Infosecurity News

  1. CISA Puts Chrome and Magento Zero-Days on Must-Patch List

    Another nine bugs added to catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities

  2. Ukraine Defense and Bank Networks DDoS-ed

    Russia suspected of intensifying cyber-attacks

  3. Marine Charged with Cyber-Stalking

    US Marine accused of waging cyber sextortion campaign against young women in California

  4. Internet Society Data Leaked

    Unsecured data of 80,000 ISOC members discovered on Microsoft Azure blob repository

  5. 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

  6. Crypto Lender Agrees to Pay $100m in Fines

    SEC cracks down in novel regulatory action

  7. Three-Fifths of Cyber-Attacks in 2021 Were Malware-Free

    CrowdStrike report warns that threat actors are getting smarter at evasion

  8. Ukraine Claims "Hybrid Warfare" Already Underway

    Government tries to reassure country amidst Russian disinformation effort

  9. San Francisco 49ers Hit by Ransomware

    NFL team confirm cyber-attack one day before Super Bowl

  10. Data Breach at Morley Companies

    Michigan AG warns of secondary scams after cyber-attack impacts 521k individuals’ personal data

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. Local Authority Sets Aside £380k for Cyber-Attack Recovery

    Gloucester City Council was struck in December 2021

  14. Google: Vendors Accelerate Bug Fixes to Just 52 Days

    Google’s 90-day deadline exceeded only once in 2021

  15. Trustpilot Sues Immigration Biz for Alleged Fake Reviews

    Reviews site claims firm has ignored its enforcement action

  16. Prison for Nintendo Pirate

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

  17. Marketing Firm Exposes Lead Data

    Cybersecurity researchers find PII of millions of people in unsecured Amazon S3 Bucket

  18. Immediata Agrees $1.125m Data Breach Settlement

    Software company agrees to settle class action lawsuit filed by victims of 2019 security breach

  19. Half of Global Emails Were Spam in 2021

    COVID-19 still looms large in corporate inboxes

  20. Former NFL Player Gets Five Years for Healthcare Fraud

    Robert McCune is said to have masterminded a scheme involving 51 former players

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