Major cybersecurity events on 2nd September 2020 (Morning Post): Russian engineer, Pavel Zhovner, raised $5 million for Tamagotchi for Flipper Zero hackers. Cybercriminals launch new scams targeting global brand domain names. Magecart credit-card skimmer adds Telegram as C2 channel.Continue readingFacebook, Twitter suspends Russian propaganda accounts, Russia’s IRA discusses QAnon on Facebook, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 1st September 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers sell compromised Fortnite accounts on underground forums, earning millions every year. Iranian hacking group Pioneer Kitten sells access to stolen corporate networks. Apple accidentally approves Mac Shlayer malware. Continue readingSamsung leaks details of 980 Pro NVMe SSD, Paytm Mall suffers data breach, actors demand ransom, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 13th August 2020 (Morning Post): Verified Twitter account masquerades as WHO official, spreads racist remarks and misinformation. ReVoLTE vulnerability allows actors to eavesdrop on conversations. Offensive espionage campaign attributed to North Korean ‘Dream Job’.Continue readingUS officials say TikTok users voluntarily gave data to China, Azure app abused in phishing campaign, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 11th August 2020 (Evening Post): UK Court of Appeal declares face recognition technology usage by Welsh police to be unlawful. German parliament prepares for patient data protection laws and more digitalisation in the German healthcare system.Continue readingDDoS attacks triple in the second quarter of 2020, Anomaly Six collects and sells users location data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 10th August 2020 (Evening Post): New evasive Magecart phishing attacks leverage modified favicon to inject e-skimmers, steal payment card data. Maze group claims responsibility for a ransomware attack targeted at Canon.Continue readingProctorU confirms breach after data leaked online, Subreddits vandalized with pro-Trump messages, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 6th August 2020 (Evening Post): Maze ransomware targets Canon, 10TB data allegedly stolen. Researcher Details Sophisticated macOS Attack via Office Document Macros. FBI warns of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems. Continue readingPorn video interrupts court hearing for Twitter hacker, Chrome extensions involved in ad fraud, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 23rd July 2020 (Morning Post): Lazarus APT group creates an advanced, cross-platform malware framework to launch attacks on Windows, MacOS, Linux systems. Misconfigured AWS S3 buckets allow attackers to compromise Twilio’s TaskRouter SDK.Continue readingUniversity of York staff, student records stolen, Dutch law enforcement eavesdrops on EncroChat, 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 8th July 2020 (Evening Post): German authorities seize BlueLeaks server, after it provided access to US police departments internal documents. Keeper threat group compromises 57o e-commerce sites, profiting around $7 million from it.Continue readingBEC gang Cosmic Lynx associated with 200 campaigns, Google Play hosts app delivering Cerebrus, and more
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