Cybersecurity News
A vigilante is sabotaging the Emotet botnet by replacing malware payloads with GIFs
Emotet botnet activity goes down as Emotet admins are wrestling with a vigilante for control over parts of their infrastructure.24 July 2020
NSA Urgently Warns on Industrial Cyberattacks, Triconex Critical Bug
Power plants, factories, oil and gas refineries and more are all in the sights of foreign adversaries, the U.S. warns.
24 July 2020
News Wrap: Twitter Hack, Apple Under Fire and Global Privacy Finger Wags
Threatpost editors talk about the biggest security news stories for the week ended Jul. 24.
24 July 2020
Week in security with Tony Anscombe
VPN services accused of leaking personal data – Better security in Gmail, Meet and Chat – Data breach reports in 1H2020
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24 July 2020
Premier League team narrowly avoids losing £1 million to scammers
In another incident, ransomware attackers almost forced the cancellation of a match, a report reveals
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24 July 2020
Email Security Features Fail to Prevent Phishable 'From' Addresses
The security features for verifying the source of an email header fail to work together properly in many implementations, according to a team of researchers.24 July 2020
Banning TikTok Won't Solve Our Privacy Problems
Preventing the use of an apps based solely on its country of origin (no matter how hostile) is merely a Band-Aid that won't fully address all privacy and security concerns.24 July 2020
Malicious ‘Blur’ Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play
Twenty-nine bad mobile apps with a combined 3.5 million downloads bombard users with out-of-context ads.
24 July 2020
FBI warns US companies about backdoors in Chinese tax software
Following the GoldenHelper and GoldenSpy malware reports, the FBI is now warning US companies operating in China.24 July 2020
Smartwatch maker Garmin hit by outages after ransomware attack
US company forced to shut down call centres, website and some other online services
Garmin has been forced to shut down its call centres, website and some other online services after a ransomware attack encrypted the smartwatch maker’s internal network and some production systems.
The US company shut down services including the official Garmin website and all customer services, including phone lines, online chat and email.
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Twilio Security Incident Shows Danger of Misconfigured S3 Buckets
Twilio says attackers accessed its misconfigured cloud storage system and altered a copy of the JavaScriptSDK it shares with customers.23 July 2020
DNA Site Leaves Records Open to Law Enforcement
A pair of breaches reset user accounts to allow access for two days.23 July 2020
Twitter Breach a Reminder of Need to Protect Corporate Social Media Use
Intruders had access to direct messages associated with 36 accounts in last week's attack, social media giant discloses.23 July 2020
Cisco Network Security Flaw Leaks Sensitive Data
The flaw exists in Cisco's network security Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software and its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software.
23 July 2020
Garmin Suffers Reported Ransomware Attack
Garmin's services, websites and customer service have all been down since Wednesday night.
23 July 2020
Data Privacy Challenges for California COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology
Developers, governments, and regulators must work with the cybersecurity industry to apply rigorous standards to contact-tracing apps to make sure that the societal impact of COVID-19 doesn't extend into personal privacy.23 July 2020
Garmin services and production go down after ransomware attack
Smartwatch and wearable maker Garmin planning multi-day maintenance window to deal with ransomware incident.23 July 2020
CouchSurfing Investigates Potential Data Breach
The service has reportedly hired a security firm after 17 million user records were found on a public hacking forum.23 July 2020
Sharp Spike in Ransomware in U.S. as Pandemic Inspires Attackers
COVID-19 has changed the face of cybercrime, as the latest malware statistics show.
23 July 2020
NY Charges First American Financial for Massive Data Leak
In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. had exposed approximately 885 million records related to mortgage deals going back to 2003. On Wednesday, regulators in New York announced that First American was the target of their first ever cybersecurity enforcement action in connection with the incident, charges that could bring steep financial penalties.23 July 2020