Infosecurity News

UK's New Cyber Strategy Designed to Boost Position as "Global Cyber Power"
The new strategy aims to bolster the UK's defensive and offensive cyber capabilities

Web App Attacks Surge 251% in Two Years
Imperva warns of pre-Christmas surge

Government Experts in Last Minute Seasonal Scam Warning
Online shoppers urged not to fall for phishing lures and fake stores

Log4j Looms Large Over Patch Tuesday
IT teams are now also scrambling to fix six Microsoft zero-days

Cyber-Attack on Financial Apps
Hundreds of financial applications targeted by new Anubis malware campaign

LastPass to Become Standalone Company
LogMeIn to set up password manager LastPass as an independent business

TAG to Open New Global Headquarters
Cybersecurity research and advisory firm to open new global headquarters in New York City

Significant Disconnect Between SOC Leaders and Staff
More than 40% of SOC staff said lack of leadership or executive level support was a major barrier to success

Experts: Log4j Bug Could Be Exploited for “Years”
Vulnerability could remain stubbornly difficult to find and patch

Christmas Payroll Fears After Ransomware Hits Software Provider
UKG suffered attack impacting its Kronos Private Cloud last week

Police Arrest Suspected Ransomware Actor in Romania
Individual targeted IT company for sensitive client data

CSAM Found on LSU Professor’s Computer
Cops called after IT department discovers files with “names that alarmed them”

SANS Opens Free Holiday Hack Challenge
Cybersecurity training institute invites world to help Santa defeat cyber-villains

Hackers Target India’s Prime Minister
Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter account hacked to spread fake Bitcoin message

Ex-NFL Star Gets Three Years for #COVID19 Fraud
Joshua Bellamy falsified information about his company

“Sadistic” Online Extortionist Jailed for 32 Years
Birmingham man forced some victims to the point of suicide

“Worst-Case Scenario” Log4j Exploits Travel the Globe
Log4j vulnerability affects huge sweep of applications and vendors

Cyber-Attack on Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
German logistics firm unable to rule out data leakages or unauthorized use of data

HSE Missed Cyber-Attack’s Warning Signs
Criminals inside Irish health service’s network for two months before ransomware attack

Volvo Hit by Cyber-Thieves
Research and development data stolen from carmaker in cyber-attack



