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The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is urging people to no longer use computers with Windows 7 installed for banking or email. A spokesperson for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, encouraged consumers to upgrade t… Continue reading GCHQ Urges People to No Longer Use Windows 7 PCs for Banking, Email
A school district in Texas announced that it lost approximately $2.3 million after falling victim to a phishing email scam. On January 10, the Manor Independent School District (MISD) published a statement on Twitter and Facebook in which it revealed t… Continue reading Texas School District Lost $2.3M to Phishing Email Scam
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined DSG Retail Limited £500,000 following a malware attack that affected millions of the retailer’s customers. As the result of an investigation, the ICO learned that the DSG Retail Limi… Continue reading DSG Retail Limited Fined £500K by ICO Following Malware Attack
Alomere Health said that it’s begun notifying patients of a security incident that involved the compromise of two employees’ email accounts. According to a statement posted to its website, Alomere Health began notifying its patients on Janu… Continue reading Alomere Health Notifies Patients of Employee Email Compromise
Security researchers have observed samples of the new SNAKE ransomware family targeting organizations’ entire corporate networks. Discovered by MalwareHunterTeam and analyzed by Vitali Kremez, SNAKE is written in Golang and contains a high level … Continue reading SNAKE Ransomware Targeting Entire Corporate Networks
A marketing agency told its employees that they were free to seek other employment after suffering a ransomware infection. On January 2nd, the Heritage Company released a statement in which it explained that it had made some progress in its recovery ef… Continue reading Company Told Employees to Seek Other Work After Ransomware Attack
Foreign exchange company Travelex announced that it had temporarily disabled all of its systems following a malware attack. Twitter user Izzy Fergus first noticed something was wrong when she attempted to visit travelex.co.uk and saw a runtime error me… Continue reading Travelex Temporarily Disabled All Its Systems Following a Malware Attack
Dining, hospitality and entertainment corporation Landry’s notified customers of a security incident that might have affected their payment card data. On December 31, Landry’s revealed that it first learned of the incident after it detected… Continue reading Landry’s Notifies Customers of Payment Card Incident
Digital attackers compromised an email server owned by Special Olympics NY and then abused it to target donors with phishing emails. The attack emails told recipients that an automatic donation transaction of $1,942.49 would register on their accounts … Continue reading Special Olympics NY’s Email Server Abused to Send Phishing Emails
Wyze implemented a token refresh for all of its users after learning of a security incident that allegedly leaked user data. On December 26, Twelve Security reported that smart home camera provider Wyze had left its production servers open to the web. … Continue reading Wyze Resets All Users’ Tokens After Learning of Alleged Data Leak