Infosecurity News

  1. CISOs Worried About Personal Liability For Breaches

    Many want insurance to cover any financial impact

  2. Operation Power Off: 13 More Booter Sites Seized

    Four pleaded guilty to running DDoS-for-hire operations

  3. Five Takeaways From the Russian Cyber-Attack on Viasat's Satellites

    The 2022 AcidRain wiper attack, which shut down satellite services for thousands of people in Ukraine and Western Europe, was extensively discussed during the CYSAT conference in Paris

  4. Dallas Police Department Compromised in Ransomware Attack

    The attack took down essential services, including some 911 dispatch systems

  5. North Korean APT Kimsuky Launches Global Spear-Phishing Campaign

    ReconShark is sent via emails containing OneDrive links leading to documents with malicious macros

  6. "Kekw" Malware in Python Packages Could Steal Data and Hijack Crypto

    Cyble said the Python security team has now removed the malicious package from PyPI

  7. Cyber Patrols Lead to Seizure of Stolen Artefacts

    Items dating back thousands of years recovered in new crackdown

  8. Ransomware Actors Extort University Via Alert System

    Innovative tactics turn up the heat on Bluefield University

  9. Subscription Trojan Downloaded 600K Times From Google Play

    Kaspersky says Fleckpe was hidden in 11 apps

  10. Brightline Hack Exposes Data of Over 780,000 Child Mental Health Patients

    Brightline said the breach was due to a zero-day flaw in Fortra GoAnywhere MFT

  11. Meta Tackles Malware Posing as ChatGPT in Persistent Campaigns

    Malware families detected and disrupted include Ducktail and the newly identified NodeStealer

  12. Android Spyware BouldSpy Linked to Iranian Government

    The mobile malware has been used by threat actors to target minority groups

  13. Consumer Group Slams Bank App Fraud Failings

    Which? wants banks to improve customer outreach and security

  14. Malicious HTML Attachment Volumes Surge

    File type remains the most dangerous in email-borne threats

  15. US Authorities Dismantle Dark Web "Card Checking" Platform

    Try2Check helped cyber-criminals test stolen card details

  16. CISA Advises FCC Covered List For Risk Management

    Some of the companies included in the list are Huawei, ZTE, Dahua and China Unicom

  17. Apple and Google Unveil Industry Specification For Unwanted Tracking

    The new standard ensures that Bluetooth location-tracking can work with unauthorized tracking detection and alerts on iOS and Android

  18. Earth Longzhi Uses "Stack Rumbling" to Disable Security Software

    Trend Micro analyzed two separate Earth Longzhi campaigns between 2020 and 2022

  19. Three-Quarters of Firms Predict Breach in Coming Year

    Preparedness is improving, but not by enough

  20. Government's New Fraud Strategy Gets Lukewarm Reception

    Much-anticipated plan criticized as "too little, too late"

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