Infosecurity News

  1. Emotet Tops List of July's Most Widely Used Malware

    The Emotet botnet continues to evolve and now includes a credit card stealer module

  2. Predator Pleads Guilty After Targeting Thousands of Girls Online

    West Sussex man blackmailed his victims

  3. Exploit Activity Surges 150% in Q2 Thanks to Log4Shell

    Malware and botnet detections also soar

  4. Surge in CVEs as Microsoft Fixes Exploited Zero Day Bugs

    August Patch Tuesday addresses over 120 vulnerabilities

  5. New Malicious Python Libraries Found on PyPI Repository

    Some of these packages were capable of stealing user credentials and environment variables

  6. US Treasury Sanctions Virtual Currency Mixer For Connections With Lazarus Group

    Tornado Cash would have been used to launder more than $7b in virtual currency since its foundation

  7. Report Provides Updates on July's Maui Ransomware Incident

    The report extends CISA's “first seen” date and the geolocation of the target to other countries

  8. Health Adviser Fined After Illegally Accessing Medical Records

    Former NHS employee ordered to pay victims compensation

  9. Smishing Attack Led to Major Twilio Breach

    Firm tight-lipped on how many customers are affected

  10. Number of Firms Unable to Access Cyber-Insurance Set to Double

    Even those with policies may see coverage greatly reduced

  11. Meta Takes Action Against Cyber Espionage Operations Targeting Facebook in South Asia

    The groups' attacks were reportedly relatively low in sophistication but persistent and well-resourced

  12. Chinese Hackers May Be Behind Attacks Targeting Eastern Europe and Afghanistan

    The phishing emails contained Microsoft Word documents that exploited the CVE-2017-11882 flaw

  13. Hackers Exploit Open Redirect Vulnerabilities to Conduct LogoKit Phishing Campaigns

    LogoKit is based on JavaScript and can change logos and text on landing pages in real-time

  14. North Korean Hackers Target Crypto Job Seekers

    New social engineering campaign leverages Coinbase

  15. Zero-Day Bug Responsible for Massive Twitter Breach

    Over five million accounts were exposed

  16. NHS Cyber-Attack Delays Ambulances

    Digital supplier hit by suspected ransomware

  17. GwisinLocker Ransomware Targets Linux Systems in South Korea

    The malware was detected in campaigns targeting firms in the industrial and pharmaceutical space

  18. Hackers Exploit Hostinger's Preview Domain Feature to Launch Phishing Campaigns

    The new feature enables access to a site before it is accessible globally

  19. Cybercrime a Key Revenue Stream For North Korea's Weapons Program

    North Korea stole millions of dollars in crypto assets in at least one major hack

  20. Over 60% of Organizations Expose SSH to the Internet

    ExtraHop study finds sensitive protocols are not being managed securely

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