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Ransomware Payments Fall by 40% in 2022

The Chainalysis report found that victim organizations are increasingly reluctant to pay ransom demands This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Ransomware Payments Fall by 40% in 2022

FTX: Over $400m Stolen from Bankrupt Exchange

FTX founder already charged with fraud and money laundering This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: FTX: Over $400m Stolen from Bankrupt Exchange

Over a Third of Recent ICS Bugs Still Have No Vendor Patch

News comes as thousands of critical infrastructure attacks are detected This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Over a Third of Recent ICS Bugs Still Have No Vendor Patch

Crypto-Exchange Used to Launder Ransomware Transactions Dismantled

The US Justice Department arrested Russian national named Anatoly Legkodymov, the alleged owner of the China-based underground platform Bitzlato This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Crypto-Exchange Used to Launder Ransomware Transactions Dismantled

FTX: Over $400m Was Stolen from Bankrupt Exchange

Founder already charged with fraud and money laundering This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: FTX: Over $400m Was Stolen from Bankrupt Exchange

Over Four Billion People Affected By Internet Censorship in 2022

Individuals experienced 112 internet restrictions across 32 countries throughout the year This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Over Four Billion People Affected By Internet Censorship in 2022

ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware

The first step to creating the malware was to bypass ChatGPT content filters This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: ChatGPT Creates Polymorphic Malware

1000 Shipping Vessels Impacted by Ransomware Attack

The ships were impacted following an attack on a major software supplier This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: 1000 Shipping Vessels Impacted by Ransomware Attack

Almost Half of Critical Manufacturing at Risk of Breach

Critical manufacturing experienced an increase in severe vulnerabilities and malware infections in 2022 This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Almost Half of Critical Manufacturing at Risk of Breach

Nissan Supplier Leaked Data on Thousands of Customers

Software developer uploaded information to public cloud repository This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Nissan Supplier Leaked Data on Thousands of Customers

European Businesses Admit Major Privacy Skills Gap

Nearly all are understaffed in key areas, says ISACA This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: European Businesses Admit Major Privacy Skills Gap

Researchers Warn Against Zoho ManageEngine Exploit Attacks

Horizon3.ai researcher James Horseman said the team has successfully reproduced the exploit This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Researchers Warn Against Zoho ManageEngine Exploit Attacks

Three-Quarters of UK Schools Have Experienced a Cyber Incident

The joint audit by the NCSC and LGfL had encouraging findings regarding security measures in UK schools This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Three-Quarters of UK Schools Have Experienced a Cyber Incident

GDPR Fines Surge 168% in a Year

Financial penalties top $3bn but incident volumes fall This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: GDPR Fines Surge 168% in a Year

Russia’s Ukraine War Drives 62% Slump in Stolen Cards

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

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

Hackers Hijack NortonLifeLock Customer Accounts

Thousands reportedly suffer compromise after possible credential stuffing campaign This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Hackers Hijack NortonLifeLock Customer Accounts

TikTok Fined Over $5m for Cookie Violations

French regulator says social network broke its data protection law This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: TikTok Fined Over $5m for Cookie Violations

Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Targets Czech Presidential Election

The group used Telegram channels, a DDoS payment program, a multi-OS supported toolkit and GitHub This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Pro-Russian Hacktivist Group Targets Czech Presidential Election

Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability in End-of-Life Routers

Cisco did not release updates to address the vulnerabilities and no workarounds address them This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Cisco Warns of Critical Vulnerability in End-of-Life Routers

Euro Police Bust Multimillion-Dollar Crypto Fraud Gang

Criminal network may have made hundreds of millions from scams This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Euro Police Bust Multimillion-Dollar Crypto Fraud Gang

Royal Mail’s Attackers Linked to Russia-Backed LockBit

The ransomware gang allegedly used its latest encryptor, ‘Black,’ which borrows parts of the late Black Matter group’s encryptor This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Royal Mail’s Attackers Linked to Russia-Backed LockBit

Telegram Bot Abuse For Phishing Increased By 800% in 2022

The growth is associated with using HTML attachments as a delivery method in credential phishing This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Telegram Bot Abuse For Phishing Increased By 800% in 2022

Cyber-Threat Actors Tailoring Attacks to Key Sectors

Darktrace’s latest report analyses findings from the energy, retail and healthcare sectors This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Cyber-Threat Actors Tailoring Attacks to Key Sectors

Quarter of UK SMBs Hit by Ransomware in 2022

War in Ukraine is making firms more anxious This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Quarter of UK SMBs Hit by Ransomware in 2022

Multiple Danish Banks Disrupted By DDoS Cyber-Attack

The attack also affected IT financial industry solutions developer Bankdata This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Multiple Danish Banks Disrupted By DDoS Cyber-Attack

