Collaborate Disseminate
Romania has extradited two of its citizens to the United States for a phishing scheme they allegedly used to rob Americans of over $18 million. On 4 May, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced the extradition of… Continue reading Two Romanians Extradited to the United States for $18M Phishing Scheme
Twitter is asking its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after it discovered a bug within one of its internal logs. On 3 May, CTO Parag Agrawal announced the discovery of a weakness that had undermined Twitter’s secure sto… Continue reading Twitter Asks Users to Change Passwords After Finding Internal Log Bug
Phishers are using scam emails that leverage the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as a theme in an attempt to steal users’ information, a security firm found. Researchers at managed threat detection solutions provi… Continue reading Phishers Leveraging GDPR-Themed Scam Emails to Steal Users’ Information
The FBI’s 10 most-wanted black-hat hackers countdown continues this week with No. 7 and No. 6: the co-conspirators Bjorn Daniel Sundin and Shaileshkumar “Sam” P. Jain. On 26 May 2010, the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois indic… Continue reading The FBI’s 10 Most-Wanted Black-Hat Hackers – #7 and #6
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to targeting more than a thousand members of streaming video platform Twitch with an army of spambots. On 1 May, Brandan Lukas Apple confessed to a charge of “mischief in relation to computer data” befor… Continue reading Man Pleads Guilty to Sicking Army of Spambots on Twitch
In a previous article, I noted that organizations are witnessing a surge in integrity-based attacks targeting their networks. Enterprises can defend themselves against these types of threats by turning to the National Institute of Standards and Technol… Continue reading Integrity Management: What It Is and How It Can Protect Your Data
A school district located in Massachusetts paid attackers $10,000 after they infected its computer network with crypto-ransomware. Officials at Leominster Public Schools decided to meet the demand after the district suffered a ransomware attack on 14 A… Continue reading Massachusetts School District Pays $10K to Ransomware Attackers
A lending website ceased all operations over concerns with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Chris Beach, the founder of Streetlend.com, decided to shut down the service after five years of operation due to uncertain… Continue reading Lending Website Cites GDPR Concerns as Reason Why It Shut Down
Organizations face a number of security challenges when migrating to the cloud from on-premise data centers. Their work isn’t done once they’ve completed the move, either. At that stage, enterprises must decide on the best approach to fulfi… Continue reading Security Controls: The Key to Ensuring ‘Security in the Cloud’
The government of Canada has unveiled new regulations that specify how organizations must report and respond to a data breach. On 18 April, the Governor General of Canada released the Breach of Security Safeguards Regulations (SOR/2018-64). The rules r… Continue reading Canadian Government Unveils New Data Breach Regulations