Infosecurity News

Police Arrest Trio in Multimillion-Dollar Extortion Case
Men are accused of stealing data on tens of millions of victims

Privacy Concerns Raised Over Android Apps' Data Safety Labels
The claims come from Mozilla's *Privacy Not Included researchers

CISA Calls For Increased Vigilance One Year After Ukraine's Russian Invasion
It warned nations' defenders against disruptive and defacement attacks today

EU Commission Bans TikTok on Corporate Devices
The move aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats

Russian IT “Brain Drain” Decentralizes Cybercrime
Recorded Future claims war in Ukraine is having a major impact

Investment Scams Drive $9bn in Fraud in 2022
FTC says consumer fraud is up 30% on the previous year

Firms Who Pay Ransom Subsidise 10 New Attacks: Report
Trend Micro urges victim organizations to resist extorters demands

WinorDLL64 Backdoor Linked to Lazarus Group
The Wslink loader can reportedly serve other connecting clients and load additional payloads

Dozens of Malicious 'HTTP' Libraries Found on PyPI
ReversingLabs cybersecurity researchers spotted 41 malicious PyPI packages

Hackers Use S1deload Stealer to Target Facebook, YouTube Users
The malicious software employs DLL sideloading techniques to run its malicious components

ICO Calls on Accountants to Improve SME Data Protection
A fifth of firms use accountants to help with compliance

Russian Invasion Sparks Global Wiper Malware Surge
Fortinet detected a 50% increase in destructive attacks in H2 2022

Phishing Sites and Apps Use ChatGPT as Lure
Campaigns designed to steal card information and install malware

Open Source Flaws Found in 84% of Codebases
The figures come from Synopsys’ new Open Source Security and Risk Analysis report

Hydrochasma Group Targets Asian Medical and Shipping Sectors
The hackers appear to have a possible interest in industries connected with COVID-19 treatments

Npm Packages Used to Distribute Phishing Links
The malicious packages were reportedly created using automated processes

Putin Speech Interrupted by DDoS Attack
Outage impacts Russian state media websites

Time Taken to Deploy Ransomware Drops 94%
Extortion found to be most common impact from cyber-attacks in 2022

Call of Duty Developer Confirms Phishing Attempt but Not Breach
Security researchers say hackers successfully exfiltrated content

New Privilege Escalation Bug Class Found on macOS and iOS
The new class of privilege escalation bugs is based on the ForcedEntry attack



