#Cybersecurity News Summary Feb 6
?? Windows 10 users locked out of devices by unskippable Microsoft 365 advert ??
Entering payment information was the only way for some to enter their own PCs
?? Read in "ITPro".
?? What is Apple's T2 security chip? ??
Apple’s T2 security chip powers an array of security features in Macs including biometric login and data encryption
?? Read in "ITPro".
?? 10 million customers exposed in JD Sports cyber attack ??
The sports fashion retailer has urged customers to be “on the look-out" for scam emails in the wake of the incident
?? Read in "ITPro".
?? Lacklustre leadership from DCMS delays UK-wide biometric identity platform rollout ??
For years the UK government has longed for a fully functional digital identity system, but it isn't helping those who are crying out to build it
?? Read in "ITPro".
?? Cyber criminal groups wooing hackers with seven-figure salaries and holiday pay ??
Paid leave, competitive salaries, and ‘friendly team’ environments were among the benefits highlighted by dark web job ads
?? Read in "ITPro"
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?? Hackers target business cloud environments by abusing Microsoft’s ‘verified publisher’ status ??
Proofpoint research found that hackers deliberately abused verification procedures to dupe firms with malicious apps
?? Read in "ITPro".
??Nevada Ransomware has released upgraded locker??
Resecurity?has?identified?a new version of Nevada Ransomware which recently emerged on the Dark Web right before the start of 2023. The actors behind this new project have an affiliate platform first introduced on the RAMP underground community, which is known for initial access brokers (IABs) and other cybercriminal actors and ransomware groups.
??Read in "Help Net Security"
?? Finnish psychotherapy extortion suspect arrested in France ??
Company transcribed ultra-personal conversations, didn't secure them. Criminal stole them, then extorted thousands of vulnerable patients.
?? Read in "Naked Security".
??FormBook Malware Spreads via Malvertising Using MalVirt Loader to Evade Detection??
Researchers have uncovered a #malvertising campaign that distributes virtualized . NET MalVirt loaders to evade detection and infect victims' computers with the FormBook malware that steals information.
??Read in "The Hacker News"
??GuLoader Malware Using Malicious NSIS Executables to Target E-Commerce Industry??
Researchers warn of an ongoing GuLoader malware campaign targeting e-commerce industries in South Korea, the US, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan and Japan, using NSIS executable files to load the malware.
??Read in "The Hacker News"