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2021-02-25 10:44:12 | GCHQ to fully embrace AI Revolution (lien direct) | GCHQ has announced that it has embraced artificial intelligence to uncover patterns in global data to counter misinformation and catch child abusers. Jeremy Fleming, the director of GCHQ stated: “AI, like so many technologies, offers great promise for society, prosperity and security. Its impact on GCHQ is equally profound.” AI allows modern computers to learn […] | ★★★★★ | ||
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2021-02-24 15:33:24 | DHL Express and FedEx targeted by phishing scam (lien direct) | Researchers have discovered that around 10,000 employee mailboxes at DHL Express and FedEx have been hit by two phishing attacks that sought to extract recipients work email account. A blog post shared by Armorblox this week detailed the attacks. The post explained how there were two different attacks, one which pretended to share shipping details […] | FedEx FedEx | ★★ | |
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2021-02-24 14:59:24 | How Security Culture Invokes Secure Behaviour (lien direct) | It has always been suspected that security culture and secure behaviour were closely linked, although proof was hard to produce. Today, KnowBe4 released research that shows not only have researchers been able to validate that link, but they also give data that provides conclusive evidence related to the importance of focusing on the human side […] | |||
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2021-02-24 10:55:32 | Bombardier suffers ransomware and data leak (lien direct) | The Canadian airplane manufacturer has today revealed that it suffered a security breach. In a press release, Bombardier disclosed that some of its data has been published on the dark web portal operated by the Clop ransomware gang: “An initial investigation revealed that an unauthorized party accessed and extracted data by exploiting a vulnerability affecting […] | Ransomware Vulnerability | ||
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2021-02-24 10:02:24 | Healthcare Organisations increasingly targeted in cyberattacks (lien direct) | Research has shown that in the past year cyberattackers have increasingly targeted healthcare organisations for deploying ransomware and other cyber-attacks. The annual X-Force Threat Intelligence research was released on Wednesday, which tracks the evolution of new threats, malware development and cyberattacks. The most notable trend was how many threat actors targeted their malicious campaigns at […] | Ransomware Malware Threat | ||
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2021-02-23 10:39:56 | Transport for NSW affected by Accellion breach (lien direct) | Accellion systems are used to share and store files by as many as 300 organisations all around the world. Recently, they suffered a data breach following an attack linked to the ransomware gangs, Clop and FIN11. Accellion has claimed that less than 100 customers were affected by the attack, including Transport for New South Wales. […] | Ransomware Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-23 10:35:51 | Sequoia Capital investor information stolen (lien direct) | Sequoia Capital, one of the most famous venture capital firms in Silicon Valley announced that it suffered a data breach. The firm officially referred to it as a “cybersecurity incident”, in which investor data, including personal information, was likely stolen. The attack vector is alleged to have been a phishing link received by an employee. […] | |||
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2021-02-23 09:56:40 | Austin Energy: Scammers threaten to cut power (lien direct) | Unknown individuals have been impersonating Austin Energy in an attempt to scam customers. The scammers were threatening to cut customers’ power unless a fictitious overdue bill was paid immediately. They typically requested reloadable prepaid debit cards or other non-traceable form of payments. As a result, Austin Energy warned: “Scammers are trying to take advantage of […] | |||
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2021-02-22 15:26:49 | Clubhouse suffer a \'data breach\' (lien direct) | Security concerns have recently arisen concerning the popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse. The app’s users privacy policy has been questioned in the past, with the app saying it would take steps to ensure user data could not be accessed by malicious hackers. However, news has broken that the app has now suffered a data breach […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-19 17:16:51 | International law firm Jones Day hacked with data posted on dark web (lien direct) | This week, it was confirmed that international law firm Jones Day had data stolen from cybercriminals and is a direct result of the wider data breach suffered by file-sharing service Accellion. The hacker, which goes by the name Clop, had uploaded much of the sensitive information on the dark web which may have included data […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-19 15:30:23 | Companies unprepared for cloud migration (lien direct) | A new report from Virtana reveals that most organisations are forcing to revert some of their applications back to on-prem infrastructure. 350 IT professionals were included in the report, which found that 72% had moved at least one app back onto on-prem, siting various reasons for their decision to do so. Some realised after that […] | ★★ | ||
