Cyber Monitoring Centre issues first severity assessment since February launch Britain’s Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) estimates the total cost of the cyberattacks that crippled major UK retail organizations recently could be in the region of £270-440 million ($362-591 million).… This…
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Former US Army Sergeant pleads guilty after amateurish attempt at selling secrets to China
PLUS: 5.4M healthcare records leak; AI makes Spam harder to spot; Many nasty Linux vulns; and more Infosec in brief A former US Army sergeant has admitted he attempted to sell classified data to China.… This article has been indexed…
Netflix, Apple, BofA websites hijacked with fake help-desk numbers
Don’t trust mystery digits popping up in your search bar Scammers are hijacking the search results of people needing 24/7 support from Apple, Bank of America, Facebook, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, and PayPal in an attempt to trick victims into handing…
Qilin ransomware top dogs treat their minions to on-call lawyers for fierier negotiations
It’s a marketing move to lure more affiliates, says infosec veteran The latest marketing ploy from the ransomware crooks behind the Qilin operation involves offering affiliates access to a crack team of lawyers to ramp up pressure in ransom negotiations.……
Looks like Aflac is the latest insurance giant snagged in Scattered Spider’s web
If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck… Aflac is the latest insurance company to disclose a security breach following a string of others earlier this week, all of which appear to be part of Scattered Spider’s…
Attack on Oxford City Council exposes 21 years of election worker data
Services coming back online after legacy systems compromised Oxford City Council says a cyberattack earlier this month resulted in 21 years of data being compromised.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Attack…
Boffins devise voice-altering tech to jam ‘vishing’ schemes
To stop AI scam callers, break automatic speech recognition systems Researchers based in Israel and India have developed a defense against automated call scams.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the original article: Boffins devise…
Uncle Sam seeks time in tower dump data grab case after judge calls it ‘unconstitutional’
Feds told they can’t demand a haystack to find a needle The United States is requesting [PDF] a month-long extension to the deadline for its final decision regarding an appeal against a judge’s ruling that obtaining tower dumps is unconstitutional.……
Glazed and confused: Hole lotta highly sensitive data nicked from Krispy Kreme
Experts note ‘major red flags’ in donut giant’s security as 161,676 staff and families informed of attack details Krispy Kreme finally revealed the number of people affected by its November cyberattack, and it’s easy to see why analyzing the incident…
UK gov asks university boffins to pinpoint cyber growth areas where it should splash cash
Good to see government that values its academics (cough cough). Plus: New board criticized for lacking ‘ops’ people Cybersecurity experts have started a formal review into the UK cybersecurity market, at the government’s request, to identify future growth opportunities as…
Sneaky Serpentine#Cloud slithers through Cloudflare tunnels to inject orgs with Python-based malware
Phishing, Python and RATs, oh my A sneaky malware campaign slithers through Cloudflare tunnel subdomains to execute in-memory malicious code and give unknown attackers long-term access to pwned machines.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Iran’s internet goes offline for hours amid claims of ‘enemy abuse’
Bank and crypto outfits hit after Israeli commander mentioned attacks expanding to ‘other areas’ The government of Iran appears to have shut down the internet within its borders, perhaps in response to Israel-linked cyberattacks.… This article has been indexed from…
Minecraft cheaters never win … but they may get malware
Infostealers posing as popular cheat tools are cropping up on GitHub Trojanized Minecraft cheat tools hosted on GitHub have secretly installed stealers that siphon credentials, crypto wallets, and other sensitive data when executed by players.… This article has been indexed…
Asana’s cutting-edge AI feature ran into a little data leakage problem
New MCP server was shut down for nearly two weeks Asana has fixed a bug in its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that could have allowed users to view other organizations’ data, and the experimental feature is back up and…
Veeam patches third critical RCE bug in Backup & Replication in space of a year
Version 13 can’t come soon enough Veeam Backup & Replication users are urged to apply the latest patches that fix another critical bug leading to remote code execution (RCE) on backup servers.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
How to bridge the MFA gap
If a credential is worth protecting, it’s worth protecting well. Sponsored feature What do flossing and multi-factor authentication (MFA) have in common? Each is highly beneficial, yet far too few people do them consistently. MFA helps protect organizations from credential-based…
Amazon CISO: Iranian hacking crews ‘on high alert’ since Israel attack
Meanwhile, next-gen script kiddies are levelling up faster thanks to agentic AI Interview Iran’s state-sponsored cyber operatives and hacktivists have all increased their activities since the military conflict with Israel erupted last week – but not necessarily in the way…
Trump administration set to waive TikTok sell-or-die deadline for a third time
Quick reminder: The law that banned the app is called ‘Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act’ The Trump administration is set to again waive the 2024 law that requires the made-in-China social network TikTok to either sell its…
AWS locks down cloud security, hits 100% MFA enforcement for root users
Plus adds a ton more security capabilities for cloud customers at re:Inforce Amazon Web Services hit a major multi-factor authentication milestone, achieving 100 percent MFA enforcement for root users across all types of AWS accounts.… This article has been indexed…
Sitecore CMS flaw let attackers brute-force ‘b’ for backdoor
Hardcoded passwords and path traversals keeping bug hunters in work Security researchers have issued a warning about a pre-authentication exploit chain affecting a CMS used by some of the biggest companies in the world.… This article has been indexed from…