Infosecurity News
Healthcare Data Breaches Impact 147k Illinoisans
Two Illinois healthcare organizations are notifying patients that their PHI may have been exposed
Baltimore Conned Out of $375k
OIG finds city had no authorized list of vendor signatories when it paid hacker posing as a vendor
Phishing Emails Impersonating LinkedIn Surge by 232% Amid 'Great Resignation'
Attackers are increasingly leveraging LinkedIn to socially engineer victims into clicking on phishing links
RSA Advisory Board Discuss Pressing Issues in Cybersecurity
Three members of the RSA Advisory board offered insights into ransomware, Log4j and supply chain security
Finance Officer Jailed After Stealing £200,000 from Charity
Insider used some of the funds across online gambling sites
CISA Puts Chrome and Magento Zero-Days on Must-Patch List
Another nine bugs added to catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities
Ukraine Defense and Bank Networks DDoS-ed
Russia suspected of intensifying cyber-attacks
Marine Charged with Cyber-Stalking
US Marine accused of waging cyber sextortion campaign against young women in California
Internet Society Data Leaked
Unsecured data of 80,000 ISOC members discovered on Microsoft Azure blob repository
Barclays: Scams Surged in Final Quarter of 2021
Reported scams surged by 17% in the final quarter of 2021 in the UK, while attempted scams increased by 70% over the same period
Crypto Lender Agrees to Pay $100m in Fines
SEC cracks down in novel regulatory action
Three-Fifths of Cyber-Attacks in 2021 Were Malware-Free
CrowdStrike report warns that threat actors are getting smarter at evasion
Ukraine Claims "Hybrid Warfare" Already Underway
Government tries to reassure country amidst Russian disinformation effort
San Francisco 49ers Hit by Ransomware
NFL team confirm cyber-attack one day before Super Bowl
Data Breach at Morley Companies
Michigan AG warns of secondary scams after cyber-attack impacts 521k individuals’ personal data
Threat Actors Still Love a Romance Scam
Nearly twice as many people in UK and US targeted by romance scams in 2021 than in 2020
Three-Quarters of Ransomware Payments Linked to Russia
More than $400m worth of cryptocurrency went to ransomware strains “highly likely” to be affiliated with Russia in some way last year
Local Authority Sets Aside £380k for Cyber-Attack Recovery
Gloucester City Council was struck in December 2021
Google: Vendors Accelerate Bug Fixes to Just 52 Days
Google’s 90-day deadline exceeded only once in 2021
Trustpilot Sues Immigration Biz for Alleged Fake Reviews
Reviews site claims firm has ignored its enforcement action
