Major cybersecurity events on 5th August 2020 (Morning Post): American online food ordering and delivery platform UberEats falls prey to data breach. Oilrig, first publicly known threat actor to incorporate the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol in attacks. Continue readingCanon outage causes data loss, Fake Zoom meeting invitations phishing targets Microsoft credentials, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 4th August 2020 (Evening Post): Federal authorities warn of a ransomware attack that could paralyze November’s voting operations. Netwalker ransomware makes a whopping $25 million in 5 months. Ransomware gang publishes internal data of LG and Xerox.Continue readingZello discloses data breach, resets user passwords, Fraudulent websites target online shoppers, 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 22nd July 2020 (Evening Post): US Department of Justice accuses Chinese hackers of stealing trade secrets, targeting COVID-19 research. Sawfish phishing scam targets DeepSource, resets logins. Blackbaud pays ransom following data breach.Continue readingDunzo hacked, 11GB worth data leaked, Tesco phishing scam targets litigation firm, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 21st July 2020 (Evening Post): Netwalker ransomware targets Lorien Health Services, steals data of at least 50,000. Fake cryptocurrency trading apps spread GMERA malware to Mac users. Four banking trojan families, called Tetrade, targets user worldwide.Continue readingCoinbase stops customers from paying Twitter hackers, Tesco phishing scam targets UK customers, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th July 2020 (Morning Post): Adware targets Android users, Kaspersky finds them to be undeletable files. Credit card skimmer targets websites hosted on Microsoft IIS servers, running ASP.NET. Hotels.com code generator flaw fixed. Continue readingFacebook, Google, Twitter pause reviews of Hong Kong data requests, Purple Fox adds two Microsoft exploits to arsenal, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 6th July 2020 (Evening Post): Multi-stage bitcoin scam leaks data personal data of 2,50,000 people. Russian MoFA Twitter account hijacked, data offered for sale. New, more sinister Mac ransomware infects Apple’s Mac computers.Continue readingDating apps breaches leak millions of sensitive data, Bug in LinkedIn iOS app resorts to clipboard snooping, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 3rd July 2020 (Morning Post): UK National Crime Agency cracks EncroChat network used for criminal activities, arrests 746 users. Valak infostealer distributed through malicious spam, targets enterprises in America and Europe.Continue readingFacebook user data exposed to thousands of apps, Malware pinned to Chingari webpages, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 2nd July 2020 (Morning Post): Facebook discloses that 5,000 app developers got user data after their access expired. MacOS ransomware spreads through pirated software. Cisco systems warn users about high-severity bug in its switch lineup.Continue readingKerala Cyber Hackers break into Delhi State HM website, Ransomware campaign targets news websites, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 1st July 2020 (Morning Post): Verified Instagram account targets unsuspecting users with copyright infringement phishing scam. 25 Android apps removed from Play Store, following the theft of Facebook credentials. EvilQuest ransomware targets macOS users.Continue readingTikTok denies misuse of Indian user data, HMRC phishing scams target passport details, and more