Spear-phishing campaign compromises executives at 150+ companies
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A cybercrime group operating since mid-2019 has breached the email accounts of high-ranking executives at more than 150 companies, cyber-security firm Group-IB reported today....
View ArticleClop ransomware leaks ExecuPharm’s files after failed ransom
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Clop ransomware leaked files stolen from U.S pharmaceutical company ExecuPharm after ransom negotiations allegedly failed. ExecuPharm is a contract research organization (CRO)...
View ArticleDakota Carrier Network hit by Maze ransomware
Benjamin Freed reports: The company that operates a fiber optic network that supports statewide and local government entities across North Dakota was a victim of a recent ransomware attack that...
View ArticleSecurity lapse at India’s Jio exposed coronavirus symptom checker results
Zack Whittaker reports: Since the start of the outbreak, governments and companies have scrambled to develop apps and websites that can help users identify COVID-19 symptoms. India’s largest cell...
View ArticlePA: PeroxyChem discloses ransomware attack as it continues to address recovery
I wonder how successful Maze Team really is. They add a lot of victims to their website. They may consider those victims successful attacks, but the reality is that those victims haven’t paid their...
View ArticleLondon accounting firm attacked by Sodinokibi operators
The London accountancy firm MJ Payne Ltd advertises that it is a Specialist accounting services for small and micro businesses. Stress free. They may need to redact the “Stress free” claim now that...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Tokopedia begins probe after data of 91 million users allegedly...
Reuters reports: Tokopedia, Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, said it was investigating an attempted hack and claims that the details of millions of its users had been leaked online. “We found...
View ArticleTesla has been getting rid of computers without wiping them – compromising...
Fred Lambert reports that discarded Tesla onboard computers that have not been wiped are showing up for sale on eBay. “Hacker Green,” who purchased some of them, alerted Tesla, but has not been...
View ArticleComputer hackers take £2.4m from sale of Constable painting
Annabel Sampson reports: A rustic scene of Hampstead Heath painted by John Constable, one of the great English Romanticists, titled A View of Hampstead Heath: Child’s Hill, Harrow in the Distance is at...
View ArticleGoDaddy notifies users of breached hosting accounts
Sergiu Gatlan reports: GoDaddy notified some of its customers that an unauthorized party used their web hosting account credentials to connect to their hosting account via SSH. The security incident...
View ArticleTarkett floored by cyber attack
Graham Cluley reports: French flooring company Tarkett has revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack on April 29th, and that its operations continue to be disrupted as a result Read more on GrahamCluley.
View ArticleTaiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical gas stations hit by malware attack
Matthew Strong reports: A day after top oil refiner CPC Corp., Taiwan became the target of a malware attack, its privately held competitor, Formosa Petrochemical Corp., suffered a similar ordeal,...
View ArticleHacker Bribed ‘Roblox’ Insider to Access User Data
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker bribed a Roblox worker to gain access to the back end customer support panel of the massively popular online video game, giving them the ability to lookup personal...
View ArticleData from Hundreds of Law Firms Left Exposed on Old Database, Report Says
Simon Lock reports: Detailed and potentially sensitive information uploaded by firms including Clifford Chance, Slaughter and May, Weil Gotshal & Manges and White & Case was left “exposed” on...
View ArticleSAP discloses security lapses; says there was no data breach
Douglas Busvine and Nadine Schimroszik report: Business software group SAP disclosed on Tuesday that some of its cloud products did not meet contractual or statutory security standards and said it...
View ArticleHacker sells 22 million Unacademy user records after data breach
Lawrence Abrams reports: Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million...
View ArticleBukalapak Denies Alleged Data Breach on Dark Web
Tempo.co reports: E-commerce startup Bukalapak dismissed rumors saying that its platform was hacked and so a total of 13 million consumers’ private data were leaked. It ensured consumers’ data are...
View ArticleREvil attackers claim to have obtained megastars’ legal files from NY...
James Ashley reports: The personal authorized affairs of dozens of the world’s largest music and movie stars — Girl Gaga, Elton John, Robert DeNiro, and Madonna amongst them — are in danger of...
View ArticleCognizant expects to lose between $50m and $70m following ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: IT services provider Cognizant said in an earnings call this week that a ransomware incident that took place last month in April 2020 will negatively impact its Q2 revenue....
View ArticleIran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead – sources
Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing report: Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by...
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