Infosecurity News

  1. Firms Who Pay Ransom Subsidise 10 New Attacks: Report

    Trend Micro urges victim organizations to resist extorters demands

  2. WinorDLL64 Backdoor Linked to Lazarus Group

    The Wslink loader can reportedly serve other connecting clients and load additional payloads

  3. Dozens of Malicious 'HTTP' Libraries Found on PyPI

    ReversingLabs cybersecurity researchers spotted 41 malicious PyPI packages

  4. Hackers Use S1deload Stealer to Target Facebook, YouTube Users

    The malicious software employs DLL sideloading techniques to run its malicious components

  5. ICO Calls on Accountants to Improve SME Data Protection

    A fifth of firms use accountants to help with compliance

  6. Russian Invasion Sparks Global Wiper Malware Surge

    Fortinet detected a 50% increase in destructive attacks in H2 2022

  7. Phishing Sites and Apps Use ChatGPT as Lure

    Campaigns designed to steal card information and install malware

  8. Open Source Flaws Found in 84% of Codebases

    The figures come from Synopsys’ new Open Source Security and Risk Analysis report

  9. Hydrochasma Group Targets Asian Medical and Shipping Sectors

    The hackers appear to have a possible interest in industries connected with COVID-19 treatments

  10. Npm Packages Used to Distribute Phishing Links

    The malicious packages were reportedly created using automated processes

  11. Putin Speech Interrupted by DDoS Attack

    Outage impacts Russian state media websites

  12. Time Taken to Deploy Ransomware Drops 94%

    Extortion found to be most common impact from cyber-attacks in 2022

  13. Call of Duty Developer Confirms Phishing Attempt but Not Breach

    Security researchers say hackers successfully exfiltrated content

  14. New Privilege Escalation Bug Class Found on macOS and iOS

    The new class of privilege escalation bugs is based on the ForcedEntry attack

  15. Hackers Exploit Privilege Escalation Flaw on Windows Backup Service

    The flaw is triggered using the Race Condition between temporary file creation and deletion

  16. Researchers Uncover New Information Stealer 'Stealc'

    Stealc is a fully featured stealer, whose development relied on Vidar, Raccoon, Mars and Redline

  17. City Fund Managers Jailed for $8m Fraud

    Trio get 12 years behind bars

  18. Ransomware Gang Seeks to Exploit Victims' Insurance Coverage

    Ransomware group tries to demonize carriers in negotiations

  19. Fifth of Brits Have Fallen Victim to Online Scammers

    Many don’t have any security controls in place, says F-Secure

  20. Samsung Launches Message Guard to Protect Users From Cyber-Threats

    The feature provides a sandbox layer isolating some image files from the rest of the device

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