Security Breaches

May 7, 2020

InfinityBlack Hacking Group Dismantled

The InfinityBlack hacking group has been dismantled following an operation by law enforcement agencies in Switzerland and Poland. The InfinityBlack hacking group sold millions of ...

May 7, 2020

Hacker Attacks More than 900,000 Vulnerable WordPress Sites in a Week

More than 900,000 WordPress websites have been attacked by a hacker over the space of about a week, according to a recent report from the ...

May 3, 2020

Losses Caused by Data Breaches Lead to Shareholder Suing LabCorp

A LabCorp shareholder has initiated a legal action against LabCorp and its executives and directors in relation the loss in share value following two cyberattacks ...

April 30, 2020

Clop Ransomware Gang Publishes ExecuPharm Data After Non-Payment of Ransom

The U.S. pharmaceutical company ExecuPharm recently announced it suffered a ransomware attack on March 13, in which certain corporate and employee information was compromised. The ...

April 22, 2020

Four Zero Day Vulnerabilities in IBM Data Risk Manager Have Been Publicly Disclosed

Four zero-day vulnerabilities have been identified in IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM) which could allow the downloading of arbitrary files and, if chained together, remote ...

April 20, 2020

IT Services Firm Cognizant Suffers Maze Ransomware Attack

The IT services firm Cognizant experienced a ransomware attack over the weekend that has affected its internal systems and has caused some disruption for its ...

April 10, 2020

Travelex Paid Ransomware Gang $2.3 Million for Keys to Unlock Encrypted Files

The Sodinokibi ransomware attack on Travelex that started on New Year’s Eve and caused weeks of disruption was resolved by paying the ransom demand. The ...

March 28, 2020

Multiple Data Breaches Reported

There has been a number of healthcare data breaches made known to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) during the past few weeks. AffordaCare ...

March 26, 2020

Hacked News Sites Used to Spread Malware Disguised as Google Chrome Update

If you visit a website and are advised that you need to update Google Chrome, do not download the update. A campaign has been identified ...

March 24, 2020

COVID19 Pandemic Leads to Massive Increase in WHO Cyberattacks

It has been revealed that the World Health Organization has suffered a surge in the number of hacking attempts on its databases in the last ...

March 24, 2020

Database Containing Extensive Information of 200 Million Americans Exposed Online

A database on the Google Cloud platform containing 800 gigabytes of data and over 200 million user records has been misconfigured and was exposed online, ...

March 12, 2020

Critical SMBv3 Vulnerability Leaked: Microsoft Patch and Mitigations

Update 03/12/20: Microsoft has updated its security advisory and released a patch for CVE-2020-0796 Windows 10 and Windows Server 1903 / Server 1909: Microsoft released ...

March 12, 2020

Manual Ransomware Attacks Increasing in Sophistication and Pose Growing Threat to Businesses

Automated ransomware attack techniques such as those utilized by the threat actors behind WannaCry and NotPetya certainly have potential to cause massive disruption, but human-operated ...

March 11, 2020

AMD CPUs Vulnerable to Two New Side Channel Attacks

All AMD processor manufactured between 2011 and 2019 are vulnerable to two new side channel attacks, according to researchers at Graz University of Technology, some ...

March 9, 2020

Email Security Breaches at Relation Insurance & Rainbow Hospice Care

Relational Insurance Inc., an insurance brokerage company operating as Relation Insurance Services of Georgia (RISG), suffered an email security breach in August 2019. An unauthorized ...

March 5, 2020

At Least $144.35 Million Has Been Paid by Victims of Ransomware Attacks Since 2013

Figures from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) show that at least $144.35 million in Bitcoin was paid by victims of ransomware attacks between ...

March 3, 2020

Final Approval Given for Quest Diagnostics 2016 Data Breach Settlement

A federal judge has given final approval to a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed against the New Jersey-based medical laboratory firm, Quest Diagnostics ...

February 17, 2020

Phishing Attack Results in $2.6 Million Loss for Puerto Rico Government

A Puerto Rican government employee has been duped by a phishing scam and wired more than $2.6 million to an account controlled by the scammers. ...

February 14, 2020

At Least 15.1 Billion Records Were Exposed in Data Breaches in 2019

A new report from Risk Based Security has revealed 15.1 billion records were exposed in publicly reported data breaches in 2019 – A 284% increase ...

February 13, 2020

BEC Attacks Account for More Than Half of All Losses to Cybercrime

Business email compromise attacks are the most financially damaging form of cybercrime, according to the 2019 Internet Crime Report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint ...

February 10, 2020

Emotet Now Spreading by Hacking Nearby WiFi Networks

A new variant of Emotet spreads like a worm sending copies of itself to computers connected to WiFi networks within range of an infected device. ...

February 4, 2020

Ashley Madison Extortion Scams Show Repercussions from Data Breaches Can Last Forever

Almost five years ago, Ashley Madison experienced a massive data breach. Hackers stole the information from 32 million accounts and the data was dumped online. ...

January 30, 2020

Avast and AVG Customers’ Sensitive Browsing Data Will No Longer Be Collected and Sold to Third Parties

There’s some good news today for users of Avast and AVG antivirus products. Personal search histories, clicks, and details of online purchases will no longer ...

January 27, 2020

Vulnerable Citrix Servers Targeted by Ransomware Gangs

Multiple threat actors are conducting attacks on Citrix servers that have not had the patch applied to correct the CVE-2019-19781 vulnerability. The flaw affects the ...

January 23, 2020

Microsoft Database of 250 Million Records Exposed Online

Microsoft has announced that one of its databases has been accidentally exposed online. The database could over the internet without the need for authentication. The ...

January 16, 2020

$1.38 Billion Settlement Reached in Equifax Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit

A $1.38 billion settlement has been reached to resolve the Equifax data breach class action lawsuit filed on behalf of victims of the 2017 data ...

January 13, 2020

Critical Citrix Vulnerability Under Active Attack

A critical vulnerability in the Citrix Application Delivery Controller and Citrix Gateway is being exploited in real world attacks. The vulnerability was discovered by security ...

January 6, 2020

Travelex Cyberattack Forces Shutdown of Online Currency Services

The world’s largest foreign exchange company, Travelex, experienced a cyberattack on New Year’s Eve which took its website out of action and affected companies such ...

January 3, 2020

Ransomware Victim Takes Legal Action Against Attackers and ISP Hosting its Stolen Data

Southwire, one of the largest manufacturers of cabling and wire in the United States, has taken legal action against the unknown individuals behind the attack ...

December 23, 2019

Data of 267 Million Facebook Users Exposed Online

A database containing the user IDs, names, and telephone numbers of 267 million Facebook users has been exposed online for a period of around two ...

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