Infosecurity News

Four Years Behind Bars for Prolific BEC Scammer
Solomon Ekunke Okpe and others made over $1m from online fraud

Call for Submissions to UK's New Computer Misuse Act
Bugcrowd is concerned about a lack of protection for ethical hackers

US Moves to Ban "Anti-Democratic" Spyware
White House says use of tools must be aligned with human rights

Microsoft Fixes Security Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
Information disclosure vulnerability aCropalypse could enable malicious actors to recover sections of screenshots

Three Variants of IcedID Malware Discovered
The new variants hint that considerable effort is going into the future of IcedID and its codebase

New MacStealer Targets Catalina, Newer MacOS Versions
The malware can extract information from documents, browser cookies and login information

NCA Harvests Info on DDoS-For-Hire With Fake Booter Sites
Agency attempts to disrupt the cybercrime underground

New BEC Tactics Enable Fake Asset Purchases
FBI warns of scammers using Net-30 and Net-60 terms

Latitude Financial Admits Breach Impacted Millions
Over 14 million records stolen from consumer lender

CISA Unveils Ransomware Notification Initiative
Provides businesses with early warnings to evict threat actors before they can encrypt data

WooCommerce Patches Critical Plugin Flaw Affecting Half a Million Sites
The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain admin privileges and take over a website

GitHub Updates Security Protocol For Operations Over SSH
The move reportedly did not stem from a compromise of GitHub systems or customer information

IRS Phishing Emails Used to Distribute Emotet
Monster 500MB attachment hides a nasty surprise

UK Parliament Bans TikTok from its Network and Devices
Further blow for Chinese social media app

Security Flaws Cost Fifth of Execs Business
Business leaders still underestimate importance of security to growth

China-Aligned "Operation Tainted Love" Targets Middle East Telecom Providers
The deployment of custom credential theft malware is the main novelty of the new campaign

SharePoint Phishing Scam Targets 1600 Across US, Europe
Cyber-criminals used the scam to steal the credentials for various email accounts

New Post-Exploitation Attack Method Found Affecting Okta Passwords
The flaw derives from the way the Okta system records failed login attempts to instances

UK Government Sets Out Vision for NHS Cybersecurity
Plans to boost cyber-resilience in the health service by 2030

Malicious ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacks Facebook Accounts
Software was unwittingly downloaded thousands of times



