Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! Infosec In Brief Russian intelligence-affiliated parties are posing as customer support services on commercial messaging applications such as Signal to compromise accounts and conduct phishing attacks, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned last Friday.…

CISA calls for stronger IT defenses as Texas district also hit by ransomware crew CISA is investigating a cyberattack against a Pennsylvania water authority that has been linked to what are suspected to be Iranian miscreants. The US Homeland Security agency also warned it is expecting more attempts to subvert programmable logic controllers in America's critical infrastructure.…

It's the gift to cybercriminals that keeps on giving Iranian state-sponsored cyber criminals used an unpatched Log4j flaw to break into a US government network, illegally mine for cryptocurrency, steal credentials and change passwords, and then snoop around undetected for several months, according to CISA.…