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
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Major cybersecurity events on 3rd July 2020 (Evening Post): Roblox accounts hacked with pro-Trump messages. CNY Works suffers data breach, exposes names and SSN of 56,000 people. Netgear releases security patches for 10 vulnerabilities impacting 79 of its products. Continue readingV Shred data leak exposes PII, sensitive photos of clients, ThiefQuest info-stealer infects macOS, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 17th June 2020 (Morning Post): Hactivist collective Anonymous takes down Atlanta Police Department’s website. Ariix Italia leaks more than 30,000 sales agents’ data. Oracle EBS vulnerabilities allow tampering with financial records of several organizations.Continue reading113 NHS internal email accounts hacked, Fake data breach notifications spread malware, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 2nd June 2020 (Morning Post): Hacking collective Anonymous claims to leak personal information that are in fact old data. Hackers sell 80K credit card details, including CVVs, on the dark web. Over the year, ransomware demand grew 14 times. Continue readingKingNull leaks 7600 Daniel’s Hosting websites, IoT flaws enable DoS attacks, privilege escalation, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 8th May 2020: ShinyHunters, who breached Tokopedia, is selling more than 7.3 million user records on dark web. DocuSign phishing campaign targets Office 365 users, using COVID as bait. Cognizant expects to lose $50m-$70m after ransomware attack. Russian hackers target Merkel’s office.Continue readingMobiFriends breach leaks 3.6M users data, ChatBooks data sold on dark web, Iran hackers target Gilead, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 7th April 2020: FIN6 and TrickBot pair up to deliver TrickBot’s malware framework Anchor. Global COVID-19 apps found to have vulnerabilities. Microsoft Exchange severe flaw impacts 350k servers. Maze Ransomware targets HMR, Malwarebytes targeted in malverstising campaigns.Continue readingEmail.it hacked, Zoom login details on dark web, World Wired Labs sells trojan, FIN6 and TrickBot deliver Anchor, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 2nd April 2020: COVID-themed scams surge. Zoom’s popularity adversely impacts the remote conferencing giant through various malicious schemes. Facebook disables Instagram, Facebook impersonators’ accounts. New class of Windows vulnerabilities discovered.Continue readingTwitter bug caches private files, Facebook takes down fake accounts, Mandrake targets Aussies, MakeFrame targets SMBs, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 19th March 2020: Sodinokibi ransomware data leaks sold on hacker forums. DDoS attacks target Takeaway food delivery service. Phishing campaign sends out emails posing as WHO Chief to spread HawkEye malware. [email protected] phishing spreads RedLine.Continue readingMespinoza/Pysa ransomware, HawkEye, RedLine Malware