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Microsoft Expands Cloud, AI Footprint Across Europe

Microsoft has announced plans to expand cloud and AI infrastructure in the EU, increasing data center capacity by 40% by 2027 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Microsoft Expands Cloud, AI Footprint Across Europe

JPMorgan CISO Urges SaaS Security Reset

JPMorgan’s CISO has argued that SaaS apps represent a growing risk to businesses, “quietly enabling cyber attackers” This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: JPMorgan CISO Urges SaaS Security Reset

New WordPress Malware Masquerades as Plugin

New WordPress malware disguised as a plugin gives attackers persistent access and injects malicious code enabling administrative control This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: New WordPress Malware Masquerades as Plugin

New Gremlin Infostealer Distributed on Telegram

Administrators of a Telegram channel named CoderSharp have been advertising Gremlin Stealer since March 2025 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: New Gremlin Infostealer Distributed on Telegram

Infostealers Harvest Over 30,000 Australian Banking Credentials

Dvuln researchers highlighted the growing impact of infostealers on the cybercrime landscape, enabling attackers to bypass traditional defenses This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Infostealers Harvest Over 30,000 Australian Banking Credentials

Zero-Day Exploitation Figure Surges 19% in Two Years

Google claims 19% more zero-day bugs were exploited in 2024 than 2022 as threat actors focus on security products This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Zero-Day Exploitation Figure Surges 19% in Two Years

Europol Creates “Violence-as-a-Service” Taskforce

Europol has launched a new initiative designed to combat recruitment of youngsters into violent organized crime groups This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Europol Creates “Violence-as-a-Service” Taskforce

Uyghur Diaspora Group Targeted with Remote Surveillance Malware

Members of the World Uyghur Congress living in exile were targeted with a spear phishing campaign deploying surveillance malware, according to the Citizen Lab This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Uyghur Diaspora Group Targeted with…

Half of Mobile Devices Run Outdated Operating Systems

50% of mobile devices run outdated operating systems, increasing vulnerability to cyber-attacks, according to the latest report from Zimperium This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Half of Mobile Devices Run Outdated Operating Systems

Government Set to Ban SIM Farms in European First

The UK government says it will ban the possession or supply of SIM farms, in a fraud crackdown This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Government Set to Ban SIM Farms in European First

US Data Breach Lawsuits Total $155M Amid Cybersecurity Failures

Panaseer’s latest cybersecurity study revealed that US companies have paid $155M in data breach lawsuit settlements over just six months This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: US Data Breach Lawsuits Total $155M Amid Cybersecurity Failures

Popular LLMs Found to Produce Vulnerable Code by Default

Backslash Security found that naïve prompts resulted in code vulnerable to at least four of the of the 10 most common vulnerabilities across popular LLMs This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Popular LLMs Found to…

ELENOR-corp Ransomware Targets Healthcare Sector

ELENOR-corp ransomware, a new version of Mimic, is targeting healthcare organizations using advanced capabilities This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: ELENOR-corp Ransomware Targets Healthcare Sector

Ransomware Attacks Fall Sharply in March

NCC Group found that ransomware attacks fell by 32% in March compared to February, but described this finding as a “red herring” This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Ransomware Attacks Fall Sharply in March

ETSI Unveils New Baseline Requirements for Securing AI

ETSI’s says new technical specification for securing AI models and systems sets international benchmark This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: ETSI Unveils New Baseline Requirements for Securing AI

US Data Breach Victim Count Surges 26% Annually

The latest ITRC data finds breach volumes remained flat in Q1 but victim numbers increased 26% annually This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: US Data Breach Victim Count Surges 26% Annually

UK Romance Scams Spike 20% as Online Dating Grows

Barclays found that romance scam victims lost £8000 on average in 2024, a significant increase from the previous year This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: UK Romance Scams Spike 20% as Online Dating Grows

SuperCard X Enables Contactless ATM Fraud in Real-Time

A new malware campaign utilizing NFC-relay techniques has been identified carrying out unauthorized transactions through POS systems and ATMs This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: SuperCard X Enables Contactless ATM Fraud in Real-Time

Billbug Espionage Group Deploys New Tools in Southeast Asia

Billbug, a China-linked espionage group, has been observed targeting critical sectors in Southeast Asia with new tools This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Billbug Espionage Group Deploys New Tools in Southeast Asia

NTLM Hash Exploit Targets Poland and Romania Days After Patch

An NTLM hash disclosure spoofing vulnerability that leaks hashes with minimal user interaction has been observed being exploited in the wild This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: NTLM Hash Exploit Targets Poland and Romania Days…

