Infosecurity News

Firm Fined £200K For "Exploitative" Call Campaign
It's OK Ltd made over 1.7 million nuisance calls

Data Leak Hits Thousands of NHS Workers
Email snafu affects staff at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust

Hackers Fake Emsisoft Certificate to Hide Attack
Attempt to trick network defenders into allow-listing remote access app

BEC Groups Target Firms With Multilingual Impersonation Attacks
Combined, the two groups have launched BEC campaigns in at least 13 different languages

City of Oakland Declares State of Emergency After Ransomware Attack
Core functions are intact, but the city has taken certain non-emergency systems offline

Hackers Leverage PayPal to Send Malicious Invoices
The phishing email warned users that there had been fraud on the account

Quarter of Crypto Tokens Linked to Pump-and-Dump
Scammers made an estimated $30m in profits in 2022

Experts Warn of Surge in Multipurpose Malware
The average malware variant now utilizes 11 TTPs

UK Policing Riddled with Chinese CCTV Cameras
Security and ethical concerns raised by surveillance commissioner

Google Launches Privacy Sandbox Beta on Android 13 Devices
It is an initiative designed to limit user data sharing in digital advertising

LockBit and Royal Mail Ransomware Negotiation Leaked
It shows the threat actor trying to convince Royal Mail to pay the ransom using various techniques

Crypto-Stealing Campaign Deploys MortalKombat Ransomware
The attacks mainly targeted victims in the US but also in the UK, Turkey, and the Philippines

Threat Analysis: VMware ESXi Attacks Soared in 2022
Recorded Future analyzed how threat actors have been exploiting VMware ESXi vulnerabilities over the past three years

Microsoft Patches Three Zero-Day Bugs This Month
February Patch Tuesday contains updates for over 70 CVEs

SAS App and Website Hit as Attacks Target Swedish Firms
Valentine’s Day outages hit airline and media companies

SideWinder APT Attacks Regional Targets in New Campaign
Indian threat group conducts hundreds of operations in a short time-span

Lokibot, AgentTesla Grow in January 2023's Most Wanted Malware List
The infostealer Vidar has returned to the top 10 after an increase in ‘brandjacking’ attacks

Chinese Hackers Infiltrate South American Diplomatic Networks
The group previously targeted government agencies and think tanks in Asia and Europe

Hackers Breach Pepsi Bottling Ventures' Network
Experts say the delay in notifying customers left data potentially open to compromise

Spanish Police Bust €5m Phishing Gang
Group laundered funds via 100 bank accounts



