Infosecurity News

KillNet Group Uses DDoS Attacks Against Azure-Based Healthcare Apps
Microsoft said it saw between 40 and 60 daily attacks in February

BreachForums Admin Arrested in New York
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick of Peekskill was apprehended last Wednesday following an FBI investigation

UK Ransomware Incident Volumes Surge 17% in 2022
Jumpsec report identified Karakurt, Lockbit and Vice Society among groups responsible

"Hinata" Botnet Could Launch Massive DDoS Attacks
Akamai warns of new Mirai-like botnet written in Go

Scam Robocalls Forecast to Cost $58bn This Year
Juniper Research says most of the pain will be felt in the US

Telegram, WhatsApp Trojanized to Target Cryptocurrency Wallets
Most of these apps rely on clipper malware to steal the contents of the Android clipboard

Google Exposes 18 Zero-Day Flaws in Samsung Exynos Chips
Four of these vulnerabilities enabled potential attackers to perform remote code execution

Pro-Russian Winter Vivern APT Targets Governments and Telecom Firm
SentinelOne shared details about the new campaign in an advisory published on Thursday

ICO Reprimands Metropolitan Police for Data Snafu
Negligence could have caused "significant damage"

Russian Military Preparing New Destructive Attacks: Microsoft
Organizations outside Ukraine could be targeted

Vishing Campaign Targets Social Security Administration
Tens of thousands of mailboxes targeted

US Government IIS Server Breached via Telerik Software Flaw
The critical vulnerability allows remote code execution and was assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 9.8

ChipMixer Crypto Laundromat Shut Down By German, US Authorities
The operation seized four servers, 7TB of data and 1909.4 Bitcoins (roughly $47.3m)

UK Joins US, Canada, Others in Banning TikTok From Government Devices
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Oliver Dowden, confirmed the plans earlier today

NCSC Calms Fears Over ChatGPT Threat
Tool won't democratize cybercrime, agency argues

BEC Volumes Double on Phishing Surge
Business email compromise overtakes ransomware

Chinese SilkLoader Malware Sold to Russian Cyber-Criminals
Cobalt Strike beacon loader migrates across criminal ecosystems

Tick APT Group Hacked East Asian DLP Software Firm
The hacker breached the DLP company's internal update servers to deliver malware within its network

"FakeCalls" Android Malware Targets Financial Firms in South Korea
CPR discovered 2500 samples of the malware, impersonating 20 financial institutions in the region

Humans Still More Effective Than ChatGPT at Phishing
The research paper by HoxHunt analyzed 53,127 emails sent to users in over 100 countries



