Infosecurity News

Evil Corp Hacker Group Changes Ransomware Tactics to Evade US Sanctions
The Russian hacker group has shifted tactics and tools with an aim to continue profiting from its nefarious activity

Smishing and Vishing Attempts Surged in 2021
Proofpoint records 100,000 phone-based attacks each day

Social Care Organizations Get Cybersecurity Boost
NHS delivers new resources to enhance staff awareness

Cyber-Attack Surface "Spiralling Out of Control"
Infosec pros still struggling to define and manage cyber-risk

#RSAC: The Changing Work of the Cyber-Threat Intelligence Community
The need for new approaches to improve cyber-threat intelligence was highlighted during a keynote at the RSA conference

Critical Vulnerability Found in Motorola's Unisoc Chips
Checkpoint Research spotted a critical vulnerability in Unisoc Tiger T700 chips in three Motorola models

State-Backed Hacker Believed to Be Behind Follina Attacks on EU and US
An unnamed state actor is behind a phishing campaign targeting European and local US government entities

Gloucester Council IT Systems Still Not Fully Operational Six Months After Cyber-Attack
The authority said its servers were compromised on December 20 last year

Russian Ministry Website Reportedly Hacked
Russia's state news agency said hackers were demanding a ransom

10 Companies Chosen to Test Next-Generation Cybersecurity Technologies
10 companies will experiment on the Morello board as part of the government-backed DSbD initiative

Europol Confirms Takedown of SMS-based FluBot Spyware
The action was prompted by the Android malware spreading aggressively through SMS around the world

Connecticut Becomes Fifth US State to Enact Consumer Privacy Law
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont officially signed into law the so-called Connecticut Privacy Act

Twice as Many Healthcare Organizations Now Pay Ransom
Extorters focus their efforts on a perceived soft target

Nearly Three-Quarters of Firms Suffer Downtime from DNS Attacks
Digital transformation and remote working take their toll

Euro Cops Bust $47m Money Laundering Operation
Funds were funnelled from invoice fraud and crypto scams

Microsoft Acknowledges Zero-Day, Follina Office Vulnerability, Suggests Fix
Microsoft released an advisory on Monday regarding the zero-day Office flaw dubbed ‘Follina’ .

Magniber Ransomware Now Targets Windows 11 Machines
Magniber ransomware upgraded to prompt fake Windows 11 updates

Three BEC Suspects Arrested in “Killer Bee” Sting
Interpol helps Nigerian investigators pounce

UK Privacy Tsar: Stop Excessive Data Collection from Rape Victims
Information commissioner wants immediate end to the practice

Airline in Turkey Exposes Flight and Crew Info in 6.5TB Leak
Misconfigured AWS bucket to blame for privacy snafu



