Information Security Magazine

The DoJ says Russia paid a US company $10m to post disinformation that attracted millions of views online

The US White House Office of the National Cyber Director proposes improving internet security by protecting the Border Gateway Protocol

US law enforcement is tracking aggressive social engineering attacks against cryptocurrency operations

Cisco Talos has assessed that red teaming tool MacroPack is being abused by various threat actors in different geographies to deploy malware

The US-based facial recognition data company may even have to pay up to €5.1m in penalties for non-compliance

Cyberint claims that initial access brokers target companies with average revenue of nearly $2bn

UK’s Financial Ombudsman warns fraud and scams hit a record high in Q2 2024

Civil society and journalists’ organizations in Europe ask the EU to take steps to regulate spyware technologies

Researchers say password reset attacks have grown fourfold in the last year and one in four password reset attempts are fraudulent

Searchlight Cyber observed a 56% rise in active ransomware groups in H1 2024, demonstrating the growing fragmentation of the ransomware landscape

A variant of the WikiLoader malware was observed being delivered via SEO poisoning and spoofing Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN software

Three British men are facing jail after pleading guilty to running an MFA bypass site dubbed “OTP Agency”

London’s transport body, TfL, is playing down the impact of a cybersecurity incident on its services

Fota Wildlife Park in Co Cork has told visitors to its website to cancel credit and debit cards, following a cyber-attack

Agencies under the #Stopransomware banner publish details of RansomHub group’s tactics, indicators of compromise and essential mitigations

The Asian country’s law enforcement suspects the instant messaging app of abetting deepfake sex crimes

The US FTC has proposed a $2.95m fine for security camera firm Verkada for alleged security failings that allowed hackers to access customers' video footage

Truesec claims new Cicada3301 ransomware-as-a-service group could have ties to ALPHV/BlackCat and Brutus

Proofpoint has uncovered a new cyber-espionage campaign deploying new malware dubbed “Voldemort”

Forescout highlighted a 43% increase in published vulnerabilities in H1 2024, with attackers targeting flaws in VPNs and network infrastructure for initial access