Plus potential links to I-Soon, researchers say Chinese cyberspies have compromised at least 70 organizations, mostly government entities, and targeted more than 116 victims across the globe, according to security researchers.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
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Crypto scams more costly to the US than ransomware, feds say
Latest figures paint grim picture of how viciously the elderly are targeted The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) says investment fraud was the form of cybercrime that incurred the greatest financial loss for Americans last year.… This article has been…
Crypto wallet providers urged to rethink security as criminals drain them of millions
Innovative Ethereum feature exploited as victims say goodbye to assets Infosec researchers are noting rising cryptocurrency attacks and have encouraged wallet security providers to up their collective game.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Atos says Airbus flew off, no longer interested in infosec and big data biz
Ailing tech integrator takes a hard hit… share price down by up to 20% this morning Atos’ share price sank as much as 20 percent this morning on confirmation that Airbus is no longer interested in buying the big data…
Don’t be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase
Warning: Poorly configured Google Cloud databases spill billing info, plaintext credentials At least 900 websites built with Google’s Firebase, a cloud database, have been misconfigured, leaving credentials, personal info, and other sensitive data inadvertently exposed to the public internet, according…
Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill
Sneaky software slips past shields, spurring scramble Fujitsu has confirmed that miscreants have compromised some of its internal computers, deployed malware, and may have stolen some customer information.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug
A huge attack surface for a vulnerability with various PoCs available The volume of Fortinet boxes exposed to the public internet and vulnerable to a month-old critical security flaw in FortiOS is still extremely high, despite a gradual increase in…
Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they’re from AT&T
Telco reckons data is old, isn’t from its systems More than 70 million records, allegedly stolen from AT&T in 2021, were dumped on a cybercrime forum at the weekend.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read…
Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament
Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means Esports pros competing in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Pro League tournament were forced to abandon their match today due to a suspected cyberattack.… This article has been indexed from The…
Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner
But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because ‘adrenalin does not scale’ Zero tolerance of failure by information security professionals is unrealistic, and makes it harder for cyber security folk to do the essential part of their job: recovering…
Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation
875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested Filipino police rescued 875 “workers” – including 504 foreigners – in a raid late last week on a firm that posed as an online gaming company but in…
Protecting distributed branch office environments from ransomware
As ransomware becomes more sophisticated, detection tools should be upgraded to cover every site and location Sponsored Feature Ransomware gangs that steal and encrypt vital business data before extorting payment for its decryption and restoration are ramping up global attacks…
ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: token obfuscation
ALSO: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns in brief Almost as quickly as a paper came out last week revealing an AI side-channel vulnerability, Cloudflare researchers have figured out how…
In the rush to build AI apps, please, please don’t leave security behind
Supply-chain attacks are definitely possible and could lead to data theft, system hijacking, and more Feature While in a rush to understand, build, and ship AI products, developers and data scientists are being urged to be mindful of security and…
As if working at Helldesk weren’t bad enough, IT helpers now targeted by cybercrims
Wave of Okta attacks mark what researchers are calling the biggest security trend of the year IT helpdesk workers are increasingly the target of cybercriminals – a trend researchers have described as “the most noteworthy” of the past year.… This…
Cop shop rapped for ‘completely avoidable’ web form blunder
Made public highly sensitive data on complaints about Metropolitan Police Service The London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime is being rapped by regulators for untidy tech practices that made public the personal data of hundreds of people who filed…
Forget TikTok – Chinese spies want to steal IP by backdooring digital locks
Uncle Sam can use this snooping tool, too, but that’s beside the point There’s another Chinese-manufactured product – joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors – that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic locks, such as those…
FTC goes undercover to probe suspected antivirus scam, scores $26M settlement
On the internet, men are men, lonely single moms are men, and vulnerable PC users are federal agents A pair of tech support businesses accused of swindling marks out of their hard-earned cash have agreed to cough up a $26…
LockBit ransomware kingpin gets 4 years behind bars
Canadian said to have turned to a life of cybercrime during pandemic, now must pay the price – literally A LockBit ransomware kingpin has been sentenced to almost four years behind bars and ordered to pay more than CA$860,000 ($635,000,…
Google gooses Safe Browsing with real-time protection that doesn’t leak to ad giant
Rare occasion when you do want Big Tech to make a hash of it Google has enhanced its Safe Browsing service to enable real-time protection in Chrome for desktop, iOS, and soon Android against risky websites, without sending browsing history…