Infosecurity News

Ponzi Scheme Suspect Deported to China After $36m Bust
Interpol Red Notice leads to arrest in Papua New Guinea

Spyware Found on Spanish PM's Phone
Pegasus used to extract data from phones of Spain’s prime minister and defense minister

American Idol Winner Accused of Spying on Ex-girlfriend
Laine Hardy arrested on suspicion of putting a listening device in ex-girlfriend’s college dorm

Californian Phished $23.5m from DoD
Phisher who stole money meant for DoD jet fuel suppliers could be locked up for life

Finnish Hotels' Data Compromised
Cyber-attack on booking system exposes personal data of thousands of high-end hotel guests

BIO-ISAC Partners with NY Metro InfraGard
Bioeconomy ISAC and New York Metro InfraGard Members Alliance announce partnership

Secret School District Crypto Miner Resigns
Texas school district employee caught mining cryptocurrency at school quits job

Ransomware Fallout Costs Seven Times the Ransom Paid
Check Point analysis highlights need for well-planned incident response

Bumblebee Malware Loader Has a Sting in the Tail
Researchers warn that malware appears to have replaced BazarLoader

Five Eyes Agencies List Top 15 Most Exploited Bugs of 2021
Organizations urged to patch immediately

Europol: Deepfakes Set to Be Used Extensively in Organized Crime
Europol warns law enforcement agencies to enhance skills and tech at officers’ disposal to keep pace with criminal use of deepfakes

Uber ‘Cough Girl’ Accused of Identity Theft
Woman shown coughing on Uber driver in viral video allegedly stole nurse’s identity

Chickens Baked Alive Due to Computer Glitch
English farm fined $55K after more than 27,000 birds die in overheating disaster

Crypto Trading Fund Partners Accused of Fraud
Block Bits Fund investors allegedly conned out of $960K by defendants’ tech misrepresentations

Global Security Spending Set to Hit $198bn by 2025
Geopolitical uncertainty adds to CISOs' headaches

Microsoft: Russia Has Launched Hundreds of Cyber Operations in Ukraine
Pre-positioning began as far back as March 2021

Security Alert as Researchers Discover 400,000 Exposed Databases
Public-facing assets are a prime target for attack

Cyber Skills Gap Linked to Breaches
Impact of skills gap in cybersecurity industry goes beyond talent shortage

Smile Brands Breach Impacts 2.5 Million Individuals
Data breach, first reported as impacting 1200 individuals, affected 2,592,494

Private Investigator Admits Role in Hedge Fund Hack
Private investigator pleads guilty to involvement in global fraud and hacking conspiracy



