19 Oct 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 10/19/2023

The Fake Browser Update Scam Gets a Makeover  One of the oldest malware tricks in the book — hacked websites claiming visitors need to update their Web browser before they can view any content — has roared back to life in the past few months. New research shows the attackers behind one such scheme have developed an ingenious way of keeping their malware from being taken down by security experts or law enforcement: By hosting…
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11 Mar 2022
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/11/2022

1 - Ukrainian IT Army Hijacked by Info-stealing Malware Security researchers are urging pro-Ukrainian actors to be wary of downloading DDoS tools to attack Russia, as they may be booby-trapped with info-stealing malware. In late February, Ukrainian vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, called for a volunteer “IT army” of hackers to DDoS Russian targets. However, Cisco Talos claimed that opportunistic cyber-criminals are looking to exploit the subsequent widespread outpouring of support for the Eastern European nation. Specifically,…
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23 Jun 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/23/2021

How Cyber Safe is Your Drinking Water Supply? Amid multiple recent reports of hackers breaking into and tampering with drinking water treatment systems comes a new industry survey with some sobering findings: A majority of the 52,000 separate drinking water systems in the United States still haven’t inventoried some or any of their information technology systems — a basic first step in protecting networks from cyberattacks. The Water Sector Coordinating Council surveyed roughly 600 employees of water…
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05 Mar 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/05/2021

Real estate group in Las Vegas launches fully autonomous security robot A new spin to security. The Westland Real Estate Group has launched a fully autonomous security robot at its Liberty Village Apartments in northeast Last Vegas. The security robot is the first in the world to be used in a multi-family residence in an effort to improve the safety and security of residents. The security robot monitors the property through video and thermal-imaging cameras.…
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21 Jan 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 01/21/2021

Are you more likely to be murdered IRL or hacked online? The existential question of our times has been answered The pandemic has brought existential conversations to the forefront in recent months. However, in an increasingly virtual world, threats are no longer reserved for the physical universe we occupy and cybersecurity breaches are increasingly common. It turns out people are more concerned about being hacked compared to acts of physical violence a la being murdered…
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08 Jun 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 6/8/2020

City of Austin websites go down, hackers take credit in protest The City of Austin’s websites went offline early Thursday morning, and a group of hackers took credit, claiming it was a protest against the Austin Police Department. The hackers known as Anonymous said they were the ones who took the city’s website, austintexas.gov, offline. This morning it appeared to just impact the user-facing web pages. The outages were intermittent throughout the morning, specifically for austintexas.gov. “We’re seeing…
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