Infosecurity News

UK Privacy Tsar Defends Controversial Enforcement Strategy
Information commissioner wants to avoid "money-go-round" of government fines

Dozens of Russian Groups Steal 50 Million User Passwords
Info-stealing malware infected nearly one million devices in 2022

Ducktail Hacker Group Evolves, Targets Facebook Business Accounts
Activity observed since early September featured new avenues to spear-phish targets

US Takes Down Domains Used in 'Pig Butchering' Cryptocurrency Scheme
The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia made the announcement on Monday

Firms Spend $1197 Per Employee Yearly to Address Cyber-Attacks
The data excludes compliance fines, ransomware costs and losses from non-operational processes

Estonian Duo Arrested for Masterminding $575m Ponzi Scheme
US authorities unseal 18-count indictment

Experts Warn Threat Actors May Abuse Red Team Tool Nighthawk
C2 framework could be the next Cobalt Strike, says Proofpoint

Credential Stuffers Steal $300K from DraftKings Customers
Complaints about poor customer service flood Twitter

Google Wins Legal Battle Against Glupteba Botnet
The tech giant said the court's ruling against the botnet operators set a crucial legal precedent

Thousands of Algolia API Keys Could Expose Users' Data
The majority were from shopping, education, lifestyle, business and medical firms

Luna Moth Phishing Extortion Campaign Targets Businesses in Multiple Sectors
It leverages extortion without encryption and has cost victims hundreds of thousands of dollars

Private Equity Exposed by Cyber-Hygiene Shortcomings
Fifth of portfolio companies feature "zero tolerance findings"

New AXLocker Ransomware Steals Victims' Discord Tokens
Researchers also discover two additional new variants

Ten Charged in $11m Healthcare BEC Plots
Several of the men diverted funds intended for hospitals

CISA, NSA, ODNI Publish Software Supply Chain Guidelines For Customers
The come after the August release of guidance for developers and the October one for suppliers

Shoppers Warned Stay Alert this Black Friday as Hackers Renew Efforts
Cyber-criminals are exploiting the busy period during both purchase and delivery stages

Instagram Credential Phishing Attacks Bypass Microsoft Email Security
The attack bypassed both SPF and DMARC email authentication checks

Emerging Threat Actor DEV-0569 Expands Its Toolkit to Deliver Royal Ransomware
As well as malvertising and phishing links, the new threat actor is now also using contact forms to deliver its payloads, found Microsoft

Netflix Phishing Emails Surge 78%
Social engineers are using Unicode techniques to bypass filters

Russian Duo Indicted Over E-Book Piracy
St Petersburg couple were arrested in Argentina



