Major cybersecurity events on 9th October 2020 (Evening Post): Cybercriminals target Playback Now conference platform with payment card skimmer. Fitbit gallery can be used to distribute malicious apps. 55 new security flaws reported in Apple software and services.Continue readingCriminals steal over £100,000 from old aged in Lancaster, Ransomware gang leverages Zerologon in attacks, and more
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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 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 9th September 2020 (Morning Post): Russian government claims that USA, UK, Ukrainian DDoS attacks targeted voting in Russian Federation. France, Japan, and New Zealand warn of a surge in Emotet attacks. Adobe InDesign, Framemaker, and Experience Manager flaws fixed.Continue readingCredit card skimmer Baka evades detection methods, Netwalker targets Pakistani power utility K-Electric, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th September 2020 (Evening Post): ACSC’s First Annual Cyber Threat Report records 59,806 cybercrimes in a year. Russian indicted for attempting to recruit Tesla employee to install malware. DDoS attacks e-learning platforms increased by 80% in 2020.Continue readingDigital Forum exposes 800,000 user records, Charing Cross Gender Identity Clinic data leak victims claim £30,000, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th September 2020 (Morning Post): Visa warns users of new e-skimmer dubbed Baka that exfiltrates payment card details, removes itself from memory. Ad scammers target TikTok’s #ForYou page. Zero-day vulnerability exploited to attack millions of WordPress sites.Continue readingHackers breach Warner Music Group websites, Criminals pilfer card data on Telegram through new skimming technique, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 4th September 2020 (Morning Post): U.S. court rules that the NSA mass surveillance program exposed in 2013 was illegal and unconstitutional. Evilnum APT uses Python-based RAT PyVil in its recent attacks. 6,000 Roper St. Francis patients’ data compromised.Continue readingView Media leaks 39m user data via unsecured AWS S3 buckets, Microsoft launches deepfake detection tool, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 2nd September 2020 (Morning Post): Russian engineer, Pavel Zhovner, raised $5 million for Tamagotchi for Flipper Zero hackers. Cybercriminals launch new scams targeting global brand domain names. Magecart credit-card skimmer adds Telegram as C2 channel.Continue readingFacebook, Twitter suspends Russian propaganda accounts, Russia’s IRA discusses QAnon on Facebook, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 1st September 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers sell compromised Fortnite accounts on underground forums, earning millions every year. Iranian hacking group Pioneer Kitten sells access to stolen corporate networks. Apple accidentally approves Mac Shlayer malware. Continue readingSamsung leaks details of 980 Pro NVMe SSD, Paytm Mall suffers data breach, actors demand ransom, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 10th August 2020 (Evening Post): New evasive Magecart phishing attacks leverage modified favicon to inject e-skimmers, steal payment card data. Maze group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack targeted at Canon.Continue readingProctorU confirms breach after data leaked online, Subreddits vandalized with pro-Trump messages, and more