User data from decade-old breach of MyFreeCams shows up for sale?
Edvardas Mikalauskas reported: A database that purportedly belongs to MyFreeCams.com, one of the top adult chat and web streaming communities, is being sold on a popular hacker forum. According to the...
View ArticleSecurity firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds
Dan Goodin reports: Security firm Malwarebytes said it was breached by the same nation-state-sponsored hackers who compromised a dozen or more US government agencies and private companies. The...
View ArticleSonicWall says it was hacked using zero-days in its own products
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Networking device maker SonicWall said on Friday night that it is investigating a security breach of its internal network after detecting what it described as a “coordinated...
View ArticleTesla Claims Engineer Stole Secrets Just Days Into the Job
Joel Rosenblatt reports: A former Tesla Inc. software engineer was ordered to appear before a judge to face allegations that three days into his job, he started stealing confidential files and...
View ArticleAlready in receivership, Nygard hit with ransomware that permanently...
Here’s a ransomware incident that left me wondering whether the attackers — who have not been identified — had researched their victim before attacking and establishing their ransom demands. Read the...
View ArticleIA: Landus Cooperative files lawsuit against two former employees and New...
Coltrane Carlson reports: Landus Cooperative has filed a lawsuit against two former employees and New Cooperative. The lawsuit that was filed in the U.S. Northern District of Central Iowa Court and...
View ArticleIn: Telcos want govt to clarify onus of security breach post NSD rollout
PTI reports: Telcos have asked the government to clarify about the entity that will be held liable if there is a security breach in the network post the implementation of National Security Directive...
View ArticleHacker leaks data of 2.28 million dating site users
Catalin Cimpanu writes: A well-known hacker has leaked this week the details of more than 2.28 million users registered on MeetMindful.com, a dating website founded in 2014, ZDNet has learned this week...
View ArticleWestRock Reports Ransomware Incident
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– WestRock Company (WRK) today announced that on Jan. 23, 2021, the Company detected a ransomware incident impacting certain of its operational and information technology...
View ArticleDENIED! Court REJECTS Motion to Certify Class in Data Breach Alleging...
Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes: Data breach litigations rarely make it to motions for class certification. This trend makes each decision that does come out addressing class...
View ArticlePalfinger Group crippled by massive attack
As seen on the home page of their web site: PALFINGER Group is currently the target of an ongoing global cyber attack. IT infrastructure is disrupted at the moment (including sending and receiving...
View ArticleBot Lets Hackers Easily Lookup Facebook Users’ Phone Numbers
Joseph Cox reports: A user of a low level cybercriminal forum is selling access to a database of phone numbers belonging to Facebook users, and conveniently letting customers lookup those numbers by...
View ArticleCitrix Employees Secure $2.3 Million Settlement for Data Breach
Porter Wells reports: Citrix Systems Inc.‘s $2.275 million settlement offer to a class of current and former employees whose data was compromised by hackers over a five-month period earned a Florida...
View ArticleCypriot Hacker Pleads Guilty to Data Theft, Extortion
A Cypriot national who was extradited to the U.S. this past summer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and to obtaining information from a protected computer. Prajeet Nair reports: Joshua...
View ArticleCrypto Firm hacked for $1.4M reimburses users for stolen BTC and ETH
Varsha Saraogi reports: … In the past year, even established companies such as Twitter, Marriott International and SolarWinds were victims of laptop-wielding larcenists losing millions of resources and...
View ArticleHezbollah’s cyber unit hacked into telecoms and ISPs
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Hezbollah-affiliated threat actor known as Lebanese Cedar has been linked to intrusions at telco operators and internet service providers in the US, the UK, Israel, Egypt,...
View ArticleCitrix Employees Secure $2.3 Million Settlement for Data Breach
Porter Wells reports: Citrix Systems Inc.’s $2.275 million settlement offer to a class of current and former employees whose data was compromised by hackers over a five-month period earned a Florida...
View ArticleSuspected Russian Hackers Gained Edge Through Tech Firm Attacks
Kartikay Mehrotra and Alyza Sebenius report: Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused particular...
View ArticleUSCellular hit by a data breach after hackers access CRM software
Lawrence Abrams reports: Mobile network operator USCellular suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to its CRM and viewed customers’ accounts. In a data breach notification filed with the...
View ArticleTake responsibility when you are hacked, hacker advises Indian companies
So now ShinyHunters is telling Indian companies that they must take full responsibility if their data is hacked?
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