Infosecurity News

Google Warns Against Commercial Spyware Exploiting Zero-Days
Spyware vendors facilitated the spread of malware by government-backed threat actors

Clop Ransomware Group Exploits GoAnywhere MFT Flaw
The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 and was exploited against several companies in the US

Attacks Targeting APIs Increased By 400% in Last Six Months
The new Salt Security report found that 80% of attacks happened over authenticated APIs

ChatGPT Vulnerability May Have Exposed Users’ Payment Information
The breach was caused by a bug in an open-source library

Tech Industry Bids to Tackle Cyber-Mercenary Epidemic
New principles designed to disrupt and limit a rapidly growing market

Just 1% of Cloud Permissions Are Actively Used
Microsoft warns of "permissions gap" security threat

Experts Warn of Self-Funding North Korean Group APT43
Mandiant says unit is focused on espionage and crypto theft

Clipboard-Injector Attacks Target Cryptocurrency Users
The malware campaign relying on this technique was observed abusing Tor Browser installers

Apple Releases Security Patches For Older iPhone and iPad Models
The vulnerability refers to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine

France Bans TikTok, Other 'Fun' Apps From Government Devices
The move is expected to affect roughly 2.5 million government officials

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



