Infosecurity News

  1. Spy Module Discovered in WhatsApp Mods

    Kaspersky said that between October 5 and 31 alone, it intercepted over 340,000 attacks

  2. The People Hacker: AI a Game-Changer in Social Engineering Attacks

    Jenny Radcliffe talks to Infosecurity about the changing nature of social engineering scams and the threats posed by AI

  3. AI Safety Summit: Biden-Harris Administration Launches US AI Safety Institute

    The creation of USAISI comes a few days after Biden's Executive Order on Safe, Secure AI

  4. AI Safety Summit: OWASP Urges Governments to Agree on AI Security Standards

    Top-level discussions on AI safety are not enough – we need to take action now

  5. UK Banks Warn Quantum Will Imperil Entire Payment System

    Industry wants government to set up a new taskforce

  6. Russian Security Services Arrest Suspected Ukrainian Hackers

    Duo were detained separately in two Siberian cities

  7. Forrester: GenAI Will Lead to Breaches and Fines in 2024

    Analyst warns that risks of using the technology will become apparent

  8. North Korean Hackers Target macOS Crypto Engineers With Kandykorn

    The intrusion, tracked as REF7001 by Elastic Security Labs, uses custom and open source capabilities

  9. Mysterious Kill Switch Shuts Down Mozi IoT Botnet

    ESET said the kill switch demonstrated various functions, including disabling the parent process

  10. Data Encrypted in 75% of Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare Organizations

    Sophos researchers said the increased success rates was partly due to threat actors speeding up their attack timelines

  11. 28 Countries Sign Bletchley Declaration on Responsible Development of AI

    The 28 signatories of the Bletchley Declaration agreed on an international network of scientific research on ‘frontier AI’ safety

  12. Palo Alto Reveals New Features in Russian APT Turla's Kazuar Backdoor

    The sophisticated new variant of the Kazuar backdoor was used to target the Ukrainian defense sector

  13. NHS Trust Reprimanded After Delays to Thousands of Referrals

    Regulator highlights major data handling errors

  14. British Library Still Reeling After Major Cyber Incident

    Institution has contacted National Cyber Security Centre for support

  15. Forty Countries Agree Not to Pay Cybercrime Ransoms

    Initiative announced at International Counter Ransomware Initiative

  16. Arid Viper Campaign Targets Arabic-Speaking Users

    Cisco Talos said the group deployed customized mobile Android malware in the APK format

  17. Scarred Manticore Targets Middle East With Advanced Malware

    Discovered by Check Point Research (CPR) and Sygnia, the campaign peaked in mid-2023

  18. Regulator Reveals Large Disparity in APP Fraud Reimbursement

    Warns of inconsistent outcomes for customers who report fraud

  19. Half of Execs Request Security Bypass Over Past Year

    Ivanti highlights a “conduct gap” between actions and words

  20. Cyber Skills Gap Reaches 4 Million, Layoffs Hit Security Teams

    ISC2’s CEO says the c-suite appears to be more concerned with economic risk than cyber risk

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