Cybersecurity News
Volkswagen, Audi disclose data breach impacting over 3.3 million customers, interested buyers
An unsecured treasure trove of data used for sales was exposed online.14 June 2021
Vishing: What is it and how do I avoid getting scammed?
How do vishing scams work, how do they impact businesses and individuals, and how can you protect yourself, your family and your business?
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14 June 2021
Codecov to retire the Bash script responsible for supply chain attack wave
A new uploader, shipped as a NodeJS executable, has been introduced in its place.14 June 2021
Ransomware
Ransomware is a special type of malware. Once it infected your computer, it encrypts all of your files and demands you pay a ransom if you want your files back. Be suspicious of any emails trying to trick you into opening infected attachments or click on malicious links, common sense is your best defense. In addition. backups are often the only way you can recover from ransomware.14 June 2021
Unpatched Bugs Found Lurking in Provisioning Platform Used with Cisco UC
A trio of security flaws open the door to remote-code execution and a malware tsunami.
11 June 2021
Trickbot Investigation Shows Details of Massive Cybercrime Effort
Nearly a score of cybercriminals allegedly worked together to create the Trickbot malware and deploy it against more than a million users, an unsealed indictment claims.11 June 2021
McDonald's Data Breach Exposed Business & Customer Data
An investigation has revealed company data has been breached in the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan.11 June 2021
Baby Clothes Giant Carter’s Leaks 410K Customer Records
Purchase automation software delivered shortened URLs without protections.
11 June 2021
REvil Hits US Nuclear Weapons Contractor: Report
"We hereby keep a right (sic) to forward all of the relevant documentation and data to military agencies of our choise (sic)" REvil reportedly wrote.
11 June 2021
Cyberpunk 2077 Hacked Data Circulating Online
CD Projekt Red confirmed that employee and game-related data appears to be floating around the cyber-underground, four months after a hack on the Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer.
11 June 2021
Details Emerge on How Gaming Giant EA Was Hacked
Hacking group stole source code to FIFA 21 and the company's Frostbite engine.11 June 2021
Many Mobile Apps Intentionally Using Insecure Connections for Sending Data
A new analysis of iOS and Android apps released to Apple's and Google's app stores over the past five years found many to be deliberately breaking HTTPS protections.11 June 2021
Monumental Supply-Chain Attack on Airlines Traced to State Actor
Airlines are warned to scour networks for traces of the campaign, likely the work of APT41, lurking in networks.
11 June 2021
Secure Access Trade-offs for DevSecOps Teams
Thanks to recent advancements in access technologies, everyone can apply identity-based authentication and authorization and zero-trust principles for their computing resources.11 June 2021
Lax security around URL shortener exposed PII of US retailer Carter’s customer base
Hundreds of thousands of customers may have been impacted.11 June 2021
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
ESET Research dissects campaigns by the Gelsemium and BackdoorDiplomacy APT groups – Hacking an orbiting satellite isn't necessarily the stuff of Hollywood
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11 June 2021
Police Grab Slilpp, Biggest Stolen-Logins Market
There were more than 80 million login credentials for sale, used to inflict over $200 million in losses in the U.S. alone.
11 June 2021
Hackers Steal FIFA 21 Source Code, Tools in EA Breach
Raft of other proprietary game data and related software and developer kits also pilfered in the unspecified attack, which the company is investigating.
11 June 2021
Tracking ransomware cryptocurrency payments: What now for Bitcoin?
Should we expect cybercriminals to ditch the pseudonymous cryptocurrency for other forms of payment that may be better at throwing law enforcement off the scent?
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11 June 2021
Card Broken: 1000 arrests made in Chinese crackdown on fraud, cryptocurrency laundering
Criminals involved in telecom scams allegedly funneled their profits through cryptocurrency platforms.11 June 2021
