Major cybersecurity events on 10th September 2020 (Morning Post): Hackers steal $5.4 million Slovakian cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE. Fake alert scams target mobile networks and users, reports Sophos. Zeppelin ransomware adds a new trojan downloader to its arsenal.Continue readingBlackbaud data breach affects Inova Health Systems, NexusGuard reports massive rise in DDoS campaigns, and more
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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 12th August 2020 (Morning Post): Spyware Agent Tesla, exploiting the pandemic since March, adds new tricks to its arsenal. Critical Intel flaw affects motherboards, server systems, compute modules. Samsung quietly fixes Galaxy ‘Find My Mobile’ flaw.Continue readingRussia with the most number of spying smartphones, Illinois healthcare system FHN suffers breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 10th August 2020 (Morning Post): DoppelPaymer ransomware gang targets Coronavirus ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies, obstructs production of 300 ventilators per day. 400 Snapdragon vulnerabilities turns 3 billion Android phones into spying tools. Continue readingChinese hackers penetrates Taiwan semiconductor industry, Intel investigates major data leak, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th August 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers abuse lookalike domains and favicon of popular brands for credit card theft. Nearly 50% of all smartphones affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon bugs. Reportedly, Canon admits ransomware attack in note to employees.Continue readingCapital One bank fined with $80M for 2019 hack, Phishing scam leads users to fake email scanner site, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th August 2020 (Morning Post): Netwalker ransomware operators claims to have breached the networks of Forsee Power. New side-channel attacks target Intel, ARM, IBM, AMD processors. Smart lock IoT devices opened with just Mac addresses. Continue reading440K ProctorU user records published after breach, Qualcomm, MediaTek Wi-Fi chips hit by KrØØk, 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 30th June 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers target Roblox gaming platform accounts in support of Donal Trump’s re-election. Unpatched Wi-Fi extender exposes domestic networks to remote control. Vulnerabilities in device drivers facilitate attacks on ATMs, PoS systems.Continue readingMore than 100K brute-force attacks target Windows, OneClass exposes 1M students’ data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th June 2020 (Morning Post): Privnotes.com masquerades as privnote.com, phishes bitcoins. Twitter forbids users from retweeting articles they have not opened. ActionSpy targets minority group Uyghurs. Facebook aids FBI, captures child predator.Continue readingMicrosoft bans sale of facial recognition tech, Maze attacks Threadstone Advisors LLP, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 11th June 2020 (Evening Post): Healthcare provider Babylon suffers data breach. Alabama city decide to pay ransom after DoppelPaymer’s attack on 5 June. Thanos spreads to Windows users, evades security. Intel patches flaws in Active Management Technology.Continue readingOffice 365 phishing emails masquerades as relief payments, Fake Black Lives Matter campaign spreads Trickbot, and more