Infosecurity News

Cyber-Attacks Cost Organizations $52,000 on Average
Hiscox highlighted the huge financial and operational costs of cyber-attacks, with the average cost of an incident at $52,000

Zero-Day Flaw in TP-Link Cameras Enables Eavesdropping
OPSWAT researchers find two zero-days in TP-Link cameras

Major Cyber Vendors Turn to New UK Testing Program as MITRE Evaluations Face Changes
A group of cyber threat detection providers, including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Sophos, have joined SE Labs’ PIVOT program

NCSC and Allies Warn of Iranian Spyware Campaign
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre says Iranian Chosen Brick spyware is designed to snoop on dissidents

Most Fraudulent Hires Receive Credentials Before Detection
A new report highlights the vast growth in fraudulent candidates, presenting significant insider threat challenges to organizations

Most Firms Unable to Recover Quickly from Ransomware
Fenix24 found only four of more than 800 clients came close to stated ransomware recovery targets of 24-48 hours

Black Axe Members Extradited to US Over Internet Fraud Claims
Alleged Black Axe leaders extradited to the US over romance scams, BEC and money laundering claims

AI the Top Priority for New Spend as Cyber Budgets Flatline
IANS finds AI is dominating net-new budgets even as overall funding for the function is flat

Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch to Fix RDS Vulnerability
Microsoft has been forced to issue an out-of-band fix for several issues stemming from this month’s Patch Tuesday

Malicious Twitch Extension Exposes 31,000 Users' OAuth Tokens
Socket has discovered a Twitch browser extension forwarding users' OAuth tokens to a Russian bot service

Human Attacker Hits Machine-Speed Exploitation of Marimo RCE
A human attacker exploited a Marimo RCE and reached an SSH bastion in eight seconds

Defense Cyber Spending Set to Surge Amid Rising Attacks on Military Systems
MarketsandMarkets has projected the cyber warfare market to double by 2031, amid growing demand for defensive and offensive cyber capabilities in the military

Revolut Confirms Data Breach Through Fake Government Requests
An unauthorized party used a legitimate government email domain to fraudulently request Revolut customer data

Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Flaw in GitLab
CISA warns that threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10.0

OpenAI Agent Swarm Hacks RubyGems Package Manager
Researchers confirm that OpenAI agents uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to RubyGems

Hackers Favor US Eastern Business Hours in M365 Phishing Campaign
KnowBe4 researchers observed a new phishing campaign leveraging Microsoft 365’s Direct Send to send malicious emails

Most Organizations Skip Permissions Reviews Before Deploying AI Tools
A new Syskit study has shown that only 43% of organizations with AI agents deployed in Microsoft 365 environments completed a permission review before doing so

CISA Updates Insider Threat Guide With New Mitigation Advice
CISA has updated its insider threat guide with new advice on remote work, AI and risk detection

MantaxOtax Android Malware Combines Ransomware With Spyware
MantaxOtax Android malware combines ransomware with extensive spyware capabilities

FBI Publishes First-Ever Cyber Strategy, With Focus on Disrupting Threat Actors
The new document appears to be part of a broader shift by the US government towards the proactive disruption of cyber threat actors



