In Other News: FBI Cyber Action Team, Pentagon IT Firm Leak, Nigerian Gets 12 Years in Prison

July 26, 2024 at 07:03AM In this week’s cybersecurity news roundup: 1. Three NoName057(16) hackers arrested in Spain for DDoS attacks. 2. Fractal ID data breach compromises 6,300 user data. 3. Oracle settles $115 million lawsuit regarding personal information collection. 4. Leidos internal documents leaked by hackers. 5. AI increasingly used in malware campaigns. 6. … Read more

In Other News: Summer Olympics Threats, Funding Soars, Trump Shooter’s Phone Hacked

July 19, 2024 at 10:12AM SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup offers concise and valuable summaries of stories often overlooked. This week’s highlights include Mac malware linked to North Korean hackers, cybercriminals arrested in Ukraine, threats to the 2024 Summer Olympics, and significant cybersecurity funding increase in Q2 2024. Other topics involve data breaches, DDoS attacks, and … Read more

In Other News: Microsoft Details ICS Flaws, Smart Grill Hacking, Predator Spyware Activity

July 5, 2024 at 07:52AM This week’s cybersecurity news roundup includes an Australian man charged for creating ‘evil twin’ Wi-Fi networks, dozens of vulnerabilities found in Sharp and Toshiba printers, a data breach at the Egyptian Health Department, and hacking of smart grills. Also covered are a Pakistan-linked Android spyware targeting gamers and weapons enthusiasts, … Read more

In Other News: Locked Shields 2024, Data Exposure Bugs, NVIDIA Patches

May 3, 2024 at 10:29AM SecurityWeek offers a weekly roundup of cybersecurity news, highlighting significant developments from the latest vulnerability discoveries to industry reports. This week’s stories cover a former NSA employee’s prison sentence, a fundraising by Bricklayer AI, Chinese keyboard app vulnerabilities, NVIDIA and USPS phishing campaigns, a Los Angeles County data breach, and … Read more

In Other News: Spyware Vendor Shutdown, Freenom-Meta Settlement, 232 Threat Groups

February 23, 2024 at 09:27AM SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity roundup covers noteworthy stories often overlooked. This week’s highlights include a spyware vendor’s shutdown due to Google disclosures, Wyze camera security incident, Chinese 8220 Gang’s cryptomining attacks, Lucifer DDoS botnet targeting Apache tools, PyPI packages sideloading malware, ransomware attack on DC school system, Freenom settling Meta lawsuit, OT … Read more

In Other News: $350 Million Google Settlement, AI-Powered Fraud, Cybersecurity Funding 

February 9, 2024 at 04:09PM SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity roundup provides a concise compilation of notable stories that may have been overlooked, including a service generating fake IDs, a deepfake CFO tricking a finance worker, the Black Hunt ransomware using leaked code, a cyberattack on the Pennsylvania Courts website, and other developments. Notable patches and industry reports … Read more

In Other News: Palo Alto Loses Patent Lawsuit, Identity Firms Get Funding, Government Hackers

February 4, 2024 at 10:42AM SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity roundup offers a weekly compilation of significant developments in the cybersecurity landscape. It covers various topics such as Iranian cyber contractors, Ukrainian military targeting, APT group activities, patent infringement cases, funding announcements for Incognia and Oasis Security, warnings about the UN Cybercrime Treaty, patch releases, and the launch … Read more

In Other News: WhatsApp Privacy Issue, Spying via Ambient Light Sensor, Bigpanzi Botnet

January 20, 2024 at 06:54AM SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity roundup provides a concise overview of significant stories. This week’s highlights include a multimillion-dollar crypto scam, DDoS attacks by a pro-Russian threat actor, new spyware detection methods, macOS infostealers, a malicious campaign targeting Docker hosts, a WhatsApp privacy issue, Drupal and libX11 patches, and reports on AI … Read more

In Other News: WEF’s Unsurprising Cybersecurity Findings, KyberSlash Cryptography Flaw

January 12, 2024 at 09:46AM A weekly cybersecurity roundup by SecurityWeek provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories often overlooked. This week’s round-up includes the WEF’s cybersecurity report, a kyber vulnerability, a self-spreading botnet, Iranian APT attacking Albania, North Korean crypto theft, a new cybersecurity institute, disclosures of vulnerabilities, reports from Cloudflare, and patches for … Read more

In Other News: US Ransomware Attacks, 23andMe Blames Victims, Nuclear Waste Hacking Attempt

January 5, 2024 at 10:06AM SecurityWeek publishes a concise weekly cybersecurity roundup, highlighting significant stories that may have gone unnoticed. This week features Russian hack of Ukraine’s telecoms giant, cyberattack on a Pennsylvania water facility, Pegasus spyware targeting Indian journalists, vulnerabilities in various systems, Let’s Encrypt’s annual report, and cybercrime developments. Other stories cover ransomware … Read more