Infosecurity News

Tech Industry Bids to Tackle Cyber-Mercenary Epidemic
New principles designed to disrupt and limit a rapidly growing market

Just 1% of Cloud Permissions Are Actively Used
Microsoft warns of "permissions gap" security threat

Experts Warn of Self-Funding North Korean Group APT43
Mandiant says unit is focused on espionage and crypto theft

Clipboard-Injector Attacks Target Cryptocurrency Users
The malware campaign relying on this technique was observed abusing Tor Browser installers

Apple Releases Security Patches For Older iPhone and iPad Models
The vulnerability refers to a type confusion bug in the WebKit browser engine

France Bans TikTok, Other 'Fun' Apps From Government Devices
The move is expected to affect roughly 2.5 million government officials

Four Years Behind Bars for Prolific BEC Scammer
Solomon Ekunke Okpe and others made over $1m from online fraud

Call for Submissions to UK's New Computer Misuse Act
Bugcrowd is concerned about a lack of protection for ethical hackers

US Moves to Ban "Anti-Democratic" Spyware
White House says use of tools must be aligned with human rights

Microsoft Fixes Security Flaw in Windows Screenshot Tools
Information disclosure vulnerability aCropalypse could enable malicious actors to recover sections of screenshots

Three Variants of IcedID Malware Discovered
The new variants hint that considerable effort is going into the future of IcedID and its codebase

New MacStealer Targets Catalina, Newer MacOS Versions
The malware can extract information from documents, browser cookies and login information

NCA Harvests Info on DDoS-For-Hire With Fake Booter Sites
Agency attempts to disrupt the cybercrime underground

New BEC Tactics Enable Fake Asset Purchases
FBI warns of scammers using Net-30 and Net-60 terms

Latitude Financial Admits Breach Impacted Millions
Over 14 million records stolen from consumer lender

CISA Unveils Ransomware Notification Initiative
Provides businesses with early warnings to evict threat actors before they can encrypt data

WooCommerce Patches Critical Plugin Flaw Affecting Half a Million Sites
The vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain admin privileges and take over a website

GitHub Updates Security Protocol For Operations Over SSH
The move reportedly did not stem from a compromise of GitHub systems or customer information

UK Parliament Bans TikTok from its Network and Devices
Further blow for Chinese social media app

IRS Phishing Emails Used to Distribute Emotet
Monster 500MB attachment hides a nasty surprise



