 Calls Mount for US Gov Clampdown on Mercenary Spyware Merchants: Cybersecurity professionals from Google's threat hunting unit and the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab are upping the pressure on mercenary hacking firms selling high-end surveillance spyware with fresh calls for the U.S. government to urgently clamp down on these businesses. Read More Cybersecurity Growth Investment Flat, M&A Activity Strong for 2022: Global markets have suffered following the first Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine – but sales of cybersecurity software have remained strong. VC investment in cybersecurity has adapted to the world economy rather than stalled. Read More Crackdown on BEC Schemes: 100 Arrested in Europe, Man Charged in US: Authorities in Europe have arrested close to a hundred individuals for invoice fraud as the US indicts a Florida man for role in BEC scheme. Read More House Passes Cybersecurity Bills Focusing on Energy Sector, Information Sharing: The House has passed two cybersecurity bills: the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act and the RANSOMWARE Act. Read More Exploitation of Recent Confluence Vulnerability Underway: Security researchers are already seeing the recent Questions for Confluence hardcoded password vulnerability being exploited in attacks. Read More Moxa NPort Device Flaws Can Expose Critical Infrastructure to Disruptive Attacks: Vulnerabilities found in Moxa's NPort devices could allow attackers to cause significant disruption, including in critical infrastructure organizations. Read More France Closes 'Cookies' Case Against Facebook: French privacy regulators on Thursday closed a case against Facebook after determining the US tech giant had changed the way it collected user data to comply with the law. Read More Microsoft: Attackers Increasingly Using IIS Extensions as Server Backdoors: Microsoft warns organizations of an uptick in malicious IIS extensions deployed as covert backdoors on Exchange servers. Read More Victim of Private Spyware Warns It Can be Used Against US: Months after her father was lured back to Rwanda under false pretenses and jailed, Carine Kanimba discovered her own phone had been hacked using private spyware. Read More Nuki Smart Lock Vulnerabilities Allow Hackers to Open Doors: NCC Group security researchers have identified 11 vulnerabilities impacting Nuki smart lock products, including some that allow attackers to open doors. Read More Microsoft Catches Austrian Company Exploiting Windows, Adobe Zero-Days: Redmond's security research teams intercept multiple zero-day attacks attributed to DSIRF, a private cyber mercenary firm operating out of Austria. Read More HUMAN Security and PerimeterX Merge on Mission to Combat Bots: Bot and fraud protection firms HUMAN Security (formerly White Ops) and PerimeterX, today announced that the two companies would merge under the HUMAN company name. Read More Mailing List Provider WordFly Scrambling to Recover Following Ransomware Attack: WordFly has been offline for more than two weeks after ransomware encrypted data on some of its systems. Read More IBM Security: Cost of Data Breach Hitting All-Time Highs: A global study of 550 organizations finds the average cost of a data breach reaching all-time high of $4.35 million as businesses struggle with ransomware and lack of zero trust principles. Read More US Offers $10 Million for Information on North Korean Hackers: The US government is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on individuals associated with North Korean state-sponsored hacking groups. Read More Dozens of 'Luca Stealer' Malware Samples Emerge After Source Code Made Public: The source code of Rust-based Luca Stealer has been used to create over 25 samples since the beginning of July. Read More | 
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