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2021-02-19 14:59:20 | US cities affected after ATFS Ransomware attack (lien direct) | Automatic Funds Transfer Services was targeted in a ransomware attack on the 3rd of February. The payment processor is used by many cities and agencies throughout the US. The data used for billing and verifying customers and residents is extremely varied, leading researchers to believe the attack could have had a massive and widespread impact. […] | Ransomware Guideline | ||
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2021-02-19 12:45:48 | Red Canary closes $81 million Series C financing round led by Summit Partners (lien direct) | Red Canary has closed its $81 million Series C financing round led by global growth equity investor Summit Partners. The new funding will help to support continued investment in both product and team expansion as the company continues to work toward enabling every organization to make its greatest impact without concern of cyber-attacks. A leading provider […] | Guideline | ★★★ | |
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2021-02-19 11:40:20 | People\'s Postcode Lottery scam claims you could have won £1,000 (lien direct) | The People’s Postcode Lottery has issued a statement warning players of a phishing scam which offers £1,000 in exchange for personal details. The scam claims to be from the People’s Postcode Lottery and states that players have won £1,000 after their postcode was drawn fourth place. In order to retrieve the cash prize, players must […] | |||
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2021-02-19 11:11:34 | Millions of Californian DMV records possibly exposed in breach (lien direct) | The Californian Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suffered a data breach that could have possibly exposed over a year’s worth of data after a third-party contractor was compromised during a cyberattack. During this breach customer addresses and licence plate numbers were exposed, but the DMV has confirmed that social security numbers, birthdates, voter registration, […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-15 15:49:22 | U.S Internal Revenue Service warns of phishing scam (lien direct) | An urgent warning has been issued by the U.S Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about a phishing scam that is trying to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers. The scam emerged in early February, just before the start of tax filing season on Feb. 12 2021. The scam phishing emails are impersonating the IRA, and the subject […] | ★★★★ | ||
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2021-02-15 15:28:35 | Cyber security companies miss million of email attacks (lien direct) | New research by Barracuda has found that cybersecurity protection organisations have missed millions of email attacks. The research discovered 2,029,413 unique attacks in 2,600,531 unique mailboxes. The cybersecurity firm said that an average of 512 attacks were found per organisation out of the 4550 organisations that took part in the research. They also said that […] | ★★ | ||
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2021-02-15 14:20:03 | 3.2 billion emails and passwords leaked in data breach (lien direct) | Over 3.2 billion email addresses and paired passwords have been posted online in what is being called one of the biggest breaches of all time. The database of passwords and emails are thought to have been compiled following data breaches carries out on various platforms, such as Netflix, Gmail, LinkedIn and many more. According to […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-15 14:11:29 | (Déjà vu) French and Ukrainian police arrested Egregor ransomware members (lien direct) | Several members of the Egregor ransomware group were arrested following a joint operation between Ukrainian and French law enforcement. French law enforcement officers made the arrests after they were able to trace ransom payments to group members based in Ukraine. The investigation on the Egregor attacks was first initiated by the Tribunal de grande instance […] | Ransomware | ||
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2021-02-15 13:50:44 | How Healthcare Organizations Can Protect Themselves Against IoT Ransomware (lien direct) | Healthcare delivery organizations are increasingly deploying medical devices, IoT, and other medical platforms to improve connectivity and support patient care. Weak cybersecurity evaluations, inappropriate network segmentation, and legacy devices expand the healthcare threat landscape. Exercising a sound cybersecurity strategy has to consider the nature of the healthcare profession where human life is a top priority. […] | Ransomware Threat | ||
