Infosecurity News

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

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

  2. Half of Ransomware Groups Operating in 2023 Are New

    WithSecure report highlights widespread code reuse

  3. BlackCat Ransomware Group Reports Victim to SEC

    ALPHV/BlackCat tries unusual extortion technique

  4. European Police Take Down $9m Vishing Gang

    Fraudsters operated from Ukrainian call centers

  5. US Government Unveils First AI Roadmap For Cybersecurity

    The initiative aligns with President Biden’s recent Executive Order

  6. BlackCat Ransomware Gang Targets Businesses Via Google Ads

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

  7. UK Privacy Regulator Issues Black Friday Smart Device Warning

    Consumers urged to think before they buy connected technology

  8. Microsoft Fixes Five Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

    Patch Tuesday includes fixes for three actively exploited bugs

  9. US Dismantles IPStorm Botnet Proxy Service

    Russian-Moldovan national faces maximum 30-year jail stretch

  10. Python Package Index Faces Security Crisis With Validated Leaks

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

  11. 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

  12. Pro-Palestine APT Group Uses Novel Downloader in New Campaign

    TA402 launches new targeted phishing campaigns

  13. Royal Ransomware Gang Demands $275m in a Year

    CISA highlights links to newer Blacksuit variant

  14. NCSC: UK Facing “Enduring and Significant” Cyber-Threat

    Critical infrastructure providers under pressure from state-backed groups

  15. Information-Stealing Malware Escalates in Online Gaming

    A report by Sekoia.io shed light on a targeted campaign using Discord and fake download websites

  16. Python Malware Poses DDoS Threat Via Docker API Misconfiguration

    Cado Security Labs said the bot agent exhibited various methods for conducting DDoS attacks

  17. EU Formalizes Cybersecurity Support For Ukraine

    Bloc signs working arrangement with war-torn country

  18. Malaysian Police Dismantle “BulletProftLink” Phishing Operation

    Several arrested and servers seized

  19. Cyber-Attack Could Have “Devastating” Impact on Aussie Exports

    Port operator struggles to recover from serious incident

  20. MPs Dangerously Uninformed About Facial Recognition – Report

    Privacy International warns UK is “sleepwalking into public mass surveillance”

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