Scumbags play on victims’ worst fears in phishing campaign referencing UK Employment Tribunal A current phishing campaign scares recipients into believing they’ve been sacked, when in reality they’ve been hacked – and infected with infostealers and other malware that means a payday for the crooks behind the scam.… READ MORE HERE…

Plus, a brand-new backdoor, GhostSpider, is linked to the cyber-spy crew’s operations The reach of the China-linked Salt Typhoon gang extends beyond American telecommunications giants, and its arsenal includes several backdoors, including a brand-new malware dubbed GhostSpider, according to Trend Micro researchers.… READ MORE HERE…

Funny what putting more effort and resources into IT security can do Attackers – possibly China’s Salt Typhoon cyber-espionage crew – compromised an unnamed wireline provider’s network and used this access to try to break into T-Mobile US systems multiple times over the past few weeks, according to its Chief Security Officer Jeff Simon. … READ MORE HERE…