Infosecurity News

Researchers Reveal New Iranian Threat Group APT42
Group has been active since at least 2015

The North Face Warns of Major Credential Stuffing Campaign
Apparel giant detects unusual activity on accounts

NATO-Member Albania Cut Ties With Iran Over Cyber-Attack
Tehran denied any link, claiming Tirana’s action was “based on such baseless claims”

Ukraine Shutters Two More Russian Bot Farms
Facilities used to spread Russian disinformation

'DangerousSavanna' Hackers Targeted Financial Institutions in Africa For Two Years
The campaign relied on spearphishing techniques to initiate infection chains

Japan Government Websites Hit By Cyber-Attacks, Killnet Suspected
The websites could not be accessed on Tuesday evening, but they were restored hours later

InterContinental Hotels Confirms Cyber-Attack After Two-Day Outage
IHG is assessing the nature, extent and impact of the incident and implementing response plans

UK Privacy Regulator Fines Halfords for Spam Deluge
Retailer sent half a million emails to people without their consent

Authorities Take Down Prolific WT1SHOP Cybercrime Marketplace
Portuguese and US authorities seize website and domains

FBI K-12 Ransomware Warning as LAUSD is Hit
Second-largest US school district compromised over the weekend

Half of Firms Report Supply Chain Ransomware Compromise
Study highlights threat detection challenge for many organizations

Interpol Busts Asian Sextortion Syndicate
Cops launched public awareness campaign in June to warn potential victims

Meta Fined $400m in Ireland For Children's Privacy Breach
Instagram allowed children to run business accounts, which showed phone numbers and email addresses

London's Biggest Bus Operator Hit by Cyber "Incident"
Go-Ahead is working through its incident response plans

BlackCat Ransomware Linked to Italy's Energy Services Firm Hack
The ransomware group claimed to have downloaded 700GB of data from GSE

Game-Related Cyber-Threats: Almost 100k Malicious Files Last Year
Kaspersky also observed an increase in the number of programs that can steal secrets

KeyBank's Customer Information Stolen By Hackers Via Third-party Provider
Overby-Seawell, a firm providing multiple clients with insurance services is alleged to have been the source of the breach

SharkBot Malware Resurfaces on Google Play to Steal Users' Credentials
It reportedly targets the banking credentials of Android users via apps with 60,000 installations

EvilProxy Phishing Toolkit Spotted on Dark Web Forums
The tool highlights the growth in attacks against online services and MFA authorization mechanisms

New Rules for Crypto Exchanges to Stop Sanctions Evaders
UK Treasury demands exchanges report suspected breaches



