Infosecurity News

  1. 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

  2. Smishing and Vishing Attempts Surged in 2021

    Proofpoint records 100,000 phone-based attacks each day

  3. Social Care Organizations Get Cybersecurity Boost

    NHS delivers new resources to enhance staff awareness

  4. Cyber-Attack Surface "Spiralling Out of Control"

    Infosec pros still struggling to define and manage cyber-risk

  5. #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

  6. Critical Vulnerability Found in Motorola's Unisoc Chips

    Checkpoint Research spotted a critical vulnerability in Unisoc Tiger T700 chips in three Motorola models

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Russian Ministry Website Reportedly Hacked

    Russia's state news agency said hackers were demanding a ransom

  10. 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

  11. Europol Confirms Takedown of SMS-based FluBot Spyware

    The action was prompted by the Android malware spreading aggressively through SMS around the world

  12. Connecticut Becomes Fifth US State to Enact Consumer Privacy Law

    Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont officially signed into law the so-called Connecticut Privacy Act

  13. Twice as Many Healthcare Organizations Now Pay Ransom

    Extorters focus their efforts on a perceived soft target

  14. Nearly Three-Quarters of Firms Suffer Downtime from DNS Attacks

    Digital transformation and remote working take their toll

  15. Euro Cops Bust $47m Money Laundering Operation

    Funds were funnelled from invoice fraud and crypto scams

  16. Microsoft Acknowledges Zero-Day, Follina Office Vulnerability, Suggests Fix

    Microsoft released an advisory on Monday regarding the zero-day Office flaw dubbed ‘Follina’ .

  17. Magniber Ransomware Now Targets Windows 11 Machines

    Magniber ransomware upgraded to prompt fake Windows 11 updates

  18. Three BEC Suspects Arrested in “Killer Bee” Sting

    Interpol helps Nigerian investigators pounce

  19. UK Privacy Tsar: Stop Excessive Data Collection from Rape Victims

    Information commissioner wants immediate end to the practice

  20. Airline in Turkey Exposes Flight and Crew Info in 6.5TB Leak

    Misconfigured AWS bucket to blame for privacy snafu

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