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2021-02-12 17:48:40 | Top 5 privacy-conscious social media platforms (lien direct) | Recently, WhatsApp informed its users that it would be implementing a change to its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Users were given an ultimatum to accept or cease to use the app. This sent millions of people into a frenzy, with many individuals jumping ship in search for an alternative platform. The extent to […] | |||
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2021-02-12 15:22:13 | 223 vulnerabilities identified in recent ransomware attacks (lien direct) | Researches from RiskSense, a risk-based vulnerability management service, discovered 223 different vulnerabilities in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database that were used in ransomware attacks throughout 2020. This is four times the number of vulnerabilities related to ransomware than found in 2019 by RiskSense. The findings also show that ransomware families are not only […] | Ransomware Vulnerability | ||
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2021-02-12 13:42:28 | Warning: Increase in Web Shell Attacks (lien direct) | Web shells are tools deployed by threat actors on already hacked servers to gain and maintain access. They allow these hackers to remotely execute arbitrary code or commands, move laterally within a network or deliver malicious payloads. Last year the number of monthly web shell attacks nearly doubled, reported Microsoft. Last year an average of […] | Threat | ||
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2021-02-12 13:12:59 | 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition (lien direct) | More than 6,500 girls entered this years qualifying round of the 2021 CyberFirst Girls Competition, run by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Teams from more than 600 schools took part in online cyber security puzzles. 9 of the teams are from Scottish schools and will move on to the semi-finals, where they will take […] | |||
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2021-02-12 12:56:14 | Confucious APT found targeting Pakistan and Indian officials using Android Spyware (lien direct) | Two new Android survellanceware have been discovered by the Lookout Threat Intelligence Team. Named Hornbill and SubBird, these two campaigns are believed to be connected to the Confucius APT, a well-known pro-India state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group. Lookout's researchers revealed the spyware specifically targeted personnel linked to Pakistan’s military and nuclear authorities and Indian election officials […] | Threat | ||
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2021-02-12 11:19:25 | Airport facial recognition scanners didn\'t find a single imposter in 2020 (lien direct) | The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) used facial recognition scanners in order to monitor the arrivals and departures of more than 23 million travellers at over 30 different entry points in 2020. However, these systems failed to detect a single example of an imposter. The US CBP agency revealed these statistics in their annual […] | |||
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2021-02-11 14:41:09 | Hack of Florida water plant shows vulnerability of critical national infrastructure (lien direct) | On Monday, officials in Florida announced that hackers came scarily close to poisoning the city of Oldsmar by changing the chemical levels during a breach of the computer system at the local water treatment plant. It was a wake-up call, said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. “Water systems, like other public utility systems, are part […] | Vulnerability | ★★★ | |
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2021-02-11 11:54:04 | New Myanmar junta cyber bill violates rights (lien direct) | On Wednesday Myanmar announced its new proposed cyber-security laws, allowing it to ban content it dislikes, restrict internet providers and intercept data. The proposal outline contains 36 pages, which were given to mobile operators and telecoms license holders for comment. However, spokespeople for the government or the telecommunications ministry were unavailable for comment. The document […] | |||
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2021-02-11 11:32:13 | Europol assisted in arrest of 10 Hackers (lien direct) | On Wednesday, the European police agency, Europol, announced that it had assisted in the arrest of 10 hackers. The 10 individuals are being accused of stealing $100 million in cryptocurrency using “SIM-swapping” attacks. This type of attack allows criminals to gain access to their victims’ phones, by tricking the phone company into deactivating a working […] | |||
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2021-02-10 18:30:49 | Cyber start-ups to showcase the innovative security solutions of tomorrow (lien direct) | Digital Infrastructure Minister, Matt Warman to deliver keynote at cyber innovation demo day Cyber solutions on show include security applications for people with disabilities and maritime cyber risk assessment Applications for 2021/22 accelerator programme now open The CyberASAP Demo Day on 18 February provides an opportunity to preview a promising pipeline of cyber security products […] | |||
