Major cybersecurity events on 30th November 2020 (Evening Post): Office 365 phishing campaign leverages Oracle and Amazon cloud services, A hacker is selling access to the email accounts of hundreds of C-level executives, Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational. Continue readingA hacker is selling access to the email accounts of hundreds of C-level executives, Operators behind Dark Caracal are still alive and operational, and more
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Major cybersecurity events on 20th November 2020 (Evening Post): Nation-state actors from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea target Canada, Mount Locker ransomware now targets your TurboTax tax returns, Oregon County Hit by Ransomware Attack.Continue readingNation-state actors from Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea target Canada, Mount Locker ransomware now targets your TurboTax tax returns, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 18th November 2020 (Evening Post): COVID-19 Antigen Firm Hit by Malware Attack, Chrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, Ransomware attack forces hosting provider Managed.com to take servers offline.Continue readingChrome 87 released with fix for NAT Slipstream attacks, COVID-19 Antigen Firm Hit by Malware Attack, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 9th November 2020 (Morning Post): HMRC smishing tax rebate scam employs phishing domains and tactics to target UK banking customers. Mayo Clinic sued over data breach of patients’ medical records. Hackers demand $11 million in Bitcoin from gaming giant CAPCOM.Continue readingTrump campaign leaks voter data amidst legal battle, Luxottica data breach exposes LensCrafters, EyeMed data, 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 20th October 2020 (Evening Post): Ransomware gang Darkside donated part of its ransom demands to charities. Nefilim ransomware operators publish long list of Luxottica data on leak site. Google’s Waze allows hackers to identify and track user.Continue readingUS charges Russian intelligence officers for malware attacks, Phishing campaign targets Microsoft, Google, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 20th October (Morning Post): Spying remote access Trojan, GravityRAT targets Android, MacOS devices in India. US Department of Justice announce charges against 6 Sandworm APT members in NotPetya cyberattacks. Ryuk ransomware gang uses Zerologon for rapid attacks. Continue readingRapper Nuke Bizzle scams $1.2M in COVID-19 relief, FBI warns of new spoofed US Census Bureau domains, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 16th October 2020 (Evening Post): Critical SonicWall vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-5135, affects 800K firewalls. Adobe patches Magento bugs that lead to code execution and customer list tampering. Office 365 adds protection against MITM attacks.Continue readingBritish Airways fined £20M for data breach, Reynolds & Reynolds CEO slapped with tax evasion charge, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 1st October 2020 (Morning Post): Twitter removes 130 Iranian accounts attempting to disrupt US Presidential Debates. Two men charged for hacking NBA, NFL players’ social media accounts. Kylie Jenner’s makeup company suffers data breach.Continue readingAPT group TA2552 uses OAuth2 to access O365, Australian DFAT leaks personal details of 1000 citizens, and more
Major cybersecurity events on 30th September 2020 (Evening Post): FBI exposes $15 million business email scam campaign that uses social engineering tactics. Roskomnadzor bans Binance crypto exchange site in Russia. QNAP warns customers of recent wave of ransomware attacks.Continue readingShopify blames support team members for data breach, HP Device Manager has a dangerous backdoor, and more