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
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Major cybersecurity events on 22nd December 2020 (Morning Post): Nosy ex-partners armed with Instagram passwords pose a serious cybersecurity threat. Partial lists of organizations infected with Sunburst malware released online. Dell Wyse ThinOS flaws allow hacking thin clients.Continue readingTennCare breached, impacts 3,300 members, Hades ransomware gang targets Trucking giant Forward Air, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 21st December 2020 (Evening Post): VMware latest to confirm breach in SolarWinds hacking campaign. Ransomware threat actors dump data from yet another k-12 district. Critical bugs in Dell Wyse Thin Client Devices allow code execution.Continue readingUS seizes domains for COVID phishing attacks, Hacker dumps crypto wallet customer data, attacks follow, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th December 2020 (Evening Post): WhatsApp denies that its encrypted data can be hacked by Pegasus, an Israeli spyware. Wormable Gitpaste-12 botnet returns to target Linux servers, IoT devices. ‘PGMiner’ crypto-mining botnet abuses PostgreSQL for distribution.Continue readingOver 45 million medical images leaked online, Twitter fined €450,000 for GDPR breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 13th November 2020 (Evening Post): Three of 337,384 Maltese voters demand €10m fine for IT firm behind huge data breach. COVID-19 data-sharing app leaked healthcare worker information. Australian government issues warning against Clop ransomware.Continue readingRussian, North Korean Hackers Target Vaccine Work, Vertafore ‘data event’ affects 27.7 million people, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 12th November 2020 (Evening Post): KuCoin CEO, Johnny Lyu, says 84% of stolen cryptocurrency has been recovered. New modular ModPipe POS malware targets restaurants and hospitality sectors. Microsoft urges users to stop using phone-based MFA.Continue readingRakuten sends cashback emails in error, Hacker-for-hire group targets South Asian organizations, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 12th November 2020 (Morning Post): RegretLocker ransomware encrypts virtual hard disks on Windows machines. Cobalt Strike toolkit source code allegedly leaked online. Intel fixes 95 vulnerabilities as part of November 2020 Patch Tuesday.Continue readingAnimal Jam data breach impacts 46M accounts, Malicious Minecraft scams millions of users, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 6th November 2020 (Morning Post): Ragnar Locker demands $15 million after stealing 2 TB unencrypted Campari files. North Korean cyberespionage campaign uses Torisma spyware to monitor victims in stealth. Apple releases updates for 3 actively exploited 0-day vulnerabilities. Continue readingUS DoJ seizes $1B in Bitcoins tied to Silk Road, Hackers compromise 1,200 company VoIP servers, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 21st October 2020 (Morning Post): Microsoft claims taking down 94% of TrickBot’s command and control servers. NSA reveals 25 publicly known vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese Nation-State hackers. Adblocker installed by 300,000 users turns out to be malicious. Continue readingOSF Healthcare notifies patients of ransomware incident, Pfizer leaks customer prescriptions, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th October 2020 (Evening Post): Critical SonicWall vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135, affects 800K firewalls. Adobe patches Magento bugs that lead to code execution and customer list tampering. Office 365 adds protection against MITM attacks.Continue readingBritish Airways fined £20M for data breach, Reynolds & Reynolds CEO slapped with tax evasion charge, and more