Major cybersecurity events on 31st July 2020 (Evening Post): The EU imposes sanctions against China, Russia, and North Korea for past cyber-attacks. Online Michigan Bar Exam disrupted briefly by DDoS attacks. FBI warns of NetWalker ransomware targeting businesses.Continue readingResearchers detect technique to abuse EMV cards, Hackers post fake stories on real news sites, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 30th July 2020 (Evening Post): Doki, malware strand part of the Ngrok Cryptominer Botnet campaign, infiltrates Docker cloud instances. Critical plugin flaw affects more than 70,000 WordPress sites. Zoom bug allows actors to crack meeting passwordsContinue readingVermont Tax Department exposes taxpayer’s details, Crypto wallet firm Ledger suffers from data breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 28th July 2020 (Morning Post): Promo.com, popular marketing video maker, discloses data breach, 22 million user records leaked on hacker forum. Developer discovers leaked source code of over 50 high-profile organizations from diverse sectors.Continue readingCloudflare exposes 3M IP addresses, Australian consumer watchdog accuses Google of privacy breaches, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 27th July 2020 (Morning Post): Russia’s GRU military intel agency behind most aggressive hacking attacks on US govt. Cyber criminals target Airtel customers with eSIM swapping fraud. Researchers suggest that users patch ASUS routers, as they can be reflashed with malware.Continue readingGothic Panda, Stone Panda attack Indian companies, Data of Avito, Yula users appear on the internet, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 24th July 2020 (Evening Post): About 280,000 Instacart customer records hacked and put for sale on the dark web. Prometei uses NSA exploits to steal data and mine Monero. Twitter hackers read private messages of 36 high-profile accounts.Continue readingTitle Insurance Company exposes millions of personal information, US registers a spike in ransomware attacks, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 23rd July 2020 (Evening Post): Prometei botnet spotted in the wild, exploits Windows SMB protocol to covertly mine for cryptocurrency. Fake cryptocurrency trading app hits Mac users with malware. Apple’s iPhone Research Device Program makes its debut. Continue readingHacking forums loaded with Slack credentials, Meow attack targets dozens of Elasticsearch databases, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 20th July 2020 (Evening Post): Emotet resurfaces with a blast of malicious spam, spreads backdoor that installs ransomware, trojans, other malware. Columbia notifies ransomware victims, provides details to members whose data may have been compromised.Continue readingPhishing campaign abuses Microsoft, IBM services, Hackers targeted 130 Twitter accounts, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 17th July 2020 (Morning Post): Seven ransomware families designed to kill running processes target industrial software. CryptBB introduces new platform, helps young hackers to hone their skills. UK, US, Canada claims Russian hackers hacked vaccine trials.Continue readingTelecom giant Orange confirms ransomware attack, Diebold Nixdorf warns jackpotting attack targeting ATMs, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th July 2020 (Evening Post): Cofense PDC detects tax relief phishing scam targeting HMRC credentials and sensitive data. Jewish Temple Sinai virtual prayer service disrupted with anti-semitic attacks. BlackRock malware can steal passwords, card data from 337 apps.Continue readingCitrix denies data breach, actor claims to have data on 2M customers, CIA allegedly behind APT34, FSB hacks, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 6th July 2020 (Morning Post): Threat actors leverage Tor networks to carry out system compromise, data exfiltration, DoS attacks, reconnaissance. FakeSpy malware resurfaces, steals text messages, financial data, bank login information, app data, etc.Continue readingDelhi University data privacy breach, Try2Cry ransomware infects USB flash drives, spreads to Windows, and more