Author Archives: SC Media US

A pair of Necurs botnet-fueled phishing campaigns were found targeting the banking industry this month, using Microsoft Publisher (.pub) file attachments to drop the FlawedAmmyy remote access trojan. Continue reading Necurs botnet abuses Microsoft Publisher file format to deliver FlawedAmmyy RAT to bank employees→

The social media company banned the app in a purge that saw 400 additional apps suspended. Continue reading Facebook bans MyPersonality app, notifies 4 million users affected→

Babysitting app Sitter notified some 93,000 account holders their personal data was exposed after a researcher found the information online unsecured. Continue reading Babysitting app Sitter exposed the data of 93,000 customers→

Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor who last June pleaded guilty to leaking classified defense reports pertaining to Russian election interference to a media outlet, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison. Continue reading Harsh Reality: Former NSA contractor Reality Winner sentenced to 63 months for leaking classified report→

Volunteers working with the Michigan Democratic Party were simply simulating a phishing test against the voter database. Continue reading DNC voter database ‘hack’ false alarm→

Darden Restaurants suffered a point-of-sale system data breach at certain Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen locations that exposed at least 567,000 payment card numbers. Continue reading Cheddar’s restaurant data breach exposes 567,000 payment cards→

MalwareHunterTeam security researchers spotted the ransomware and noted that like its predecessor, the newest variant is communicates a lot with its Command and Control server. Continue reading Fox variant of Matrix ransomware installed on computers running Remote Desktop Services→