Infosecurity News

#InfosecurityEurope2022 Cooperation Necessary to Strengthen Cyber Strategies
The panel also discussed how to build leadership resilience to cope with disruptive changes

New Toddycat APT Targets MS Exchange Servers in Europe and Asia
APT actor would utilize two formerly unknown tools Kaspersky called "Samurai backdoor" and "Ninja Trojan"

Cloudflare Outage Knocks Hundreds of Websites Offline
The list is extensive and includes technology giants such as Discord, Medium, Coinbase, NordVPN and Feedly

New DFSCoerce NTLM Relay Attack Enables Hackers to Perform Windows Domain Takeover
Assuming the identity of a domain, threat actors could then execute arbitrary commands

#InfosecurityEurope2022 Defense Looks to Bring Cyber Into the Mainstream
UK forces need talent and skills to allow the UK to counter cyber-threats and defend its interests

#InfosecurityEurope2022 Ransomware: Payment Decisions Finely Balanced
Firms need to weigh up operational, ethical and financial issues when deciding whether to pay ransomware, according to experts

Microsoft Out-of-Band Update Fixes Arm Device Issues
Some users could not sign-in using Azure Active Directory

US Bank Data Breach Impacts Over 1.5 Million Customers
Flagstar reveals details of December incident

Researchers Reveal 56 OT Bugs in "Icefall" Report
Forescout warns of widespread “insecure-by-design” practices

Google Chrome Extensions Could Be Used to Track Users Online
New website can check for installed Chrome extensions and generate a fingerprint of a visiting user

Former Amazon Worker Convicted of Capital One Data Breach
The software engineer mined stolen data and installed cryptocurrency miners on some AWS servers

BRATA Android Malware Group Now Classified As Advanced Persistent Threat
BRATA now targeting a specific financial institution at a time

Governance Gap Raises AI Security Concerns
Cyber now seen as most important component for adoption

QNAP Customers Hit by Double Ransomware Blitz
Taiwanese manufacturer braced for twin threat

Investigators Disrupt Giant RSocks Botnet
Russian cyber-criminals rented it out to other groups

Microsoft Addresses Wi-Fi Hotspots Issues in Latest Update
Host devices might lose connection to the internet after client device connects

US Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Hacking iCloud Accounts and Stealing Nudes
Hao Kuo Chi illegally obtained iCloud credentials of 4700 victims

WordPress Updates More Than a Million Sites to Fix Critical Ninja Forms Vulnerability
The code injection vulnerability allowed attackers to call methods in various Ninja Forms classes

Experts Discuss Next Steps in Trust, Privacy and Security
The complex interrelation between trust, privacy and cybersecurity was discussed by experts during Okta Forum 2022

UK Proposes Post-Brexit Data Laws to Boost Innovation
Proposals designed to unlock businesses' ability to use data and clamp down on nuisance calls and cookie pop-ups



