Major cybersecurity events on 18th September 2020 (Evening Post): Google’s awkward stalkerware typo said it was ok to spy spouse. Data breach affects thousands of patients and donors at Children’s Minnesota, Allina Health, Regions Hospital and Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare.Continue readingScammers masquerade as Moscow State Univ., Chinese hackers steal data from Spanish labs, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 16th September 2020 (Evening Post): Indian pleads guilty to his role in $600,000 malware protection scam. LockBit ransomware launches data leak site to double-extort victims. Facebook hacked by researchers exploiting MobileIron MDM flaw.Continue readingSmishing campaign masquerades as USPS, Bug in order tracking system caused Staples breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th September 2020 (Morning Post): Dunkin’ Donuts settles a lawsuit after failing to disclose 2015 data breach. Hackers face charges for defacing US websites following Soleimani killing. Billions of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and IoT devices vulnerable to BLESA.Continue readingChinese hackers target Vatican despite public disclosure, MrbMiner malware hits MSSQL databases, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th September 2020 (Evening Post): 97% of cybersecurity companies reportedly leaked data on dark web. Mailfire exposes 320 million users records of 70 dating, e-commerce sites. Bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app allows access to millions of voter files. Continue readingDaimler settles US emission charges for $1.5B, SunCrypt ransomware targets University Hospital NJ, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 15th September 2020 (Morning Post): Election security court hearing zoombombed with swastikas, WTC attack images on 9/11 anniversary. Staples suffers data breach, exposes customer information. Nation-state hackers target unpatched Microsoft Exchange, F5, VPN bugs.Continue reading2,000 Magento online stores hacked, Department of Veteran Affairs suffers data breach, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 14th September 2020 (Evening Post): US citizen charged with running a diamond and cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme. Vulnerabilities expose thousands of MobileIron servers to remote attacks. Zerologon attack lets hackers take over enterprise networks.Continue readingMisconfigured Elasticsearch leaks 882GB user data, Indian orgs. report highest cyberattacks after US, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 14th September 2020 (Morning Post): 3.4 million patient data breached in Blackbaud ransomware incident, states interim report. New Twitter phishing scam steals login credentials of unsuspecting users. Development Bank of Seychelles hit by ransomware attack.Continue readingRyuk targets US court with the Conti strain, Zoom adds and extra layer of security: 2FA, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 11th September 2020 (Morning Post): Telehealth applications and services broaden the attack surface, more actors target such apps. Twitter to remove misleading election tweets, gets on Trump’s bad side. SoftServe hit by ransomware attack, exploits Windows customization tool.Continue readingState-backed hackers target 2020 US elections, 100,000 Razer fans’ sensitive data exposed, and more
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
Major cybersecurity events on 9th September 2020 (Evening Post): FBI alerts private and government agencies of ProLock ransomware with advanced capabilities. 6 Android apps spreading Joker malware banned by Google. Clark County schools reports computer ransomware attack.Continue readingNigerians caught hacking, siphoning funds from bank, Weave Scope software exploited to attack cloud infrastructure, and more