Infosecurity News

Budworm Espionage Group Returns, Targets US State Legislature
Budworm leveraged the Log4j vulnerabilities to compromise the Apache Tomcat service on servers

IP Cameras, VoIP and Video Conferencing Revealed as Riskiest IoT Devices
Warning to orgnaizations to be aware of risky devices across IT, IoT, OT and IoMT

UK Government Urges Action to Enhance Supply Chain Security
The NCSC guidance has been issued amid a significant increase in supply chain attacks in recent years

#DTX2022: Cyber Needs to Redress the Defensive-Offensive Balance Following Russia-Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights the value of defensive cybersecurity, says Dr Alexi Drew

FormBook Tops Check Point's Most Wanted Malware List For September
Vidar, an infostealer, has entered the top 10 list in eighth place for the first time

Microsoft October 2022 Patch Tuesday Fixes 84 Flaws, Including Zero-Day
Thirteen of the 84 vulnerabilities fixed in yesterday’s update are classified as 'Critical'

Singtel's Australian IT Firm Dialog Suffers Data Breach
The breach affected around 20 clients and 1000 current and/or former Dialog employees

Claroty Found Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys in Siemens PLCs Using RCE
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVE – Siemens has already updated affected systems and published recommendations for mitigating the risk

Polonium Uses Seven Backdoor Variants to Spy on Israeli Organizations
Researchers at ESET found evidence of previously undocumented custom tools used by the hackers

#ISC2Congress: US Government is Embracing 'Collective Defense'
We are all in it together, says the DoE's chief information officer

Google Unifies Recent Acquisitions Under New Cloud Security Offering
Google embeds in cloud security market with new software suite

Toyota Reveals Data Leak of 300,000 Customers
The leak was caused by an access key being made publicly available on GitHub for almost five years

A New Wave of PayPal Invoice Scams Using Crypto Disguise
Trend Micro found evidence of new PayPal scammers impersonating crypto-related businesses

#ISC2Congress: Cybersecurity Pros Must Prepare for Emerging Deepfake Threats
The security risks posed by deepfake technology are increasing

Calls for Better Microsoft Teams Backup as Confidential Info Sent on the Platform
Many admitted to sending messages on Teams they should not have

Pro-Russian Group KillNet Claims Responsibility for 14 US Airport DDoS Attacks
The websites of several major US airports were disrupted on October 10, 2022

Ukraine Enhances Cooperation With EU Cybersecurity Agencies
Ukraine looks to enhance European integration with ENISA special partner status

Intel Confirms Source Code Leak
Cyber-criminals could use the leaked source code to help launch attacks

ThermoSecure: Cracking Passwords Using Finger Heat on Keyboards is Now Possible
A group of researchers have guessed 100% of six-character passwords using this attack

German Cybersecurity Chief Faces Sacking Over Possible Russia Ties
Schoenbohm accused of having maintained contacts with people involved with Russian security services



