Major cybersecurity events on 23rd December 2020 (Morning Post): UK cryptocurrency exchange EXMO suffers breach, funds stolen. Ransomware downed UVM Medical Center systems, no payments have been made. New marketing campaign emerges against UK subway, using TrickBot malware.Continue readingUS warns of COVID-themed phishing, fraud schemes, Emotet campaign returns after 7-week hiatus, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 22nd December 2020 (Morning Post): Nosy ex-partners armed with Instagram passwords pose a serious cybersecurity threat. Partial lists of organizations infected with Sunburst malware released online. Dell Wyse ThinOS flaws allow hacking thin clients.Continue readingTennCare breached, impacts 3,300 members, Hades ransomware gang targets Trucking giant Forward Air, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 30th October 2020 (Morning Post): Mount Locker ransomware group leaks 18GB of leading security firm Gunnebo AB’s data. Brooklyn & Vermont hospitals are latest Ryuk ransomware victims. Threat actors continue to target Windows Zerologon flaw.Continue readingREvil targets video games, claims massive revenue, Emotet uses parked domains to deliver malware, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 23rd October 2020 (Morning Post): Taiwanese United Microelectronics Corporation will plead guilty to theft of Micron Technologies trade secrets, pay $60m fine. Researcher claims to have logged into Trump’s personal Twitter with password MAGA2020.Continue readingRussian hackers breach US govt. networks, steals data, Microsoft Teams phishing attack hits O365 users, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 18th August 2020 (Morning Post): Cado Security reports the first known crypto mining bot, TeamTNT, to steal AWS credentials. World’s largest cruise line operator Carnival Corporation discloses that it has been breached in a ransomware attack.Continue readingNotepad++ text editor banned in China, Canada Revenue Agency shut down after cyber attack, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 9th July 2020 (Morning Post): Microsoft will soon release security feature, Kernel Data Protection, blocking malware, malicious actors from corrupting OS memory. 240 subdomains hosted by Azure hacked to spread malware.Continue readingMalicious Office 365 OAuth apps part of phishing attacks, Clubillion leaks millions of users data, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 29th June 2020 (Evening Post): Attackers hack E27, asks for donation in exchange for details about vulnerabilities. Maine Information and Analysis Center suffers data breach, leaks data. Evil Corp stopped from spreading ransomware, preventing attack on 30 major firms.Continue readingHackers sent explicit messages to breached list of students, Hidden Web Skimmers used to target ecommerce sites, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 25th June 2020 (Morning Post): Black Hat survey registers record levels of concerned security professionals regarding potential breaches. Self-propelling Lucifer malware targets Windows with DDoS, cryptojacking attacks.Continue readingPhishing campaign collects corporate data, targets Office 365, NVIDIA patches high-severity flaws in Windows, Linux, and more
Round Up of Major Breaches and Scams Error in official Walgreens app exposes users’ personal data An error in the official app of US pharmacy chain Walgreens allowed users to view other users’ names, prescriptions, store number, and shipping addresses. The company announced that for a week, an error in the app’s personal secure messaging…Continue readingCloudSEK Daily Threat Bulletin – 28th February 2020