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2021-02-10 16:48:33 | Researcher manages to hack into 35 tech firms (lien direct) | Security researcher, Alex Birsan had an idea last year while working with Justin Gardner, another researcher. This idea led to him being able to gain access to over 35 major tech companies’ internal systems in a supply chain attack. Among these were Microsoft, Apple, Netflix and Uber. This particular supply chain attack is so sophisticated, […] | Hack | Uber | |
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2021-02-09 11:54:54 | Iranian surveillance operations targeting dissidents (lien direct) | According to a leading cyber-security company, Iran is targeting dissidents in an effort to install spyware on their PC and mobile devices. More than 1,000 individuals were affected. The spyware was being used to steal call recordings and media files. One of the groups is known as Domestic Kitten or APT-50, which allegedly tricked people […] | Guideline | ||
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2021-02-09 11:34:17 | Florida drinking water levels modified by hacker (lien direct) | On Friday a hacker accessed the water treatment computer systems for the city of Oldsmar, Florida, and altered the chemical levels of the water to a dangerous level. News of the attacks was only publicised on 8th February, after Oldsmar city officials held a press conference about the matter. It appears that the hacker first […] | |||
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2021-02-08 16:53:28 | Novel Technique used for phishing attacks (lien direct) | Morse code, invented as a way of transmitting messages across telegraph wire, is being used by cybercriminals to hide malicious URLs within email attachments. This obfuscation technique was discovered last week, and so far there is no record of it being used in phishing attacks before. Numerous samples of the targeted attack have been uploaded […] | |||
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2021-02-08 15:51:37 | US Patient records leaked on dark web (lien direct) | Leon Medical Centers and Nocona General Hospital suffered a ransomware attack in November, in which attackers stole tens of thousands of patient records. The attack was only officially announced in January. Among the records stolen were scanned diagnostics results and letters to insurers, which include personally identifiable information such as names, addresses and birthdates. The […] | Ransomware | ||
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2021-02-08 13:01:12 | UK Cyber offensive targeted at Islamic State (lien direct) | The head of GCHQ spoke to Sky News about a secret cyber operation, targeting the Islamic State. The mission of this operation is to target the group’s ability to fly drones, meddle with their phones and affect their propaganda. General Sir Patrick Sanders has warned the UK, that social media is being used to sow […] | |||
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2021-02-05 18:20:47 | Top 10 events and conferences in cyber (lien direct) | Knowing which events to go to can be a bit of a minefield and the pandemic hasn't helped matters. Remember when we could meet face-to-face and network? Seems like a long time ago. Despite this fact, the importance of conferences is vital for any industry and organisers are doing their upmost to ensure we are […] | |||
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2021-02-05 16:31:54 | Google releases new version of Chrome Browser (lien direct) | Version 88.0.4324.150 of the Chrome browser was released today. The new version, compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux contains a bugfix for a zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability was assigned the identifier CVE-2021-21148. Google described it as a “heap overflow” memory corruption bug, which was exploited in attacks before Mattias Buelens found and reported the issue […] | Vulnerability | ★★★★★ | |
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2021-02-05 16:17:44 | Antifa Hackers expose KKK-affiliates (lien direct) | A group of antifa (anti-fascist) Israeli hackers broke into the website belonging to the Patriotic Brigade Knights, a white supremacist group allied to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). The hackers published the names, photos and personal information of the members of the fascist group. They also replaced and added some personalised information to the website, […] | |||
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2021-02-05 15:25:30 | Post-Pandemic Healthcare: the greatest challenges facing cyber professionals (lien direct) | Ransomware attacks and nation-state assaults on vaccine supply chains are only two of the many challenges healthcare cyber professionals have been hit with as a result of COVID-19. How were these challenges overcome? More importantly, though, what challenges are healthcare cyber professionals facing in a post-Pandemic world? The Israeli Economic and trade Missions in London […] | ★★ | ||
