Major cybersecurity events on 04 January 2021 (Morning Post): Hacker sells 368 million users’ records stolen from 26 companies including Sitepoint. 6.15 lakh Facebook users’ account compromised by Facebook ad phishing campaign. Backdoor discovered in over 100,000 Zyxel firewalls.Continue readingPayPal phishing campaign steals user credentials, Microsoft’s Windows Core Polaris OS leaks online, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 31st December 2020 (Evening Post): Adobe Flash Player will officially reach its end of life (EOL) on 1 January 2021. New Golang-based Crypto worm infects Windows and Linux servers. Google Chrome to display warnings for weak passwords.Continue readingData breach broker sells records of 26 companies, Wyndham Capital involved in class-action lawsuit over breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 31st December 2020 (Morning Post): Ticketmaster pays $10 million criminal fine for intrusions into competitor’s computer systems. CISA demands US govt agencies to update SolarWinds Orion software. New worm turns Windows, Linux servers into Monero miners.Continue readingGoogle Docs bug allow hackers to hijack screenshots, T-Mobile breach exposes phone numbers, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 30th December 2020 (Evening Post): China settles over 3,100 personal data breach cases in 2020. U.S. Treasury warns financial institutions of COVID-19 vaccine-related cyberattacks, scams. DDoS attacks spiked, became more complex in 2020.Continue readingGetSchooled breach impacts 930k individuals, Text messaging scams rise amid the holiday season, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 30th December 2020 (Morning Post): 21 arrested after allegedly using stolen WeLeakInfo.com logins to commit fraud. Voyager cryptocurrency broker halted trading due to cyberattack. Lawsuit claims flawed facial recognition led to man’s wrongful arrest.Continue readingPransksters hijack smart devices to live stream swatters, Apple loses copyright suit against security startup, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 29th December 2020 (Evening Post): UK arrests suspects tied to WeLeakInfo, site selling breached personal data. AutoHotkey-based password stealer targeting US, Canadian banking users. Conti ransomware gang takes down Sangoma Technologies.Continue readingAntwerp laboratory latest victim of cyber attack, Ransomware targets COVID-19 vaccine research, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 29th December 2020 (Morning Post): Facebook ads misused by cybercriminals in phishing scam to steal 615,000 login credentials. Nefilim ransomware operators leak data stolen from Whirlpool. The Parliament of Finland confirms hackers breached MPs’ emails accounts.Continue reading“Immense” IT problem targets AIDA cruise ships, Unauthorized access at Kawasaki may have caused leak, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 28th December 2020 (Evening Post): Multi-platform card skimmer found on Shopify, BigCommerce stores. REvil hackers plan to leak photos of plastic surgery patients after massive hack. GitHub-hosted malware calculates Cobalt Strike payload from Imgur pic.Continue readingThreat actors target Finnish politicians’ email accounts, 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 28th December 2020 (Morning Post): Misconfigured AWS Bucket exposes hundreds of social influencers. Kaspersky Lab and Yandex detects malicious browser extensions including Frigate Light, Frigate CDN and SaveFrom. Fake Amazon gift card emails deliver the malware.Continue readingiCloud outage causes account activation failure, GoDaddy apologizes for insensitive phishing email, and more
Major cybersecurity events on December 2020 (Evening Post): Millions stolen from online bank accounts following large-scale fraud operation. Google reports that Microsoft failed to fix a Windows zero-day flaw. Misconfigured AWS bucket exposes hundreds of social influencers.Continue readingIranian cyber actors threaten US election officials, Citrix confirms ongoing DDoS attack, and more