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Towards the end of last week, the City of London Police on Friday revealed that it has arrested a 17-year-old teenager from Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking. "On the evening of Thursday 22 September 2022, the City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking," the agency said, adding "he remains in police custody." A statement from the department said the arrest was made as part of an investigation in partnership with...

On Friday last week, Ukrainian law enforcement authorities disclosed that it had "neutralized" a hacking group operating from the city of Lviv that it said acted on behalf of Russian interests. Reports show that the group specialized in the sales of 30 million accounts belonging to citizens from Ukraine and the European Union on the dark web and netted a profit of $372,000 (14 million UAH) through electronic payment systems like YooMoney, Qiwi, and WebMoney...

Earlier today reports of an SMS-based phishing campaign were announced, targeting customers of Indian banks with information-stealing malware that masquerades as a rewards application. According to the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, the messages contain links that redirect users to a sketchy website that triggers the download of the fake banking rewards app for ICICI Bank. "The malware's RAT capabilities allow the attacker to intercept important device notifications such as incoming messages, an apparent effort...

Yesterday Twitter announced that they had remediated an issue that allowed accounts to stay logged in across multiple devices even after a voluntary password reset. In an update earlier this week, the social media company explained that the bug meant users who proactively changed their passwords on one device may have still been able to access open sessions on other screens. It is important to note that users who choose password resets voluntarily may be...

Analysing the software security practices of 130 organisations including Adobe, PayPal and Lenovo, Synopsys's Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM) report has found a nearly 50% surge in activities to secure open source software components and integrate security into developer toolchains; indicating greater initiative to tackle software supply chain security over the last 12 months. The findings highlight a significant increase in activities that indicate BSIMM member organizations are implementing a “shift everywhere” approach to...

Dragos Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for industrial controls systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) environments, today announced it has been designated by the CVE Program as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). As a CNA, Dragos is authorized to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities and publicly disclose information about these vulnerabilities through CVE Records. This includes assigning CVE IDs to vulnerabilities found in the company’s own products as well as any third-party products not...

Rockstar Games, the publishers behind the popular Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise, announced earlier this week that data from the latest instalment of the GTA series has been leaked online. The leak is being described as one of gaming's biggest security breaches. The publishers were unable to clarify how the "network intrusion" happened, but confirmed that "early development footage" from GTA VI had been stolen. A user called teapotuberhacker posted the footage onto the GTAForums...

Earlier today, American Airlines became the latest big-name brand to announce a data breach, after an unauthorized actor compromised employee inboxes. A statement released from the aerospace giant confirmed that the source of the incident was a phishing attack which “led to the unauthorized access to a limited number of team-member mailboxes.” The airline explained that “a very small number of customers’ and employees’ personal information” was contained in the accessed emails, suggesting that its attackers...

A new survey conducted amongst 600 parents across the UK by Censuswide on behalf of International Cyber Expo found that 40% of parents believe children will turn to cyber crime during the cost of living crisis. The survey also revealed that 40% of parents have fallen victim to at least one security breach as a result of their children’s online activities, with 17% experiencing a breach twice and 10% experiencing a breach three times. The...

Earlier this week, it was reported that the Zoom video conference platform was down and experienced an outage preventing users from logging in or joining meetings. An incident posted on Zoom's service status page, revealed that the company confirmed issues starting and joining meetings and video sessions. "We are investigating reports of zoom.us being unavailable. Our teams are currently investigating the service-impacting event. Our engineers are investigating," the company explained. "We have identified the issue starting...