Cybersecurity

Zabbix urges upgrades after critical SQL injection bug disclosure

US agencies blasted 'unforgivable' SQLi flaws earlier this year

Patches29 Nov 2024 | 7

NHS major 'cyber incident' forces hospitals to use pen and paper

Systems are isolated and pulled offline, while scheduled procedures are canceled

Cyber-crime28 Nov 2024 | 56

First-ever UEFI bootkit for Linux in the works, experts say

Bootkitty doesn’t bite… yet

Research27 Nov 2024 | 11

Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed

Complaint claims he trespassed, gave himself discounts, and sorted CCTV access…

Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 24

Another 'major cyber incident' at a UK hospital, outpatients asked to stay away

Third time this year an NHS unit's IT systems have come under attack

Cyber-crime26 Nov 2024 | 53

QNAP and Veritas dump 30-plus vulns over the weekend

Updated Just what you want to find when you start a new week

Patches26 Nov 2024 | 2

China has utterly pwned 'thousands and thousands' of devices at US telcos

Senate Intelligence Committee chair says his 'hair is on fire' as execs front the White House

Cyber-crime25 Nov 2024 | 51

Russian spies may have moved in next door to target your network

Infosec in brief Plus: Microsoft seizes phishing domains; Helldown finds new targets; Illegal streaming with Jupyter, and more

Security25 Nov 2024 | 22

'Alarming' security bugs lay low in Linux's needrestart utility for 10 years

Update now: Qualys says flaws give root to local users, 'easily exploitable', default in Ubuntu Server

Research21 Nov 2024 | 15

D-Link tells users to trash old VPN routers over bug too dangerous to identify

Vendor offers 20% discount on new model, but not patches

CSO20 Nov 2024 | 59

America's drinking water systems have a hard-to-swallow cybersecurity problem

More than 100M rely on gear rife with vulnerabilities, says EPA OIG

Public Sector19 Nov 2024 | 20

Palo Alto Networks tackles firewall-busting zero-days with critical patches

Amazing that these two bugs got into a production appliance, say researchers

Patches19 Nov 2024 | 4

Crook breaks into AI biz, points $250K wire payment at their own account

Fastidious attacker then tidied up email trail behind them

Cyber-crime19 Nov 2024 | 12

Sweden's 'Doomsday Prep for Dummies' guide hits mailboxes today

First in six years is nearly three times the size of the older, pre-NATO version

Security18 Nov 2024 | 39

Teen serial swatter-for-hire busted, pleads guilty, could face 20 years

Infosec in brief PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more

Security18 Nov 2024 | 23

Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence

Serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 6

Kids' shoemaker Start-Rite trips over security again, spilling customer card info

Updated Full details exposed, putting shoppers at serious risk of fraud

Cyber-crime14 Nov 2024 | 14

NatWest blocks bevy of apps in clampdown on unmonitorable comms

From guidance to firm action... no more WhatsApp, Meta's Messenger, Signal, Telegram and more

Security14 Nov 2024 | 25

Ransomware fiends boast they've stolen 1.4TB from US pharmacy network

American Associated Pharmacies yet to officially confirm infection

Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 1

'Cybersecurity issue' at Food Lion parent blamed for US grocery mayhem

Stores still open, but customers report delayed deliveries, invoicing issues, and more at Stop & Shop and others

Cyber-crime12 Nov 2024 | 2

HTTP your way into Citrix's Virtual Apps and Desktops with fresh exploit code

'Once again, we've lost a little more faith in the internet,' researcher says

CSO12 Nov 2024 | 3

FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams

Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthy

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 12

Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison

Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion bill

Cyber-crime11 Nov 2024 | 24

Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians – politely, we assume

Infosec in brief Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and more

Security11 Nov 2024 |

Don't open that 'copyright infringement' email attachment – it's an infostealer

Curiosity gives crims access to wallets and passwords

Research07 Nov 2024 | 21

Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason

In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos

Research06 Nov 2024 | 15

Cyberattackers stole Microlise staff data following DHL, Serco disruption

Experts say incident has 'all the hallmarks of ransomware'

Cyber-crime06 Nov 2024 | 5

A new city springs from the rainforest to become Indonesia's tech hub

Jakarta who? Indonesia's new capital, Nusantara, is packed with tech

On-Prem06 Nov 2024 | 17

Don't have MFA on a Google Cloud account? You'll have to from Jan

Lock it up. Lock it up

PaaS + IaaS05 Nov 2024 | 6

Washington courts grapple with statewide outage after 'unauthorized activity'

Justice still being served, but many systems are down

Security05 Nov 2024 | 1

Columbus, Ohio, confirms 500K people affected by Rhysida ransomware attack

Victims were placed in serious danger following highly sensitive data dump

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2024 | 5

Why the long name? Okta discloses auth bypass bug affecting 52-character usernames

Mondays are for checking months of logs, apparently, if MFA's not enabled

Security04 Nov 2024 | 14

Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know

Opinion Is that a walrus in your server logs, or aren't you pleased to see me?

