23 Jan

CISA boss swatted: ‘While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique’

CISA Director Jen Easterly has confirmed she was the subject of a swatting attempt on December 30 after a bogus report of a shooting at

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23 Jan

Accused PII seller faces jail for running underground fraud op

A Baltimore man faces a potential maximum 20-year prison sentence after being charged for his alleged role in running an online service that sold personal

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23 Jan

UK water giant admits attackers broke into system as gang holds it to ransom

Southern Water confirmed this morning that criminals broke into its IT systems, making off with a “limited amount of data.” The Black Basta ransomware group

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23 Jan

Break the fake: The race is on to stop AI voice cloning scams

Scams As AI-powered voice cloning turbocharges imposter scams, we sit down with ESET’s Jake Moore to discuss how to hang up on ‘hi-fi’ scam calls

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23 Jan

Australia imposes cyber sanctions on Russian it says ransomwared health insurer

Australia’s government has used the “significant cyber incidents” sanctions regime it introduced in 2021 for the first time, against a Russian named Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov

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22 Jan

Atlassian Confluence Server RCE attacks underway from 600+ IPs

More than 600 IP addresses are launching thousands of exploit attempts against CVE-2023-22527 – a critical bug in out–of-date versions of Atlassian Confluence Data Center

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22 Jan

Slug slimes aerospace biz AerCap with ransomware, brags about 1TB theft

AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, has reported a ransomware infection that occurred earlier this month, but claims it hasn’t yet suffered any financial

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22 Jan

EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who’s checking on them

For a country that prides itself on being free, America does seem to have an awful lot of spying going on, as the new Street

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22 Jan

Ivanti and Juniper Networks accused of bending the rules with CVE assignments

Critics are accusing major tech companies of not sticking to the rules when it comes to registering vulnerabilities with the appropriate authorities. Both Juniper Networks

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22 Jan

Subway’s data torpedoed by LockBit, ransomware gang claims

The LockBit ransomware gang is claiming an attack on submarine sandwich slinger Subway, alleging it has made off with a platter of data. LockBit’s post

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22 Jan

ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz

A financial services company that illegally dispatched tens of thousands of spam messages promising to help the recipients magically wipe away their debts is itself

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22 Jan

Safeguarding against the global ransomware threat

Sponsored Feature Ransomware is used by cybercriminals to steal and encrypt critical business data before demanding payment for its restoration. It represents one of, if

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22 Jan

BreachForums admin ‘Pompourin’ sentenced to 20 years of supervised release

in brief Conor Brian Fitzpatrick – aka “Pompourin,” a former administrator of notorious leak site BreachForums – has been sentenced to 20 years of supervised

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20 Jan

Russians invade Microsoft exec mail while China jabs at VMware vCenter Server

A VMware security vulnerability has been exploited by Chinese cyberspies since late 2021, according to Mandiant, in what has been a busy week for nation-state

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19 Jan

Five ripped off IT giant with $7M+ in bogus work expenses, prosecutors claim

Five people have been accused of pulling off a “brazen” scam that involved submitting more than $7 million in fake work expense claims to an

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19 Jan

Why many CISOs consider quitting – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video The job of a CISO is becoming increasingly stressful as cybersecurity chiefs face overwhelming workloads and growing concerns over personal liability for security failings

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19 Jan

Thieves steal 35.5M customers’ data from Vans sneakers maker

VF Corporation, parent company of clothes and footwear brands including Vans and North Face, says 35.5 million customers were impacted in some way when criminals

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19 Jan

IT consultant fined for daring to expose shoddy security

A security researcher in Germany has been fined €3,000 ($3,300, £2,600) for finding and reporting an e-commerce database vulnerability that was exposing almost 700,000 customer

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