The Federal Bureau of Investigation says business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) losses have surpassed $43 billion globally.
FBI: Losses From BEC Scams Surpass $43 Billion
Cisco Patches Critical VM Escape in NFV Infrastructure Software
Cisco on Wednesday announced patches to address severe vulnerabilities in Enterprise Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure Software (NFVIS), including a critical bug that allows attackers to escape from a guest virtual machine (VM).
Idaho Needs to Shore Up Cybersecurity, Task Force Says
Idaho needs to be better prepared to defend against inevitable cyberattacks that could harm individuals, businesses and critical infrastructure, the Governor’s Cybersecurity Task Force said in a report released Wednesday.
EU Hands Police Agency New Powers Over Personal Data
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to hand the EU’s police agency new powers to gather and use data, provoking an angry response from privacy activists.
Kaspersky Warns of Fileless Malware Hidden in Windows Event Logs
Threat hunters at Kaspersky are publicly documenting a malicious campaign that abuses Windows event logs to store fileless last stage Trojans and keep them hidden in the file system.
Google Sees More APTs Using Ukraine War-Related Themes
Researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) say the number of advanced threat actors using Ukraine war-related themes in cyberattacks went up in April with a surge in malware attacks targeting critical infrastructure.
Hubble Technology Banks $9 Million for Asset Visibility Platform
An early-stage Virginia startup has banked $9 million in venture capital funding to build an “agentless technology asset visibility” aimed at disrupting the asset management space.
F5 Informs BIG-IP Customers About 18 Serious Vulnerabilities
Security and application delivery solutions provider F5 on Wednesday released another quarterly security notification, which informs customers about more than 50 vulnerabilities and security exposures.
China-Linked Winnti APT Group Silently Stole Trade Secrets for Years: Report
“CuckooBees” campaign operated by Chinese cyber espionage group went undetected since 2019