Cyber-crime04 Nov 2024 | 24

Six IT contractors accused of swindling Uncle Sam out of millions

Infosec in brief Also, ecommerce fraud ring disrupted, another Operation Power Off victory, Sino SOHO botnet spotted, and more

Security03 Nov 2024 | 11

Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes

Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force

Security02 Nov 2024 | 34

UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors

Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine

Cyber-crime01 Nov 2024 | 34

Amazon adds MFA to its enterprise email service ... eight years after launch

No rush, guys

On-Prem31 Oct 2024 | 1

LottieFiles supply chain attack exposes users to malicious crypto wallet drainer

A scary few Halloween hours for team behind hugely popular web plugin

Cyber-crime31 Oct 2024 | 11

Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years

India makes it onto list of likely threats for the first time

Cybersecurity Month31 Oct 2024 | 15

Fired Disney staffer accused of hacking menu to add profanity, wingdings, removes allergen info

If you're gonna come at the mouse, you need to be better at hiding your tracks

Security30 Oct 2024 | 58

Russian spies use remote desktop protocol files in unusual mass phishing drive

The prolific Midnight Blizzard crew cast a much wider net in search of scrummy intel

Cyber-crime30 Oct 2024 | 18

Belgian cops cuff 2 suspected cybercrooks in Redline, Meta infostealer sting

US also charges an alleged Redline dev, no mention of an arrest

Cyber-crime29 Oct 2024 | 1

Admins better Spring into action over latest critical open source vuln

Patch up: The Spring framework dominates the Java ecosystem

Security29 Oct 2024 | 1

Skyscraper-high sewage plume erupts in Moscow

Ukrainian hackers again, or just 50+ year old infrastructure showing its age? Either way, it's a mess

Offbeat28 Oct 2024 | 80

Delta officially launches lawyers at $500M CrowdStrike problem

Legal action comes months after alleging negligence by Falcon vendor

Cybersecurity Month28 Oct 2024 | 23

Dutch cops pwn the Redline and Meta infostealers, leak 'VIP' aliases

Legal proceedings underway with more details to follow

Cybersecurity Month28 Oct 2024 | 5

Senator accuses sloppy domain registrars of aiding Russian disinfo campaigns

Infosec in brief Also, Change Healthcare sets a record, cybercrime cop suspect indicted, a new Mallox decryptor, and more

Security27 Oct 2024 | 34

Here's a NIS2 compliance checklist since no one cares about deadlines anymore

Only two EU members have completed the transposition into domestic law

Cybersecurity Month24 Oct 2024 | 11

Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns

Don't ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG

Cyber-crime24 Oct 2024 | 10

Penn State pays DoJ $1.25M to settle cybersecurity compliance case

Fight On, State? Not this time

Security23 Oct 2024 | 3

Tech firms to pay millions in SEC penalties for misleading SolarWinds disclosures

Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast settled with the agency without admitting or denying wrongdoing

Software22 Oct 2024 | 7

Akira ransomware is encrypting victims again following pure extortion fling

Crooks revert to old ways for greater efficiency

Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2024 | 2

Telcos find cloud migrations, security, are a pain in the IaaS

Carriers consume less than half the cloud they committed to use

PaaS + IaaS22 Oct 2024 | 17

Pixel perfect Ghostpulse malware loader hides inside PNG image files

Miscreants combine it with an equally tricky piece of social engineering

Cybersecurity Month22 Oct 2024 | 34

macOS HM Surf vuln might already be under exploit by major malware family

Like keeping your camera and microphone private? Patch up

Cybersecurity Month21 Oct 2024 | 16

Jetpack fixes 8-year-old flaw affecting millions of WordPress sites

In Brief - Updated Also, new EU cyber reporting rules are live, exploiters hit the gas pedal, free PDNS for UK schools, and more

Security18 Oct 2024 | 5