Infosecurity News
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
UK Cyber Cops Share 225 Million Passwords with Breach Site
HaveIBeenPwned password database expands by around a third
British Council Struck by Two Ransomware Attacks in Five Years
The British Council suffered two successful ransomware attacks in the past five years, leading to 12 days of downtime
Scam Phishing Network Costs Victims $80m Per Month
Group-IB warns one-off targeted links are harder to detect and take down
Nurse Arrested in Hacking Investigation
CSAM found on computer of nurse investigated over cyber-attack on former employer