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2021-02-05 15:25:13 | Phishing service provider \'SMS Bandit\' arrested in the UK (lien direct) | The UK's Metropolitan Police force has arrested a 20-year-old man from Birmingham for allegedly operating an online service that provided SMS phishing (or smishing) campaigns. Known in the cyber underworld as “SMS Bandit”, the phishing service would involve cybercriminals distributing fake SMS messages in high volumes to unsuspecting victims, pretending to be from reputable brand […] | ★★ | ||
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2021-02-05 10:22:03 | Foxtons Group hack: database of stolen data for sale on the dark web (lien direct) | British estate agency Foxtons Group suffered a major data breach in October last year, which enabled attackers to exfiltrate a database of personal and financial information. The personal identifiable information was then uploaded on dark web forums, where evidence suggests it was accessed over 15,073 times. According to iNews, Foxtons Group was informed by the […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-04 14:32:37 | Kaspersky releases decryptor for Fonix Ransomware (lien direct) | Launched in June 2020, Fonix Ransomware (AKA Xinof and FonixCrypter) has begun to target an increased number of people. Just last Friday a Fonix ransomware Admin tweeted that they have ‘shut down the ransomware operation’. They also released the master decryption key. Fortunately, Kaspersky, multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider, also released a decryptor, which is […] | Ransomware | ||
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2021-02-04 14:01:01 | Ransomware data accidentally destroyed (lien direct) | Q4 of 2020 saw a decline in ransomware victims paying to recover their data. This is a result of being able to recover their data from backups, even if hackers threaten to leak the data before encryption. However, Coveware has picked up on a ‘more insidious phenomenon’ in which data is being destroyed during the […] | Ransomware | ★★★★★ | |
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2021-02-04 13:57:05 | Oxfam Australia database for sale on dark web (lien direct) | Last week, it had been reported that an Oxfam Australia customer database containing 1.7 million customers’ contact details and donor information was for sale on the dark web. Since this news came to light Oxfam Australia has launched an investigation into the data breach. Oxfam Australia is a charity which aims to alleviate poverty throughout […] | ★★ | ||
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2021-02-04 13:34:27 | Critical bugs found in Realtek RTL8195A Wi-Fi module (lien direct) | Critical vulnerabilities have been found in one of Realtek’s most popular wifi modules, the Realtek RTL8195A wifi module. Analysis by the IoT security firm Vdoo, discovered that six major vulnerabilities exist in the wifi module. Realteks’s RTL8195A module is a low-powered, compact Wi-Fi module used for embedded devices. The module has supported software from a number […] | ★★★★★ | ||
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2021-02-04 10:03:48 | (Déjà vu) 1.4 million Washington unemployment claimants affected by state auditor breach (lien direct) | On Monday, The Washington State Auditor Office disclosed that it had suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some 1.4 million employment claimants. It appears that the records became exposed in December, following a data breach of Accellion, a software provider used by the State Auditor Office for the transfer of large […] | Data Breach | ||
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2021-02-03 16:45:48 | Return to base: the ultimate guide to preparing a COVID-19 exit strategy (lien direct) | While governments and public healthcare specialists are looking into the timing and manner of reopening the economy, it is clear that at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future restrictions will be eased and businesses will return to normal operations. However, just as the shift to working from home required organisations to adapt and act […] | |||
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2021-02-03 13:39:11 | Singapore: New contact tracing data bill (lien direct) | On Tuesday, Singapore passed the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) (Amendment) Bill, under a Certificate of Urgency. This allows the government to introduce new legislations they deem to be urgent. This bill was passed as a result of public discontent after it was revealed that the police were able to access the country’s Trace Together contact tracing […] | |||
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2021-02-03 13:07:52 | Happy Identity Theft Awareness Week (lien direct) | The 1.4 million reports of identity theft throughout 2020 highlights the need for awareness surrounding this crime. 2020’s surge in identity theft can actually be attributed to the nationwide dip in employment. Reportedly, cyber criminals targeted government funds meant for individuals and small businesses that were hard hit financially as a result of the COVID-19 […] |
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