Insider Steals 80,000 Email Addresses From UK District Councils

A former council worker has been cautioned by police for taking 79,000 residents’ email addresses from a database to promote a business unrelated to the council. Another database from Warwick District Council was also affected.

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Diversifying Defenses: FjordPhantom Malware Shows Importance of a Multi-Pronged Approach

Security teams need to combine the angles of client-side and server-side detection in order to have the best chance of mitigating the risk of advanced mobile malware.

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The Five Most Alarming Cyber Threats from CrowdStrike’s 2024 Global Threat Report

The five cyber threats described below reflect how attackers are getting more efficient at exploiting identities, cloud infrastructures and third-party relationshipsRead More

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NSA Announces Retirement of Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce

NSA says Rob Joyce is retiring as cybersecurity director and will be replaced by David Luber, the current deputy director of cybersecurity.

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Clean Links and Sophisticated Scams Mark New Era in Email Attacks

An analysis by VIPRE Security revealed that email attacks are on the rise, with an increase in malicious EML file attachments and social engineering attacks in the last quarter of 2023.

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Iranian APTs Dress Up As Hacktivists for Disruption, Influence Ops

Iran has taken a page from the Russian playbook: Passing off military groups as civilians for the sake of PR and plausible deniability.

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Ransomware Declines as InfoStealers and AI Threats Gain Ground: IBM X-Force

The ransomware threat is declining as actors pivot to infostealing, according to IBM, which says that attacks on cloud services and critical infrastructures are growing.

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Google’s Cloud Run Service Spreads Several Bank Trojans

A surging bank malware campaign abuses Google Cloud Run and targets Latin America, with indications that it’s hitting other regions as well, researchers warn.

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Wyze Cameras Allow Accidental User Spying

About 13,000 users received camera images and feeds that weren’t theirs. This cyber incident takes place only five months after the company experienced a similar issue and failed to be transparent with users about the issues it was facing.

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Meta Disrupts 8 Spyware Firms, 3 Fake News Networks

While furiously trying to put out one fire — fake news — the social media giant is dealing with another growing threat: spies for hire.

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