Infosecurity News
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
State of Ransomware Report 2022: 66% Organizations Hit in 2021
Around two-thirds (66%) of organizations were hit by a ransomware attack in 2021, surging from 37% in 2020
Coca-Cola Investigates Data Breach Claim
Ransomware group Stormous claims it has stolen 161GB of data from the soft drinks giant
UK Schools Can Sign-Up to Free Government-Grade Security
Web and email security services are provided by GCHQ
Nimbuspwn Linux Bugs Could Provide Root Access
Microsoft-discovered vulnerabilities have now been resolved
US Offers $10m for Russian NotPetya Sandworm Team
Military officers were indicted for the campaign in 2020
Data Breach Disrupts UK Army Recruitment
British Army online recruitment system down since March following data breach
Emotet Tests New TTPs
Botnet’s operators spotted spring cleaning its delivery tactics, techniques and procedures
Siloed Tech Prompts Security Worries
IT leaders fear fragmented tech management could increase cyber risk
Security Teams Should Be Addressing Quantum Cyber-Threats Now
Organizations should move toward post-quantum cryptography now to counter upcoming quantum cyber-threats
