Infosecurity News
EU Elections: Pro-Russian Propaganda Exploits Meta's Failure to Moderate Political Ads
This year’s EU elections will be a stress test to see whether the newly adopted Digital Services Act can efficiently mitigate misinformation threats
Ivanti Patches Two Critical Avalanche Flaws in Major Update
Ivanti has fixed two critical vulnerabilities in its Avalanche MDM product which could lead to remote code execution
Insider Threats Surge 14% Annually as Cost-of-Living Crisis Bites
Cifas reveals 14% rise in dishonest employees, driven mainly by financial necessity last year
Russian Sandworm Group Using Novel Backdoor to Target Ukraine and Allies
WithSecure researchers said it is likely Russian state group Sandworm has added a novel backdoor dubbed ‘Kapeka’ to its arsenal
Report Suggests 93% of Breaches Lead to Downtime and Data Loss
According to Pentera, firms are allocating 13% of their total IT security budgets to pentesting
LeakyCLI Flaw Exposes AWS and Google Cloud Credentials
Orca Security said the issue mirrors a previously identified vulnerability in Azure CLI
Cybersecurity Pros Urge US Congress to Help NIST Restore NVD Operation
An open letter signed by 50 cybersecurity practitioners requires the US Congress to support NIST in restoring operations at the National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing Scams
New Check Point data found Microsoft was impersonated in 38% of all brand phishing attacks in Q1 2024, up from 33% in Q4 2024
Open Source Leaders Warn of XZ Utils-Like Takeover Attempts
Two open source organizations have revealed attempts to socially engineer project takeovers
Bad Bots Drive 10% Annual Surge in Account Takeover Attacks
Malicious bots now represent a third of all internet traffic, says Imperva
Russia and Ukraine Top Inaugural World Cybercrime Index
An international team of researchers published the first-ever index ranking countries by cybercrime threat level
New LockBit Variant Exploits Self-Spreading Features
Kaspersky also uncovered the use of the SessionGopher script to extract saved passwords
