Infosecurity News
Hackney Council Ransomware Attack Cost £12m+
Local government's travails highlight devastating impact of breaches
Global Cops Arrest Dozens Linked to Financial Crime Gang
Black Axe syndicate responsible for multimillion-dollar losses
Mirai Botnet Targeted Wynncraft Minecraft Server, Cloudflare Reports
The multi-vector, 2.5Tbps attack consisted of UDP and TCP floods
Shein Holding Company Fined $1.9m For Not Disclosing Data Breach
The data breach saw Zoetop allegedly trying to keep the real impact of the leak quiet
Education Sector Experienced 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Over Last Year
An average of 2297 attacks against organizations were recorded every week
#DTX2022: How to Scam Someone Using Social Media Phishing
Jake Moore, global cybersecurity advisor at ESET, shared at DTX Europe 2022 how he used a fake social media profile to hack employees of a company
Magniber Ransomware Adopts JavaScript to Attack Individual Users
Consumers should protect themselves by using least-privilege principles
Report Shows How China Has Been Using Cyber-Attacks Over the Past Decade
Consultancy firm Booz Allen has published a comprehensive report on Chinese-sponsored threat
Chinese APT WIP19 Targets IT Service Providers and Telcos
The group is characterized by the use of a stolen digital certificate issued by DEEPSoft
Malicious WhatsApp Mod Spotted Infecting Android Devices
YoWhatsApp v2.22.11.75 was distributed via ads on Android apps like Snaptube and VidMate
Budworm Espionage Group Returns, Targets US State Legislature
Budworm leveraged the Log4j vulnerabilities to compromise the Apache Tomcat service on servers
IP Cameras, VoIP and Video Conferencing Revealed as Riskiest IoT Devices
Warning to orgnaizations to be aware of risky devices across IT, IoT, OT and IoMT
UK Government Urges Action to Enhance Supply Chain Security
The NCSC guidance has been issued amid a significant increase in supply chain attacks in recent years
#DTX2022: Cyber Needs to Redress the Defensive-Offensive Balance Following Russia-Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine conflict highlights the value of defensive cybersecurity, says Dr Alexi Drew
FormBook Tops Check Point's Most Wanted Malware List For September
Vidar, an infostealer, has entered the top 10 list in eighth place for the first time
Microsoft October 2022 Patch Tuesday Fixes 84 Flaws, Including Zero-Day
Thirteen of the 84 vulnerabilities fixed in yesterday’s update are classified as 'Critical'
Singtel's Australian IT Firm Dialog Suffers Data Breach
The breach affected around 20 clients and 1000 current and/or former Dialog employees
Claroty Found Hardcoded Cryptographic Keys in Siemens PLCs Using RCE
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVE – Siemens has already updated affected systems and published recommendations for mitigating the risk
Polonium Uses Seven Backdoor Variants to Spy on Israeli Organizations
Researchers at ESET found evidence of previously undocumented custom tools used by the hackers
#ISC2Congress: US Government is Embracing 'Collective Defense'
We are all in it together, says the DoE's chief information officer
