Infosecurity News

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

Prison for Nintendo Pirate
Games giant thanks US authorities for securing 3-year prison term for Team-Xecuter leader

Marketing Firm Exposes Lead Data
Cybersecurity researchers find PII of millions of people in unsecured Amazon S3 Bucket

Immediata Agrees $1.125m Data Breach Settlement
Software company agrees to settle class action lawsuit filed by victims of 2019 security breach

Half of Global Emails Were Spam in 2021
COVID-19 still looms large in corporate inboxes

Former NFL Player Gets Five Years for Healthcare Fraud
Robert McCune is said to have masterminded a scheme involving 51 former players



