishing Scam Targeting Facebook Business Accounts
Unit 42 researchers detail a campaign that aimed to instal an infostealer variant capable of taking over Facebook business accounts

NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing
Patients’ personal data was shared on the app for years

Capita Boss to Step Down
Outsourcer suffered major cyber incident several months ago

New WikiLoader Malware Goes to Extreme Lengths to Hide
Its authors are actively and rapidly developing it

SpyNote Android Spyware Strikes Financial Institutions
Cleafy said the malware exploits Accessibility services to conduct multiple malicious activities

APT31 Implants Target Industrial Organizations
The attackers established a channel for data exfiltration, including from air-gapped systems



