Infosecurity News
Over 620 Million Ransomware Attacks Detected in 2021
Attacks on government targets soar almost 1900%
Researchers Block "Largest Ever" Bot Attack
Web scraping raid generated 400 million requests
Red Cross Attackers Exploited Zoho Bug Used by China
Breach bears many of the hallmarks of a state-sponsored attack
Grand Prix CFO Sentenced for Identity Theft
Prison for former CFO of Boston Grand Prix convicted of money laundering, wire fraud and identity theft
Lithuania and Poland Issue Cyber-Attack Warnings
Alert issued over possible power cuts and cyber-attacks in Eastern Europe
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
