Infosecurity News

Former Uber CSO Faces New Charge for 2016 Breach
US feds accuse Joe Sullivan of using bug bounty to conceal 2016 hack and breach

Unique Cyber-Attacks Fall for First Time Since 2018
The researchers recorded a 4.8% decline in unique attacks in Q3 compared to Q2 2021

Russian Hacker’s $1.7M Restitution Order Overturned
Ninth Circuit rules Yevgeniy Nikulin will not have to compensate tech companies for 2012 data breach

Army Recruiter Cyber-Stalked by Wannabe Soldier
US Army recruiter digitally harassed for two years by man who failed army entrance exam

Texas Convicts BEC Scammer
Houston resident convicted of scamming Teton School District out of $785,000

Consumers Warned of Surging Delivery Text Scams Ahead of Christmas
New figures show that over half of smishing texts so far in Q4 2021 impersonated parcel and package delivery firms

Alibaba Suffers Government Crackdown Over Log4j
Chinese tech giant was first to discover and report the bug

CISA Releases Free Scanner to Spot Log4j Exposure
Tool will help security teams root out unpatched instances

Up to 120,000 Cops May Have Legal Claim Over 2019 Breach
Lawyers are seeking compensation from Police Federation

Cyber-Attack on Belgium’s Military
Belgian defense ministry confirms cyber-attack involving exploitation of Log4j software

Cybercrime Cops Arrest NHS Workers
Metropolitan police investigating suspected fake COVID-19 vaccination records arrest NHS employees

BEC Attack on Monongalia Health System
Cyber-thieves steal from West Virginia-based healthcare provider by impersonating vendor

Russian Cyber Exec Extradited After Alleged Trading Conspiracy
The quartet is said to have made tens of millions after hacking SEC filing firms

Ubisoft Reveals Player Data Breach Came from User Error
IT misconfiguration enabled attackers to access network

US Returns $150m to Sony After Employee BEC Attack
The $150m embezzled from a Sony subsidiary was converted into bitcoin

US Sentences Money Launderer Linked to QQAAZZ
Russian who conspired to launder money stolen from cybercrime victims gets time served

Desjardins Proposes $155m Data Breach Settlement
Canadian financial company endeavors to settle class-action suit over long-running data breach

Escalation in Healthcare Data Breaches
2021 on track to become the worst year for health sector data breaches in US history

Ransomware Threat Just as Urgent as Terrorism, Say Two-Thirds of IT Pros
Over two-thirds of organizations experienced a ransomware attack over the past 12 months

Meta Sues to Disrupt Prolific Phishing Campaign
Facebook parent company wants to unmask cyber-criminals



