30 years in: My, how SC and security have changed
1989. Acid wash jeans, Bon Jovi and the compassionate conservatism of the Reagan Era were actually, unironically popular. The Berlin Wall fell, free elections were held in the then Soviet Congress of Deputies, Vaclev Havel became president of Czechoslavakia,...
Third decryption tool for GandCrab ransomware released to public
A new free decryption tool for counteracting the effects of GandCrab ransomware is now available to the public.
This latest decryptor is effective against versions 1, 4 and 5.x up through 5.1, which means GandCrab variants released as recently as...
42,000 patients data compromised AdventHealth Medical Group data breach
AdventHealth Medical Group Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine officials are warning up to 42,000 of their patients of a 16-month-long data breach at the facility that exposed their personal and health information.
The breach was discovered on December 27, 2018, but...
Using the zero trust model to prevent phishing
By Philip James, director of architecture and integration, Alagen
Currently, the majority of all cyber attacks can be traced back to phishing. It’s become THE most common way for breaches to happen — both to businesses and individuals. In fact,...
Reitspoof mysterious multistage malware makes its rounds
A multi-staged malware dropping multiple payloads is infecting its victims without a clear purpose and has shown a significant uptick in activity since January 2019.
Dubbed Reitspoof, the malware has bot capabilities although Avast researchers believe it was primarily designed...
Dunn Brothers Coffee, Holiday Inn among those exposed by third-party payment card vendor breach
A company that handles payment operations for a large number of hotels and food establishments, including Holiday Inn, Dunn Brothers Coffee and Zipps Sports Grill, is informing its customers of a data breach that may have compromised consumer’s payment...
Password manager flaws can expose data on compromised devices, report says
Flaws in top password managers can expose the very data they are supposed to protect, a study by researchers at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) researchers found.
“100 percent of the products that ISE analyzed failed to provide the security to...
Russian cyberattackers are in and gone in less than 20 minutes
Russian threat actors are almost eight-times faster at taking advantage of a compromised system compared to other nation-state actors, a tribute to their operational tradecraft, according to Crowdstrike’s 2019 Global Threat report.
An analysis of what Crowdstrike calls “breakout time”...
Wendy’s to pay $50M in data breach settlement
Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to settle negligence claims following its 2015-2016 data breach that affected more than 1,000 of the burger chain’s locations.
Payment card data was stolen from victims who purchased food at these locations then...
Search warrants in Russian hackers case reveal interaction between Stone, WikiLeaks
Search warrants executed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian hackers have unearthed interactions between recently indicted Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, which leaked emails stolen from the DemocraticNational Committee (DNC) and other Democratic-related organizations and...
UK committee hammers Facebook on privacy failures
A U.K. parliament report condemning a multitude of actions by Facebook called for closer regulation of the social media giant stating the company often ignored its own privacy policy and its executives were less than forthcoming when testifying before...
Search warrants in Russian hackers case, reveals interaction between Stone, WikiLeaks
Search warrants executed in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian hackers have unearthed interactions between recently indicted Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, which leaked emails stolen from the DemocraticNational Committee (DNC) and other Democratic-related organizations and...
Former Cambridge Analytica exec cooperating with Mueller probe
A former Cambridge Analytica executive is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives.
A spokesperson for the data analytics firm’s former business development director, Brittany Kaiser, said she was subpoenaed by Mueller,...
Australian PM says parliament, political party hacks work of state actor
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday that “a sophisticated state actor” was behind the hacks of parliament and the country’s political parties first reported February 8.
“Our cyber experts believe that a sophisticated state actor is responsible for...
Gnosticplayers selling third round of databases on Dream Market
The Gnosticplayers hacker has put a third set of databases up for sale on the Dream Market dark web marketplace.
This round includes an additional eight databases with data from92.76 million users, according to a report in ZDNet, with each database...
Can you really sniff out gas station card skimmers with your phone?
A viral post suggests (wrongly) that card skimmers always use Bluetooth. Anyway, just looking at nearby Bluetooth names doesn't help much...
Canada Helping Australia Determine ‘Full Extent’ of Hack
Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency said Wednesday it is working with Canberra to try to determine the scale of computer hacking on Australia's parliament and political parties just months from an election.
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Researcher: Not Hard for a Hacker to Capsize a Ship at Sea
Maritime transport still contributes in an important way to the world’s economy, with on-time shipments influencing everything from commodities availability and spot pricing to the stability of small countries. Unfortunately, capsizing a ship with a cyberattack is a relatively...
30 years in: My, how SC and security have changed
1989. Acid wash jeans, Bon Jovi and the compassionate conservatism of the Reagan Era were actually, unironically popular. The Berlin Wall fell, free elections were held in the then Soviet Congress of Deputies, Vaclev Havel became president of Czechoslavakia,...
WinPot ATM Malware Resembles a Slot Machine
A piece of malware targeting automated teller machines (ATMs) has an interface that looks like a slot machine, Kaspersky Lab reports.
Dubbed WinPot, the malware was initially detected in March last year, targeting the ATMs of a popular vendor to...
