Infosecurity News

General Electric Investigates Alleged DARPA Breach
IntelBroker claims to be selling sensitive military data

UK Publishes First Guidelines on Safe AI Development
NCSC and CISA effort endorsed by 18 countries

Cyber-Attack Disrupts UK Property Deals
A legal sector specialist infrastructure service provider has experienced a service outage that is impacting up to 200 conveyancing firms across the UK

Windows Hello Fingerprint Tech is Hacked
Blackwing researchers bypass the authentication system

Black Friday: Phishing Emails Soar 237%
Global brands impersonated to capitalize on busy shopping period

CISA Launches Project to Assess Effectiveness of Security Controls
Relaunched working group aims to tackle scourge of ransomware

InfectedSlurs Botnet Resurrects Mirai With Zero-Days
The investigation conducted by Akamai in late October 2023 revealed a specific HTTP exploit path

Rug Pull Schemes: Crypto Investor Losses Near $1M
New scam identified by Check Point Threat Intelligence Blockchain system

North Korean Software Supply Chain Threat is Booming, UK and South Korea Warn
The UK’s NCSC and South Korea’s NIS issued a joint advisory describing some of North Korean hackers’ tactics in deploying supply chain attacks

University of Manchester CISO Speaks Out on Summer Cyber-Attack
University of Manchester CISO Heather Lowrie shared how the institution tackled a major data breach earlier in 2023

US Seizes $9m From Pig Butchering Scammers
Crypto funds are traced back to dozens of victims

North Korea Blamed For CyberLink Supply Chain Attacks
Legitimate app installer modified with malicious code

British Library: Ransomware Attack Led to Data Breach
Reports suggest employee data is up for sale

Flaw in Apache ActiveMQ Exposes Linux Systems to Kinsing Malware
Identified as CVE-2023-46604, the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8

Employee Policy Violations Cause 26% of Cyber Incidents
Kaspersky said the figure closely rivals the 20% attributed to external hacking attempts

Why Ensuring Supply Chain Security in the Space Sector is Critical
Cybersecurity challenges facing the space sector are unique and securing the supply chain is a high priority

LockBit Affiliates are Exploiting Citrix Bleed, Government Agencies Warn
Multiple threat actor groups including Lockbit affiliates are found to be exploiting a vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler gateway appliances, government agencies have warned

Microsoft Launches Defender Bug Bounty Program
Ethical hackers could win cash prizes of up to $20,000

Regulator Issues Privacy Ultimatum to UK’s Top Websites
ICO warns of enforcement action if they don’t give users fair choices

Europol Launches OSINT Taskforce to Hunt For Russian War Crimes
New unit will scour the internet for evidence



