Cybersecurity News


Code42 Incydr Series: Why Most Companies Can’t Stop Departing Employee Data Theft

Code42 Incydr Series: Why Most Companies Can’t Stop Departing Employee Data Theft According to Code42’s Data Exposure Report, 63% of employees say they brought data with them from their previous employer to their current employer.
04 November 2020

Police to Livestream Ring Camera Footage of Mississippi Residents

Police to Livestream Ring Camera Footage of Mississippi Residents Pilot program again sparks privacy fears from ACLU as Amazon takes its partnership with law enforcement to the next level.
04 November 2020

As Maze retires, clients turn to Sekhmet ransomware spin-off Egregor

The ransomware’s ‘retirement’ has left a hole that Egregor operators may capitalize on.
04 November 2020

Police launch pilot program to tap resident Ring camera live streams

The small trial could herald a wider rollout with participating residents in the future.
04 November 2020

23,600 hacked databases have leaked from a defunct 'data breach index' site

Site archive of Cit0day.in has now leaked on two hacking forums after the service shut down in September.
04 November 2020

Toy maker Mattel discloses ransomware attack

Mattel said the ransomware attack had "no material impact to [its] operations or financial condition."
03 November 2020

REvil ransomware gang 'acquires' KPOT malware

Ransomware gang who claims to have earned $100 million buys the source code of the KPOT information stealer trojan for $6,500.
03 November 2020

Securing the 2020 Election: 'We're Not Out of the Woods Yet'

Election Day brought instances of misinformation, robocalls, and technical glitches, but officials are more worried about coming days and weeks.
03 November 2020

APT Groups Get Innovative -- and More Dangerous -- in Q3

In "curious" trend, more threat actors diversified their tool sets in third quarter than usual.
03 November 2020

US voters targeted with robocalls telling them to stay home or vote tomorrow

Robocalls have been reported in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, New Hampshire, and North Carolina.
03 November 2020

Oracle Solaris Zero-Day Attack Revealed

Oracle Solaris Zero-Day Attack Revealed A threat actor is compromising telecommunications companies and targeted financial and professional consulting industries using an Oracle flaw.
03 November 2020

Neustar Agrees to Buy Verisign's Public DNS Service

The address space for Verisign Public DNS will be incorporated into Neustar's UltraDNS Public service following the acquisition.
03 November 2020

APT Groups Finding Success with Mix of Old and New Tools

APT Groups Finding Success with Mix of Old and New Tools The APT threat landscape is a mixed bag of tried-and-true tactics and cutting-edge techniques, largely supercharged by geo-politics, a report finds.
03 November 2020

34M Records from 17 Companies Up for Sale in Cybercrime Forum

34M Records from 17 Companies Up for Sale in Cybercrime Forum A diverse set of companies, including an adaptive-learning platform in Brazil, an online grocery service in Singapore and a cold-brew coffee-maker company, are caught up in the large data trove.
03 November 2020

Cybercrime: Nation-States Go Prime Time

Critical infrastructure remains a high-value target, but 90% of nation-states also attack other industry sectors.
03 November 2020

Oracle Issues Out-of-Band Update for Remote-Access Vulnerability

The exploit could give an attacker complete control of vulnerable WebLogic servers.
03 November 2020

Two Charged in SIM Swapping, Vishing Scams

Two young men from the eastern United States have been hit with identity theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly stealing bitcoin and social media accounts by tricking employees at wireless phone companies into giving away credentials needed to remotely access and modify customer account information.
03 November 2020

After two zero-days in Chrome desktop, Google patches a third zero-day in the Android version

Android smartphone users are advised to update Chrome to version 86.0.4240.185 or later.
03 November 2020

Two Chrome Browser Updates Plug Holes Actively Targeted by Exploits

Two Chrome Browser Updates Plug Holes Actively Targeted by Exploits Patches for both the Chrome desktop and Android browser address high-severity flaws with known exploits available in the wild.
03 November 2020

Google squashes two more Chrome bugs under active attacks

The updates come on the heels of news of attacks exploiting another zero-day in Chrome in tandem with a previously-unknown Windows flaw

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03 November 2020