Infosecurity News

  1. Bug Bounty Giant Slams Quality of Vendor Patching

    Zero Day Initiative says incomplete or faulty patches now commonplace

  2. Two Additional Malicious Python Libraries Found on PyPI Repository

    The new packages were masquerading as one of the most popular open-source packages on PyPI

  3. Healthcare Provider Issues Warning After Tracking Pixels Leak Patient Data

    The leak was caused by incorrect configurations of an online tracking tool from Meta

  4. New Attack Weaponizes PLCs to Hack Enterprise and OT Networks

    The research resulted in proof-of-concept exploits against seven market-leading automation firms

  5. #DEFCON: Electrovolt Exploits Against Electron Desktop Apps Exposed

    Electron-based desktop application including Discord, Microsoft Teams and VScode were at risk from a series of vulnerabilities

  6. #DEFCON: How US Teen RickRolled His High School District

    American teenager explains how he was able to hack his local high school district

  7. Hybrid Vishing Attacks Soar 625% in Q2

    Agari warns of multi-stage phishing threat

  8. Microsoft Disrupts Russian Cyber-Espionage Group Seaborgium

    APT group focused on classic data theft via email accounts

  9. Water Company Says Supply Safe After Ransom Group Claims

    South Staffordshire Water admits it was compromised

  10. Software Patches Flaw on macOS Could Let Hackers Bypass All Security Levels

    After deploying the initial attack, the researcher was able to escape the macOS sandbox

  11. Luckymouse Uses Compromised MiMi Chat App to Target Windows and Linux Systems

    The news comes from two different security reports published by SEKOIA and Trend Micro

  12. Dutch Authorities Arrest Tornado Cash Developer Following US Sanctions on Crypto Mixer Firm

    The Financial Advanced Cyber Team of the FIOD started the criminal investigation in June

  13. #DEFCON: How Sanctions Impact Internet Operators

    Following government sanctions against Russia, Internet providers have had to learn how to implement actions

  14. #DEFCON: CISA Director Praises Congress and International Cybersecurity Cooperation

    Jen Easterly discusses the progress and challenges at CISA

  15. Three Extradited from UK to US on $5m BEC Charges

    Nigerian nationals accused of targeting US universities

  16. New Study Reveals Serious Cyber Insurance Shortfalls

    Most companies do not have enough coverage to recover from ransomware

  17. Critical Infrastructure at Risk as Thousands of VNC Instances Exposed

    Researchers find many deployments have authentication disabled

  18. Meta Tests Encrypted Backups and End-to-End Encryption in Facebook Messenger

    Meta is also introducing an encrypted backup feature called Secure Storage

  19. Xiaomi Smartphone Vulnerabilities Could Lead to Forged Payments

    The devices were powered by MediaTek chips and susceptible to two kinds of attacks

  20. SolidBit Ransomware Group Recruiting New Affiliates on Dark Web

    20% of the earned profit from the distribution of the ransomware will be paid to the affiliates

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