Collaborate Disseminate
Scammers are impersonating the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in order to infect users with malware and/or steal their personally identifiable information (PII). On 1 February, the real IC3 issued a public service announcement warnin… Continue reading Scammers Impersonating the FBI’s IC3 to Distribute Malware, Steal PII
Australian law enforcement officers have arrested a man for allegedly hacking the company database of a car-sharing service. On 30 January, investigators of Strike Force Artsy, a division of the State Crime Command’s Cybercrime Squad, executed a … Continue reading Man Arrested for Allegedly Hacking Car-Sharing Company Database
The second half of 2017 was busy in terms of digital security events. In September, consumer reporting agency Equifax announced a breach that potentially compromised the Social Security Numbers and other personal information of 143 million U.S. consume… Continue reading The Top Malware Families in Banking, Mobile, Ransomware, and Crypto-Mining of 2017
Cisco has patched a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability bearing a “perfect” CVSS score of 10.0 that affects its Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software. On 29 January, the American multinational technology conglomerate publicly rec… Continue reading Cisco Fixes 10.0 CVSS-Scored RCE Bug Affecting Its ASA Software
Users of a fitness tracking app have inadvertently exposed the locations of military bases by publicly sharing their jogging/cycling routes. Many service people who use Strava, an app which allows them to record their exercise activity using GPS plotti… Continue reading Locations of Military Bases Inadvertently Exposed by Fitness Tracker Users
A single Monero cryptocurrency mining operation has used malware delivery techniques to affect at least 15 million people worldwide. The campaign, which has been active since at least October 2017, delivers its payload using one of 250 unique Microsoft… Continue reading 15 Million People Worldwide Affected by a Single Monero Mining Operation
Phishing attacks continue to threaten organizations’ digital security in droves. Kaspersky Lab prevented 46,557,343 phishing attempts in the second quarter of 2017 alone. Overall, close to one in ten (8.26%) of Kaspersky users encountered a phish… Continue reading Three-Quarters of Organizations Experienced Phishing Attacks in 2017, Report Uncovers
A popular WordPress plugin has fixed a vulnerability that allowed an unauthenticated user to download the subscriber lists for more than 100,000 websites. Email Subscribers & Newsletters incorporated the fix into version 3.4.8 on 19 January after w… Continue reading WordPress Plugin Fixes Bug Allowing Download of 100K+ Sites’ Subscriber Lists
An engineering firm in Canada has paid attackers $1,300 after ransomware encrypted its servers along with its data backup system. The infection occurred when bad actors targeted DGH Engineering Ltd. with a malicious email. An employee at the firm, whic… Continue reading Engineering Firm Pays $1.3K after Ransomware Affects Servers, Backups
Another hospital in Indiana has suffered a ransomware attack that affected some of its servers and prevented files from loading correctly. On 11 January, an employee of Adams Memorial Hospital of Decatur, Indiana notified administrators that some files… Continue reading Another Indiana Hospital Hit by Ransomware Attack