FTC Records 50% Drop in Nuisance Calls Since 2021 Information Security Magazine 2 days 23 hours ago The US Federal Trade Commission is celebrating a halving of unwanted telemarketing and scam calls since 2021
UK Shoppers Lost £11.5m Last Christmas, NCSC Warns Information Security Magazine 3 days ago The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is urging shoppers to stay safe this Christmas after revealing they lost £11.5m to fraudsters in 2023
Palo Alto Networks Confirms New Zero-Day Being Exploited by Threat Actors Information Security Magazine 5 days 18 hours ago The security provider has elevated its warning about a vulnerability affecting firewall management interfaces after observing active exploitation
Bitfinex Hacker Jailed for Five Years Over Billion Dollar Crypto Heist Information Security Magazine 5 days 20 hours ago Ilya Lichtenstein hacked into the cryptocurrency exchange in 2016 and stole around 120,000 bitcoins
watchTowr Finds New Zero-Day Vulnerability in Fortinet Products Information Security Magazine 5 days 21 hours ago The new vulnerability was named “FortiJump Higher” due to its similarity with the “FortiJump” vulnerability discovered in October
Ransomware Groups Use Cloud Services For Data Exfiltration Information Security Magazine 5 days 23 hours ago SentinelOne described some of ransomware groups’ favorite techniques for targeting cloud services
O2’s AI Granny Outsmarts Scam Callers with Knitting Tales Information Security Magazine 6 days 1 hour ago
Sitting Ducks DNS Attacks Put Global Domains at Risk Information Security Magazine 6 days 16 hours ago Over 1 million domains are vulnerable to “Sitting Ducks” attack, which exploits DNS misconfigurations
Microsoft Power Pages Misconfiguration Leads to Data Exposure Information Security Magazine 6 days 17 hours ago Misconfigurations in Microsoft Power Pages granting excessive access permissions expose sensitive data, risking PII to unauthorized users
Massive Telecom Hack Exposes US Officials to Chinese Espionage Information Security Magazine 6 days 20 hours ago The FBI and CISA have confirmed that US officials’ private communications have been compromised
API Security in Peril as 83% of Firms Suffer Incidents Information Security Magazine 6 days 23 hours ago Over 80% of UK organizations suffered an API security incident in the past year, with each costing over £400,000
Bank of England U-turns on Vulnerability Disclosure Rules Information Security Magazine 1 week ago The UK’s financial regulators have discarded plans to force critical suppliers to disclose new vulnerabilities
Hive0145 Targets Europe with Advanced Strela Stealer Campaigns Information Security Magazine 1 week ago Hive0145 is targeting Spain, Germany, Ukraine with Strela Stealer malware in invoice phishing tactic
AI Threat to Escalate in 2025, Google Cloud Warns Information Security Magazine 1 week ago 2025 could see our biggest AI fears materialize, according to a Google Cloud forecast report
Lazarus Group Uses Extended Attributes for Code Smuggling in macOS Information Security Magazine 1 week ago Lazarus APT has been found smuggling malware onto macOS devices using custom extended attributes, evading detection
Amazon MOVEit Leaker Claims to Be Ethical Hacker Information Security Magazine 1 week ago An individual who posted data allegedly stolen via MOVEit from Amazon and other big-name firms claims not to be malicious
Microsoft Fixes Four More Zero-Days in November Patch Tuesday Information Security Magazine 1 week 1 day ago Microsoft has addressed four zero-day vulnerabilities this month, two of which have been exploited
TA455’s Iranian Dream Job Campaign Targets Aerospace with Malware Information Security Magazine 1 week 1 day ago The TA455 phishing campaign used fake job offers on LinkedIn to deploy malware
Phishing Tool GoIssue Targets Developers on GitHub Information Security Magazine 1 week 1 day ago New phishing tool GoIssue targets GitHub, enabling mass phishing, and has been linked to the GitLoker extortion campaign
CISOs Turn to Indemnity Insurance as Breach Pressure Mounts Information Security Magazine 1 week 1 day ago Panaseer claims 72% of security leaders are taking out personal indemnity insurance as board scrutiny increases