Major cybersecurity events on 04 January 2021 (Morning Post): Hacker sells 368 million users’ records stolen from 26 companies including Sitepoint. 6.15 lakh Facebook users’ account compromised by Facebook ad phishing campaign. Backdoor discovered in over 100,000 Zyxel firewalls.Continue readingPayPal phishing campaign steals user credentials, Microsoft’s Windows Core Polaris OS leaks online, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 30th December 2020 (Morning Post): 21 arrested after allegedly using stolen WeLeakInfo.com logins to commit fraud. Voyager cryptocurrency broker halted trading due to cyberattack. Lawsuit claims flawed facial recognition led to man’s wrongful arrest.Continue readingPransksters hijack smart devices to live stream swatters, Apple loses copyright suit against security startup, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 28th December 2020 (Evening Post): Multi-platform card skimmer found on Shopify, BigCommerce stores. REvil hackers plan to leak photos of plastic surgery patients after massive hack. GitHub-hosted malware calculates Cobalt Strike payload from Imgur pic.Continue readingThreat actors target Finnish politicians’ email accounts, 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 28th December 2020 (Morning Post): Misconfigured AWS Bucket exposes hundreds of social influencers. Kaspersky Lab and Yandex detects malicious browser extensions including Frigate Light, Frigate CDN and SaveFrom. Fake Amazon gift card emails deliver the malware.Continue readingiCloud outage causes account activation failure, GoDaddy apologizes for insensitive phishing email, and more
Major cybersecurity events on December 2020 (Evening Post): Millions stolen from online bank accounts following large-scale fraud operation. Google reports that Microsoft failed to fix a Windows zero-day flaw. Misconfigured AWS bucket exposes hundreds of social influencers.Continue readingIranian cyber actors threaten US election officials, Citrix confirms ongoing DDoS attack, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 24th December 2020 (Morning Post): Nintendo conducts invasive surveillance operation against homebrew hacker. UK privacy watchdog warns SolarWinds victims to report data breaches. Lazarus group hits COVID-19 vaccine-maker in espionage attack.Continue readingData breach hits 30,000 Now:Pensions customers, 21 Buttons exposes millions of users’ data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 22nd December 2020 (Evening Post): Hackers break into US Treasury systems, steal essential encryption keys. CISA issues ICS Advisory for new vulnerabilities in Treck TCP/IP stack. Tech giants Microsoft, Google, Cisco support Facebook in case against spyware maker.Continue readingNOW: Pensions suffers 3rd party data breach, “Joker’s Stash” servers seized by law enforcement, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 18th December 2020 (Morning Post): Power supplier People’s Energy hacked, exposes 250,000 customers’ personal info. Emirati website leaks the personal information of thousands of Israelis, used to plan trips to Dubai. 5M WordPress sites run ‘Contact Form 7’ plugin with critical bugs.Continue readingSolarWinds breached Microsoft systems as well, Mednax Services notifies patients of data breach, and more