Collaborate Disseminate
The FBI is warning individuals who use online dating apps and platforms to watch out for scammers leveraging social distancing measures and defrauding unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money. Romance or confidence scams drew nearly 20,000 compl… Continue reading Romance Scams Are on the Rise, FBI Warns
Valley Health Systems have been targeted by REvil ransomware operators, according to Cyble security researchers. The discovery was made during routine monitoring for data leaks when researchers stumbled upon a post made by the ransomware gang. “Recentl… Continue reading REvil Ransomware Operators Claim Valley Health Systems as New Victim
The most recent AtlasVPN research delves into fraud targeting US military personnel between 2015 and June 2020. In the past five years, active and former military staff have filed more than 680,000 complaints with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), re… Continue reading US Military Personnel Actively Targeted By Cybercriminals; Over $350 Million in Reported Losses in the Past Five Years
Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, a 27-year-old Russian national, was arrested by FBI after conspiring to bribe a US company employee to manually install malware on the network of an unnamed Nevada-based company. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) co… Continue reading FBI Arrests Russian ‘Tourist’ for Offering $1 million to US Employee to Plant Malware on Company Network
The Freepik Company has disclosed a data breach impacting the login information of more than 8 million Freepik and Flaticon users. According to a press release, the security incident was the result of a SQL injection in Flaticon, one of the world’s lar… Continue reading Freepik Company Discloses Data Breach Affecting More Than 8 Million Users
US-based grocery delivery and pick-up service Instacart has disclosed a security incident that involved unauthorized access of customer information by two support agents from a third-party vendor retained by the company. Instacart says it discovered th… Continue reading Data Breach: Instacart Shoppers Warned of Security Incident after Third-Party Contractors ‘Review’ Too Many User Profiles
The sudden shift to remote work has revealed new risks that threaten the stability and integrity of company infrastructure. From the beginning of the pandemic, it was clear that the new remote workforce faltered in maintaining good cyber hygiene a… Continue reading Nearly 40 Percent of UK Businesses Laid Off Staff Due to Security Policy Breaches Since Work-from-Home Shift
A former admissions worker at Tennessee State University (TSU) was sentenced to more than 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to student loan fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The US Department of Justice said Renauld Clayt… Continue reading Ex Tennessee University Employee Sentenced to Over 30 Months for Student Loan Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft
Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, disclosed that one of its brands suffered a ransomware attack involving unauthorized access and encryption of data. According to an 8-K form submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commis… Continue reading Carnival Corporation Discloses Ransomware Attack; Personal Data of Employees and Guests Potentially Accessed
Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators have been busy over the past month, and have now claimed US fine spirits manufacturer Brown-Forman as their latest victim. The Kentucky-based company, one of the largest US businesses in the spirits and wine busi… Continue reading Kentucky-Based Fine Spirits Manufacturer Targeted by REvil Ransomware