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A passenger railroad service announced that a data breach might have affected some passengers’ personally identifiable information (PII). In a “Notice of Data Breach” letter sent to the Attorney General’s Office of Vermont, Amtr… Continue reading Passenger Railroad Service Says Data Breach Might Have Affected PII
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) warned that the Sandworm team is exploiting a vulnerability that affects Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software. In a cybersecurity advisory published on May 28, the NSA revealed that the Sandworm team has been … Continue reading Sandworm Team Exploiting Vulnerability in Exim Mail Transfer Agent
A new ransomware family called “[F]Unicorn” masqueraded as a COVID-19 contact tracing app in order to target Italian users. On May 25, the the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) from the Agency for Digital Italy (AgID) revealed in an a… Continue reading [F]Unicorn Ransomware Masquerading as COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
Researchers found an updated version of AnarchyGrabber that steals victims’ plaintext passwords for and infects victims’ friends on Discord. Detected as AnarchyGrabber3, the new trojan variant modified the Discord client’s %AppData%Di… Continue reading Updated AnarchyGrabber Steals Passwords, Spreads to Discord Friends
A hacking group claimed that it developed a new ransomware strain called “MilkmanVictory” for the purpose of attacking scammers. Collectively known as “CyberWare,” the group announced their creation on Twitter in mid-May. This i… Continue reading MilkmanVictory Ransomware Created for Purpose of Attacking Scammers
Security researchers discovered that the Scattered Canary group had filed hundreds of fraudulent unemployment claims in the wake of COVID-19. According to Agari Cyber Intelligence Division, at least some of the threat actors who took part in a large-sc… Continue reading Scattered Canary Behind Hundreds of Fraudulent Unemployment Claims
The digital threat landscape is always changing. This year is an excellent (albeit extreme) example. With the help of Dimensional Research, Tripwire found out that 58% of IT security professionals were more concerned about the security of their employe… Continue reading Attacks Targeting ICS & OT Assets Grew 2000% Since 2018, Report Reveals
British low-cost airline group easyJet revealed that an hacking incident had exposed approximately nine million customers’ information. On May 19, easyJet issued a “Notice of cyber security incident” in which it revealed that it had f… Continue reading Around 9 Million easyJet Customers’ Details Stolen in Hacking Incident
A middleman organization in the United Kingdom’s power grid network suffered a digital attack that affected its internal IT systems. Electricity trading arrangements provider Elexon publicly disclosed the attack in a bulletin posted to its websit… Continue reading UK Power Grid Network Middleman Struck by Digital Attack
The United States Marshals Service announced a data breach involving the personal information of its former and current prisoners. In a data breach notification letter obtained by ZDNet, the U.S. Marshals Service revealed that it had first learned of t… Continue reading U.S. Marshals Announced Data Breach of Prisoners’ Information