Major cybersecurity events on 23rd December 2020 (Morning Post): UK cryptocurrency exchange EXMO suffers breach, funds stolen. Ransomware downed UVM Medical Center systems, no payments have been made. New marketing campaign emerges against UK subway, using TrickBot malware.Continue readingUS warns of COVID-themed phishing, fraud schemes, Emotet campaign returns after 7-week hiatus, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 22nd December 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers break into US Treasury systems, steal essential encryption keys. CISA issues ICS Advisory for new vulnerabilities in Treck TCP/IP stack. Tech giants Microsoft, Google, Cisco support Facebook in case against spyware maker.Continue readingNOW: Pensions suffers 3rd party data breach, “Joker’s Stash” servers seized by law enforcement, and more
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 14th December 2020 (Morning Post): Hackers backed by foreign govt. breach US Treasury, steal data. Major leak exposes members and ‘lifts the lid’ on the Chinese Communist Party. Former Cisco engineer gets two years in prison for Webex Teams hack.Continue readingSolarWinds breached, infects multiple US companies, Pay2Key compromises Habana Labs’ networks, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 11th December 2020 (Evening Post): Glassdoor fixes critical issue that allows threat actors to take over accounts. Adrozek malware silently inject ads into search results in multiple browsers. Organized spear-phishing campaign targets 200 million Microsoft 365 users.Continue readingFake data breach targets Ledger wallets, Tax relief business exposes personal info of 100,000 clients, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 8th December 2020 (Morning Post): DoppelPaymer ransomware operators hit Mexican facility of electronics giant Foxconn. Rana Android malware variant spies on instant messages in WhatsApp, Telegram, Skype. PS Now bugs let sites run malicious code on Windows PCs.Continue readingPhishing campaign targets 200M 365 accounts, Mercy Health fires employee over insider breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 01st December 2020 (Morning Post): Indian National Gets 20-Year Jail in United States for Running Scam Call Centers, Microsoft links Vietnamese state hackers to crypto-mining malware campaign, Credit card skimmer fills fake PayPal forms with stolen order info.Continue readingIndian National Gets 20-Year Jail in United States for Running Scam Call Centers, Microsoft links Vietnamese state hackers to crypto-mining malware campaign, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 19th November 2020 (Morning Post): Cisco fixes WebEx bugs allowing ‘ghost’ attackers, Hacking group exploits ZeroLogon in automotive, industrial attack wave, Dubliner Jailed Over $2m Cryptocurrency Theft.Continue readingCisco fixes WebEx bugs allowing ‘ghost’ attackers, Dubliner Jailed Over $2m Cryptocurrency Theft, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 18th November 2020 (Evening Post): COVID-19 Antigen Firm Hit by Malware Attack, Chrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, Ransomware attack forces hosting provider Managed.com to take servers offline.Continue readingChrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, COVID-19 Antigen Firm Hit by Malware Attack, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 11th November 2020 (Evening Post): Antivirus software flags Dell printer drivers as malware, blocks installation. Chinese-linked Muhstik botnet targets Oracle WebLogic, Drupal. Patched Ubuntu desktop vulnerability allows privilege escalation.Continue readingLTO data leak involves car registrations, Ragnar Locker gang uses Facebook ads to extort victims, and more