Identity Attacks Now Comprise a Third of Intrusions

IBM warns of infostealer surge as attackers automate credential theft and adopt AI to generate highly convincing phishing emails en masse This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Identity Attacks Now Comprise a Third of Intrusions

Microsoft Thwarts $4bn in Fraud Attempts

Microsoft has blocked fraud worth $4bn as threat actors ramp up AI use This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Microsoft Thwarts $4bn in Fraud Attempts

Chaos Reigns as MITRE Set to Cease CVE and CWE Operations

Security community reacts with shock at US government’s decision not to renew MITRE contract for CVE database This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Chaos Reigns as MITRE Set to Cease CVE and CWE Operations

Chaos Reins as MITRE Set to Cease CVE and CWE Operations

Security community reacts with shock at US government’s decision not to renew MITRE contract for CVE database This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Chaos Reins as MITRE Set to Cease CVE and CWE Operations

Compliance Now Biggest Cyber Challenge for UK Financial Services

Regulatory compliance and data protection were the biggest cybersecurity challenges cited by UK financial organizations, according to a Bridewell survey This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Compliance Now Biggest Cyber Challenge for UK Financial Services

LabHost Phishing Mastermind Sentenced to 8.5 Years

A UK man has been sentenced to over eight years for masterminding £100m phishing platform LabHost This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: LabHost Phishing Mastermind Sentenced to 8.5 Years

Major WordPress Plugin Flaw Exploited in Under 4 Hours

Flaw in SureTriggers plugin allows unauthenticated users to create admin accounts on WordPress sites This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Major WordPress Plugin Flaw Exploited in Under 4 Hours

US Blocks Foreign Governments from Acquiring Citizen Data

The US government has implemented a program that applies export controls on data transactions to certain countries of concern, including China and Russia This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: US Blocks Foreign Governments from Acquiring…

NVD Revamps Operations as Vulnerability Reporting Surges

The NVD program manager has announced undergoing process improvements to catch up with its growing vulnerability backlog This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: NVD Revamps Operations as Vulnerability Reporting Surges

Cyble Urges Critical Vulnerability Fixes Affecting Industrial Systems

Rockwell Automation, Hitachi Energy and Inaba Denki Sangyo have products affected by critical vulnerabilities carrying severity ratings as high as 9.9 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Cyble Urges Critical Vulnerability Fixes Affecting Industrial Systems

Google Cloud: China Achieves “Cyber Superpower” Status

Google Cloud’s Sandra Joyce said that Chinese state actors’ advanced techniques and ability to stay undetected pose huge challenges This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Google Cloud: China Achieves “Cyber Superpower” Status

Ransomware Attacks Hit All-Time High as Payoffs Dwindle

While ransomware attack claims are at an all-time high, financial losses from actual attacks may be reducing This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Ransomware Attacks Hit All-Time High as Payoffs Dwindle

Microsoft Fixes Over 130 CVEs in April Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has issued security updates to fix 130+ vulnerabilities this month, including one zero-day This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Microsoft Fixes Over 130 CVEs in April Patch Tuesday

CISA Warns of CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploitation in the Wild

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added CVE-2025-31161 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: CISA Warns of CrushFTP Vulnerability Exploitation in the Wild

Boards Urged to Follow New Cyber Code of Practice

The British government has launched a new code of practice designed to boost corporate cyber governance This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Boards Urged to Follow New Cyber Code of Practice

Malicious Microsoft VS Code Extensions Used in Cryptojacking Campaign

Security researchers from ExtensionTotal have found nine malicious extensions in Visual Studio Code, Microsoft’s lightweight source-code editor This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Malicious Microsoft VS Code Extensions Used in Cryptojacking Campaign

Cyber Agencies Warn of Fast Flux Threat Bypassing Network Defenses

A joint cybersecurity advisory warns organizations globally about the defense gap in detecting and blocking fast flux techniques, which are exploited for malicious activities This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Cyber Agencies Warn of Fast…

Chinese State Hackers Exploiting Newly Disclosed Ivanti Flaw

Mandiant warned that Chinese espionage actor UNC5221 is actively exploiting a critical Ivanti vulnerability, which can lead to remote code execution This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Chinese State Hackers Exploiting Newly Disclosed Ivanti Flaw

Major Online Platform for Child Exploitation Dismantled

An international law enforcement operation has shut down Kidflix, a platform for child sexual exploitation with 1.8m registered users This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Major Online Platform for Child Exploitation Dismantled