Information Security Magazine

Discovered by FortiGuard Labs, the ValleyRAT campaign targets Chinese Windows systems

Citizen Lab attributed the campaign to Coldriver, a notorious FSB subordinate team, and Coldwastrel, a new, Russian-aligned group

Ransom payments in the first half of 2024 hit $460m, according to Chainalysis

Google has highlighted sophisticated spearphishing attacks by Iranian state actor APT42 targeting individuals associated with the US Presidential campaign

SolarWinds has discovered and fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Web Help Desk

The phishing attack uses infostealer malware to target saved passwords, credit cards & Bitcoin info

Manufacturing firm Orion revealed it has lost $60m in a business email compromise (BEC) scam, which targeted a non-executive employee

CVE-2024-38173 is a medium severity RCE flaw in Microsoft Outlook, similar to CVE-2024-30103

Firms are introducing 300 services monthly, contributing to 32% of high or critical cloud exposures

Tenable detailed two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Azure Health Bot Service, one of which has been rated critical

A cyber-attack has hit several boroughs across Greater Manchester, England, leaving thousands of residents vulnerable to a phishing scam

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants to test the effectiveness of cyber-deception tactics

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday saw the tech giant address nine zero-day vulnerabilities

In a Monday filing with the ASX, Evolution Mining stated that the incident was contained

NIST has formalized three post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, with organizations urged to start the transition to quantum-secure encryption immediately

The EVIT breach exposed the data of 208,717 individuals, including students, faculty and parents

CERT-UA has warned that a mass phishing campaign impersonating Ukraine’s Security Services has infected more than 100 government devices

Belarusian national Maksim Silnikau, who was operating under the ‘J.P. Morgan’ moniker, is believed to be one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminals

South Korea’s People Power Party calls for new legislation after data on spy planes and tanks is hacked by North Korea

The FBI and other law enforcers claim to have disrupted the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware group