Infosecurity News

Manufacturers Struggle to Manage Cyber-Threats from New Tech Deployments
42% of UK manufacturers have been a victim of cybercrime in the past 12 months, according to new research

Digital Giant ABB to Pay $315m in Bribery Case
Firm pleads guilty in major South Africa conspiracy

Microsoft: Beware Russian Winter Cyber-Offensive
Ukraine's allies may be in the firing line for destructive attacks

French Hospital Halts Operations After Cyber-Attack
André-Mignot hospital shuts down computer systems

Google Increases Android Security With Memory-Safe Programming Languages
The number of memory safety vulnerabilities in Android dropped from 223 in 2019 to 85 in 2022

'Black Proxies' Enable Threat Actors to Conduct Malicious Activity
First used as botnets, their lucrative nature turned them into independent criminal enterprises

Hackers Use Archive Files and HTML Smuggling to Bypass Detection Tools
HP's latest report suggests 44% of malware was delivered via archive files in Q3 2022

Industry Coalition Urges Congress to Hold off on SBOM Requirements for Defense Contractors
The coalition outlined the need to refine SBOM requirements before making it an obligation for defense contractors

NATO Launches Massive Cyber-Defense Exercise
Annual Cyber Coalition effort helps nations develop and share best practice

Cuba Ransomware Actors Pocket $60m
Number of US victims has doubled over the past year

Trojan Steals Facebook Details from Over 300K Victims
"Schoolyard Bully" has been active since 2018

Hackers Target Colombia's Healthcare System With Ransomware
The attack disrupted IT operations, websites and scheduling of medical appointments

Spyware Vendor Variston Exploited N-Days in Chrome, Firefox, Windows
The claims come from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which published an advisory about the threat

WhatsApp Files on Dark Web Show Millions of Records For Sale
The list went on sale for four days and is now being distributed for free among dark web users

UK Extends NIS Regulations to IT Managed Service Providers
The UK strengthens its regulations on Network and Information Systems (NIS) to better prevent software supply chain attacks

Eight Charged with $30m Unemployment Benefits Fraud
Defendants allegedly used insider to obtain personal information

Researchers Accidentally Crash Cryptomining Botnet
Akamai reveals how a simple syntax error stopped it sending commands

LastPass Reveals Another Customer Data Breach
Incident is second this year, although company says passwords are safe

Majority of US Defense Contractors Not Meeting Basic Cybersecurity Requirements
87% of DoD contractors are failing to meet the basic level of compliance ahead of CMMC coming into force next year

Australian Parliament Passes Privacy Penalty Bill
The higher penalties and extended powers will become effective after the bill receives royal assent



