A sophisticated botnet named FritzFrog has returned after a long break with new capabilities, and researchers believe it may be linked to Chinese threat actors.
Sophisticated FritzFrog P2P Botnet Returns After Long Break
Cambodia Steps Up Surveillance With New Internet Gateway
Cambodia is powering up its new National Internet Gateway, a move activists say will allow the government to further silence the country’s embattled opposition voices.
Ransomware Gang Says it Has Hacked 49ers Football Team
The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data.
Adobe Releases Emergency Patch for Exploited Commerce Zero-Day
Adobe released an emergency advisory on Sunday to inform Commerce and Magento users of a critical zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in attacks.
CISA Says ‘HiveNightmare’ Windows Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added 16 new CVE identifiers to its list of known exploited vulnerabilities, including a Windows flaw that federal agencies are required to patch within two weeks.
Feds Oppose Immediate Release of Voting Machine Report
A federal cybersecurity agency is reviewing a report that alleges security vulnerabilities in voting machines used by Georgia and other states and says the document shouldn’t be made public until the agency has had time to assess and mitigate potential risks.
India-Linked Threat Actor Involved in Spying, Planting Evidence
For roughly a decade, a previously unknown advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been engaging in long-term surveillance operations against academics, activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and law professionals, SentinelOne reports.
Spanish Authorities Dismantle SIM Swapping Gang
Spanish authorities this week announced they arrested eight individuals that were part of a fraud ring that employed SIM swapping to compromise bank accounts.
The suspects used phishing and impersonation to obtain the personal information of potential victims and then proceeded to take over online banking accounts to steal money.
Google Paid Out $8.7 Million in Bug Bounty Rewards in 2021
Google this week said it handed out a record $8.7 million in bug bounty payouts in 2021 as part of its Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs). A total of 696 researchers from 62 countries received bug bounties.
Lawmakers Introduce Combined Bill for Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Security
U.S. senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH) this week introduced a legislative package whose goal is to strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure and government networks.
