Mobilization, migration and infrastructure issues hit fraudsters hard This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Russia’s Ukraine War Drives 62% Slump in Stolen Cards
Mass Data Scraping Lawsuit Filed by Meta
As part of a lawsuit filed against the digital surveillance firm Voyager Labs, Meta claims that the company created 38,000 fake, unauthorized accounts to collect 600,000 Facebook users’ personal information. A federal lawsuit filed by Microsoft has asked a…
Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in a Year
US networks are most sought-after by cyber-criminals This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Initial Access Broker Activity Doubles in a Year
Managing Asset Risks During Healthcare M&As
How healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) can manage the IT asset risks during a healthcare M&A process. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), you’ve probably heard the term before. An M&A is often associated with the “business world”; with industries such as finance,…
Heimdal Cyber-Security & Threat Intelligence Report 2023
Marked by significant geopolitical shifts and unrest, 2022 has galvanized the cybersecurity landscape as well; war-profiteering fueled by endless media disputes has allowed the threat actors not only to operate unhindered but also to find safe harbor with states that…
Proof-of-Concept Exploit Code to be Released for Critical Zoho RCE Bug
Later this week, proof-of-concept exploit code will be made available for a serious vulnerability in multiple VMware products that permits remote code execution (RCE) without authentication. This pre-auth RCE security hole, identified as CVE-2022-47966, is brought on by the usage…
CIA’s Hive Attack Kit Has Been Pirated by Hackers
A version of the Hive cyberattack kit created by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was spotted in the wild. The pirated malicious code acts as spyware, secretly exfiltrating data from victims. The variant was nicknamed xdr33 after its digital certification…
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Earth Bogle: Campaigns Target the Middle East with Geopolitical Lures
We discovered an active campaign ongoing since at least mid-2022 which uses Middle Eastern geopolitical-themed lures to distribute NjRAT (also known as Bladabindi) to infect victims across the Middle East and North Africa. This article has been indexed from Trend…
Policy Brief – U.S. Cyber Threat Intelligence, Part 2: Summary, Recommendations & Challenges
By Aaron Weathersby, CISSP. Aaron is the Chief Information Officer for Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and holds a Doctor of Science in Cyber Security from Marymount University. He is an Information Technology professional with over 18…
CISA Warns of Flaws Affecting Industrial Control Systems from Major Manufacturers
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released several Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories warning of critical security flaws affecting products from Sewio, InHand Networks, Sauter Controls, and Siemens. The most severe of the flaws relate to Sewio’s RTLS Studio,…
Researchers Uncover 3 PyPI Packages Spreading Malware to Developer Systems
A threat actor by the name Lolip0p has uploaded three rogue packages to the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to drop malware on compromised developer systems. The packages – named colorslib (versions 4.6.11 and 4.6.12), httpslib (versions 4.6.9 and 4.6.11), and libhttps (version 4.6.12) –…
(ISC)² Top-Ranked Webinars of 2022 by Region
From fighting the ever-present ransomware threat to securing cloud infrastructures to honing identity management practices, the past year’s showcase of (ISC)² webinar topics was wide-ranging and thought-provoking. A cursory look at the topics we tackled throughout 2022 provides a reflection of…
Crypto exchanges freeze accounts tied to North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group
Well whaddya know, the crypto ecosystem did the right thing by stiffing the WannaCry bandits Two cryptocurrency exchanges have frozen accounts identified as having been used by North Korea’s notorious Lazarus Group.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Datadog Changes RPM Signing Key Exposed in CircleCI Hack
Datadog, a cloud security company, reports that a recent CircleCI security incident exposed one of its RPM GPG signing keys and its passphrase. The business has yet to discover proof that this key has been compromised or misused. Datadog stated…
How to succeed in cyber crisis management and avoid a Tower of Babel
Although cyberattacks have become more common, handling them remains extremely challenging for organizations. Even if things go well on the technical level, incident response (IR) is still a stressful and hectic process across the company; this is the reality of…
Cyber Attack news headlines trending on Google
First, is the news that the Indian government has launched its own Mobile Operating systems that have capabilities to take on international rivals like iOS and Android. Within the next few weeks, the government of the sub-continent is preparing to…
Tencent fired 100 people for corruption during 2022
A couple have already been jailed, others shown the door for embezzling or arranging sham contracts Chinese web and gaming giant Tencent has admitted it fired more than 100 people in 2022 for various forms of corruption – some so…
Training, endpoint management reduce remote working cybersecurity risks
33% of companies are not providing any cybersecurity awareness training to users who work remotely, according to Hornetsecurity. The study also revealed that nearly 74% of remote staff have access to critical data, which is creating more risk for companies…
Threats that will dominate headlines in 2023
In this Help Net Security video, MacKenzie Jackson, Developer Advocate at GitGuardian, offers his cybersecurity predictions for 2032. These include: Developers will be a priority target for hacking campaigns Doubling down on MFA bypass Source code security More efforts to…
5 Updates to Secure Data as Workers Return to Work
According to an Adastra survey, more than 77% of IT decision-makers in the U.S. and Canada estimate their organizations will likely experience a data breach over the next three years. Employees should be aware of data security practices since the…
Hybrid commerce: Blurring the lines between business and pleasure
It is now acceptable to find a job on a dating app! The post Hybrid commerce: Blurring the lines between business and pleasure appeared first on WeLiveSecurity This article has been indexed from WeLiveSecurity Read the original article: Hybrid commerce:…
Is the FSI innovation rush leaving your data and application security controls behind?
Fuelled by rising consumer expectations for innovative services and easy real-time access to financial products and information, financial services industries (FSI) and fintech organizations are racing to out-innovate each other and capture market share. The sizeable growth of investments into…
Google to support the use of Rust in Chromium
Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: Chromium Tags: Rust Tags: memory safety Tags: rule of two Google has announced that it will support the use of third-party Rust libraries in Chromium which is a step forward in memory safety for the…
Law enforcement app SweepWizard leaks data on crime suspects
Categories: News Tags: Erik McCauley Tags: SweetWizard Tags: law enforcement app Tags: ODIN Intelligence Tags: Wired SweepWizard, an app designed to assist law enforcement is causing a bit of trouble, was found inadvertently leaking sweeping data for years. (Read more…)…
Accountant ordered to pay ex-employer after bossware shows “time theft”
Categories: News Tags: Karlee Besse Tags: Reach CPA Tags: time theft Tags: bossware Tags: TimeCamp Tags: Court Order Interest Act Tags: COIA Tags: Civil Resolution Tribunal Tags: CRT Bossware helped an employer fire an accountant for not working during work…
TikTok dances to the tune of $5.4m cookie fine
Categories: News Tags: tiktok Tags: fine Tags: cookie Tags: consent Tags: opt out Tags: France Tags: CNIL We take a look at the latest fine hitting a social media network, this time over the issue of cookie consent. (Read more…)…