Infosecurity News

Ransomware Disrupts Largest Ferry Service in Massachusetts
Wednesday's attack is the latest cyber assault affecting logistics and services in the U.S.

Three-Quarters of Security Leaders Report Increase in Cyber-Attacks in Past Year
Four out of five security leaders suffered a breach in the past 12 months

FBI: REvil Ransomware Group Behind JBS Attack
The FBI said it would be working to bring the REvil group to justice for the hack on JBS

Sextortion Lands Inmate in Federal Prison
South Carolina inmate sentenced over deadly sextortion scheme targeting military members

Teen Crashes Florida School District’s Network
High school hacker facing felony charges after knocking 145 schools offline

Scripps Notifying 147K People of Data Breach
Healthcare provider shares news of ransomware attack that exposed patient data

Banking Fraud up 159% as Transactions Hit Pre-Pandemic Volumes
Banking fraud attempts soared in 2021 as scammers sought to hide their attack in legitimate online activity

Critical Zero-Day in WordPress Plugin Under Active Attack
Vulnerability in Fancy Product Designer could enable full site takeover.

Battle for the Galaxy: 6 Million Gamers Hit by Data Leak
1.5TB of data exposed, including users’ email addresses, IP addresses, Facebook data, and more.

Rhode Islander Charged with Phishing Political Candidates
Woman allegedly spoofed Microsoft in attempt to steal political candidates’ credentials

US Convicts “King of Fraud”
Cyber-criminal who scammed US companies out of millions is convicted by federal jury

Model Sues Law Firm Over Data Breach
Goldberg Segalla accused of leaking fashion model’s personal information on PACER

Microsoft Convenes Asia Pacific Info-Sharing Council
The initiative aims to build a strong response against cyberattacks across seven markets in the region

Meat Processing Giant JBS Pulls IT Plug After Cyber-Attack
JBS has been forced to cut its servers after an organized cyber-attack

Interpol Seizes $83 Million Headed for Online Scammers
APAC’s six-month HAECHI-I operation branded a success

FBI Issues Fortinet Flash Warning
FBI: APT actors exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities to gain access for malicious activity

US Jails Telemarketing Fraudster
Federal prison for fraudster who tricked Americans into thinking their computers were under attack

SolarWinds Hackers Go Phishing
Microsoft: Nobelium is targeting governments, NGOs and think tanks with phishing campaign

Cyber Pros to Take Part in Charity Challenge to Help Fight Online Crime
The challenge will see 25 infosec pros walk 19,000 miles over the next six months

NCSC: Act Now to Protect Streaming Accounts
Automatic updates and password changes are required



