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EU splashes out on its own metaverse, launch party sees six attendees
The European Union created its own youth-oriented metaverse-like digital venue for $400,000, but the 24-hour launch party on a virtual beach attracted exactly six attendees.
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Human Rights Watch details Iran-backed phishing campaign against activists
An ongoing and extensive international cyber espionage campaign targeting human rights activists, well-known journalists, diplomats, and politicians working in the Middle East region has been uncovered by Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers.
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Hospital cyberattack forces transfer of critically ill patients
A French hospital has been forced to transfer intensive care patients after suffering a suspected ransomware attack over the weekend, local media reports.
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Swiss government proposes “reporting duty” for cyberattacks on vital infrastructure
The Swiss Federal Council proposed “a reporting duty” for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. The proposal comes amid the EU’s and the USA’s race to protect critical assets from threat actors.
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Microsoft is preparing to defend Ukraine from renewed Russian cyber offensive
Russia is further pressuring Ukraine with its multi-pronged hybrid technology approach and ever more intense cyberattacks, Microsoft says. The company adds it will help Kyiv and its allies prepare for Moscow’s operations.
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Gang’s number is up: police bust spells end for SIM cloners
A SIM card-cloning gang that netted €250,000 by draining the bank accounts of a hundred victims after tricking their phone companies into giving it access to their personal details has been busted by police in Spain.
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Russian regions attacked by new wiper posing as ransomware
Judicial courts and mayor offices across several Russian regions have been hit by a new data-wiping trojan. Antivirus maker Kaspersky says it’s a piece of malware that pretends to ask for a ransom.
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Vatican shuts down its website amid hacking attempts
The Vatican was forced to take down its main vatican.va website on Wednesday and soon admitted it had detected apparent attempts to hack it.
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ZIP and RAR named most prevalent malware carriers
Archive formats, such as ZIP and RAR files, are the most common types of files for delivering malware. They have surpassed Office files for the first time in three years.
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E-sports, crypto and banking most vulnerable to fraud, deepfakes blossom
A new identity fraud report says that this criminal practice doubled in industries such as crypto and banking in 2022, while scammers have also begun targeting E-sports.
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LastPass confirms another breach
Password manager with over 25 million users said an unauthorized party gained access to “certain elements of their customers’ information.”
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Hyundai app bug allows anyone to unlock and start the car remotely
The flaw affects Hyundai and Genesis vehicles made over the past decade and allows controlling the locks, engine, and other critical features.
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Twitter quietly ditches its COVID misinformation policy
Another day, another bit of worrying news from Twitter. It turns out that the social media platform has quietly abandoned enforcement of its COVID misinformation rules.
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Putin embraces digital currency as sanctions cripple Russia’s economy
Putin called for a new blockchain-based digital currency payment system for cross-border transactions amidst the wave of sanctions and international pressure on Russia’s economy.
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Facebook fined $276m for data scraping leak in the EU
Meta was fined $276m by Ireland’s data privacy regulator over a leak that exposed hundreds of millions of user records.
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Acer driver flaw allows deploying malware during boot process
Acer devices are impacted by a driver vulnerability similar to an earlier discovered bug that affected several Lenovo computer models.
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Cyber pirates feel Monday mourning blues
International police celebrated Cyber Monday with a cyber bust of gargantuan proportions – shutting down more than 12,500 illegal websites and disconnecting dozens of servers streaming pirated content across thousands of channels.
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WhatsApp data leaked - 500 million user records for sale online
Someone is allegedly selling up-to-date mobile phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users. A data sample investigated by Cybernews likely confirms this to be true.
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Punisher ransomware disguises as a COVID tracking app
Threat actors still leverage the COVID-19 pandemic to lure victims into a trap.
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America tightens the screw on Chinese telecom firms
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced the banning of telecom and video surveillance equipment from prominent Chinese brands.
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