Major cybersecurity events on 18th September 2020 (Evening Post): Google’s awkward stalkerware typo said it was ok to spy spouse. Data breach affects thousands of patients and donors at Children’s Minnesota, Allina Health, Regions Hospital and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.Continue readingScammers masquerade as Moscow State Univ., Chinese hackers steal data from Spanish labs, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 18th September 2020 (Morning Post): UK NCSC warns about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting educational institutions. Mozilla shuts down legacy services – Firefox Send, Firefox Notes. US sanctions Rana Institute for hiding major hacking operations.Continue readingAPT39 indicted for stealing satellite tracking data, Outbound email errors increase data breaches by 93%, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 17th September 2020 (Evening Post): Zhenhua Data Information Technology accused of collecting data on millions of people. Maze attackers adopt Ragnar Locker virtual machine technique. Winnti hackers attack 100+ companies, US announces charges. Continue readingPill scam campaign bypasses spam filters, Duesseldorf University Clinic hacked, patient dies, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 17th September 2020 (Morning Post): In multiple incidents US charges hackers and cyber criminals for espionage, global attacks, and cryptocurrency phishing spree. Hacker finds former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot’s passport number from Instagram post.Continue readingIranian hackers charged for cyber espionage, Warner Music Group faces lawsuit over data breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th September 2020 (Evening Post): Indian pleads guilty to his role in $600,000 malware protection scam. LockBit ransomware launches data leak site to double-extort victims. Facebook hacked by researchers exploiting MobileIron MDM flaw.Continue readingSmishing campaign masquerades as USPS, Bug in order tracking system caused Staples breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th September 2020 (Morning Post): Dunkin’ Donuts settles a lawsuit after failing to disclose 2015 data breach. Hackers face charges for defacing US websites following Soleimani killing. Billions of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and IoT devices vulnerable to BLESA.Continue readingChinese hackers target Vatican despite public disclosure, MrbMiner malware hits MSSQL databases, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th September 2020 (Evening Post): 97% of cybersecurity companies reportedly leaked data on dark web. Mailfire exposes 320 million users records of 70 dating, e-commerce sites. Bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app allows access to millions of voter files. Continue readingDaimler settles US emission charges for $1.5B, SunCrypt ransomware targets University Hospital NJ, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th September 2020 (Morning Post): Election security court hearing zoombombed with swastikas, WTC attack images on 9/11 anniversary. Staples suffers data breach, exposes customer information. Nation-state hackers target unpatched Microsoft Exchange, F5, VPN bugs.Continue reading2,000 Magento online stores hacked, Department of Veteran Affairs suffers data breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 14th September 2020 (Evening Post): US citizen charged with running a diamond and cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme. Vulnerabilities expose thousands of MobileIron servers to remote attacks. Zerologon attack lets hackers take over enterprise networks.Continue readingMisconfigured Elasticsearch leaks 882GB user data, Indian orgs. report highest cyberattacks after US, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 14th September 2020 (Morning Post): 3.4 million patient data breached in Blackbaud ransomware incident, states interim report. New Twitter phishing scam steals login credentials of unsuspecting users. Development Bank of Seychelles hit by ransomware attack.Continue readingRyuk targets US court with the Conti strain, Zoom adds and extra layer of security: 2FA, and more