Infosecurity News

  1. US Firm Pays $16m to Settle Healthcare Fraud Claims

    Essilor International resolves False Claims Act allegations

  2. Workplace Stress Worse than Cyber-Attack Fears for Security Pros

    CIISec study finds few have adopted industry best practices

  3. Scammers Create "AI Hologram" of C-Suite Crypto Exec

    Online fraudsters appear to be upping their game

  4. Plex Suffers Data Breach, Warns Users to Reset Passwords

    The company said it discovered suspicious activity on one of its databases on Tuesday

  5. War in Ukraine Has Pushed Two-Thirds of Businesses to Change Cyber Strategy

    The use of machine identity tools is growing in state-sponsored cyber-attacks

  6. VMware Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in VMware Tools

    The flaw reportedly impacted the software on both Windows and Linux systems

  7. IoT Vulnerability Disclosures Up 57% in Six Months, Claroty Reveals

    The research also found that vendor self-disclosures increased by 69%

  8. Facebook Bug Causes Users’ Feeds to Be Spammed

    Users’ feeds were spammed with posts from strangers on the pages of celebrities

  9. Ransomware Surges to 1.2 Million Attacks Per Month

    French hospital is the latest to be hit

  10. EU Outlines Critical Cyber Response to Ukraine War

    Agencies team up to police borders and mitigate Russian cyber-threats

  11. US Healthcare Sector Breaches 342m+ Records Since 2009

    Biggest year so far was 2020

  12. NCSC Shares Guidance to Help Secure Large Construction Projects

    The guide includes input from firms with experience in joint ventures, including major infrastructure contracts such as HS2 and Crossrail

  13. Ex-Security Chief Accuses Twitter of Cybersecurity Negligence

    Peiter Zatko admitted that he “reasonably feared Twitter could suffer an Equifax-level hack”

  14. CISA Adds Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS Vulnerability to Catalog

    The flaw would allow a network-based unauthenticated threat actor to perform DoS attacks

  15. Air-Gap Attack Exploits Gyroscope Ultrasonic Covert Channel to Leak Data

    Gairoscope is a covert ultrasonic channel that does not require a microphone on the receiving side

  16. Counterfeit Android Devices Revealed to Contain Backdoor Designed to Hack WhatsApp

    At least four different smartphones affected: ‘P48pro’, ‘radmi note 8’, ‘Note30u’ and ‘Mate40’

  17. Media Firms Twice as Vulnerable as Cross-Sector Average

    Nearly a third have internet-facing bugs, says BlueVoyant

  18. Configuration Errors to Blame for 80% of Ransomware

    Microsoft urges better attack surface management

  19. FBI: Beware Residential IPs Hiding Credential Stuffing

    Feds warn of various tactics hackers use to hijack accounts

  20. CEO of Blacklisted Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Steps Down

    The resignation of CEO Shalev Hulio will see COO Yaron Shohat take the helm

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