Customer and Employee Data the Top Prize for Hackers – Imperva

Customer and employee data accounts for almost half all stolen data while credit cards and password see a decline This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Customer and Employee Data the Top Prize for Hackers –…

Over 100 CVEs Addressed in First Patch Tuesday of 2023

Microsoft’s January Patch Tuesday resolved over 100 CVEs, including an actively exploited zero day This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Over 100 CVEs Addressed in First Patch Tuesday of 2023

Applications Five Years or Older Likely to have Security Flaws

Veracode’s 2023 State of Software Security Report is focused on flaw introduction This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Applications Five Years or Older Likely to have Security Flaws

US Supreme Court Allows WhatsApp to Sue NSO Group

WhatsApp can now sue for damages ensued by the installation of the Pegasus spyware This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: US Supreme Court Allows WhatsApp to Sue NSO Group

GitHub Adds Features to Automate Vulnerability Code Scanning

Called “default setup,” the novel capability simplifies starting code scanning on repositories This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: GitHub Adds Features to Automate Vulnerability Code Scanning

Ukraine: Russian Cyber-Attacks Should Be Considered War Crimes

A Ukrainian official revealed that evidence of Russian cyber-attacks are being gathered to support potential war crime prosecutions This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Ukraine: Russian Cyber-Attacks Should Be Considered War Crimes

UK Charities Offered Free Cyber Essentials Support

The NCSC’s new Funded Cyber Essentials Programme will support SMEs as well as charities This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: UK Charities Offered Free Cyber Essentials Support

Freejacking Campaign By PurpleUrchin Bypasses Captchas

The threat actors also deployed more aggressive techniques for mining CPU resources This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Freejacking Campaign By PurpleUrchin Bypasses Captchas

ChatGPT Used to Develop New Malicious Tools

These include infostealers, multi-layer encryption tools and dark web marketplace scripts This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: ChatGPT Used to Develop New Malicious Tools

Threat Actors Spread RAT Via Pokemon NFT Card Site

Phishing page lures unsuspecting users into installing remote access malware This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Threat Actors Spread RAT Via Pokemon NFT Card Site

Global Cyber-Attack Volume Surges 38% in 2022

Last year was also worst on record for UK businesses This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Global Cyber-Attack Volume Surges 38% in 2022

FCC Wants to Accelerate Breach Reporting for Telcos

Proposals designed to strengthen consumer protections This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: FCC Wants to Accelerate Breach Reporting for Telcos

WhatsApp Unveils Proxy Support to Tackle Internet Censorship

The Meta-owned firm also compiled a guide designed to help users set up their own proxy servers This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: WhatsApp Unveils Proxy Support to Tackle Internet Censorship

US Family Planning Non-Profit MFHS Confirms Ransomware Attack

The non-profit said its systems were compromised between August 2021 and April 2022 This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: US Family Planning Non-Profit MFHS Confirms Ransomware Attack

UK Schools Hit by Mass Leak of Confidential Data

Confidential data including child passport scans and staff pay scales have been leaked following cyber-attacks in 2022 This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: UK Schools Hit by Mass Leak of Confidential Data

Five Guys Discloses Data Breach Affecting Employee PII

The September incident exposed names, social security numbers and driver’s license numbers This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Five Guys Discloses Data Breach Affecting Employee PII

Over 200 Million Twitter Users’ Details Leaked on Hacker Forum

The leaked data included names, usernames, email addresses, follower counts and creation dates This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Over 200 Million Twitter Users’ Details Leaked on Hacker Forum

Meta to Appeal €390m GDPR Fine

Social media giant says legal basis for data processing was sound This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Meta to Appeal €390m GDPR Fine

Rail Tech Giant Wabtec Discloses Global Data Breach

Incident thought to stem from 2022 ransomware attack This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Rail Tech Giant Wabtec Discloses Global Data Breach

US Regulators Warn Banks About Cryptocurrency Security Risks

The joint statement highlighted the risk of fraud and cyber-attacks related to crypto-assets This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: US Regulators Warn Banks About Cryptocurrency Security Risks

NHS is Most Scammed UK Government “Brand”

Millions of suspicious emails were reported in 2022 This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: NHS is Most Scammed UK Government “Brand”

Ukrainian Cops Bust Major Vishing Call Center

An estimated 18,000 victims were scammed This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: Ukrainian Cops Bust Major Vishing Call Center

No Major Spike in Reported Ransomware in 2022

Number of government, education and healthcare incidents remains steady This article has been indexed from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/rss/news/76/application-security/ Read the original article: No Major Spike in Reported Ransomware in 2022