Infosecurity News
Quarter of UK SMBs Hit by Ransomware in 2022
War in Ukraine is making firms more anxious
Twitter: Leak of 200 Million Accounts Not Due to Historic Bug
Social media firm claims its systems were not compromised
Royal Mail Halts International Deliveries After Cyber-Incident
It's still unclear whether customer data has been compromised
New APT Dark Pink Hits Asia-Pacific, Europe With Spear Phishing Tactics
The group began operations as early as mid-2021, but its activity increased in mid-to-late 2022
Multiple Danish Banks Disrupted By DDoS Cyber-Attack
The attack also affected IT financial industry solutions developer Bankdata
Sensitive Files From San Francisco Transit Police Allegedly Leaked
The leaked files include some 120,000 files, with specific allegations of child abuse
Customer and Employee Data the Top Prize for Hackers – Imperva
Customer and employee data accounts for almost half all stolen data while credit cards and password see a decline
Applications Five Years or Older Likely to have Security Flaws
Veracode’s 2023 State of Software Security Report is focused on flaw introduction
Over 100 CVEs Addressed in First Patch Tuesday of 2023
Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday resolved over 100 CVEs, including an actively exploited zero day
US Supreme Court Allows WhatsApp to Sue NSO Group
WhatsApp can now sue for damages ensued by the installation of the Pegasus spyware
Researchers Find Security Flaw in JsonWebToken Library Used By 20,000+ Projects
An attacker could perform RCE on a server verifying a maliciously crafted JWT request
GitHub Adds Features to Automate Vulnerability Code Scanning
Called “default setup,” the novel capability simplifies starting code scanning on repositories
UK Charities Offered Free Cyber Essentials Support
The NCSC’s new Funded Cyber Essentials Programme will support SMEs as well as charities
Ukraine: Russian Cyber-Attacks Should Be Considered War Crimes
A Ukrainian official revealed that evidence of Russian cyber-attacks are being gathered to support potential war crime prosecutions
Freejacking Campaign By PurpleUrchin Bypasses Captchas
The threat actors also deployed more aggressive techniques for mining CPU resources
ChatGPT Used to Develop New Malicious Tools
These include infostealers, multi-layer encryption tools and dark web marketplace scripts
Dark Web Actors Fight For Drug Trafficking and Illegal Pharmacy Supremacy
Following the takedown of the Hydra Marketplace in 2022, 10 darknet markets rose to fill the void
Global Cyber-Attack Volume Surges 38% in 2022
Last year was also worst on record for UK businesses
Threat Actors Spread RAT Via Pokemon NFT Card Site
Phishing page lures unsuspecting users into installing remote access malware
FCC Wants to Accelerate Breach Reporting for Telcos
Proposals designed to strengthen consumer protections
