Collaborate Disseminate
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Global hosting and cloud services provider Leaseweb has disabled some “critical” systems following a recent security breach. The company informed its customers that is now working on restoring these systems. According to a n… Continue reading Cloud and hosting provider Leaseweb took down critical systems after a cyber attack
Zack Whittaker reports: Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent m… Continue reading A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices ‘deleted’ from server
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: When a company that collected your personal data negligently fails to secure it, you should have accountability and relief—including standing to sue. EFF and our friends at Electronic Privacy Information Center filed an amicu… Continue reading Fourth Circuit Decision in Marriott Data Breach Case Kicks the Can Down the Road
Eric Killelea reports: Rackspace Technology Inc. spent $10.8 million on expenses related to a ransomware attack in December that blocked thousands of customers from accessing their emails and related data, according to regulatory filings. The San Anton… Continue reading Rackspace’s costs to deal with ransomware attack top $10 million
Joe Tidy reports: A court has found an 18-year-old from Oxford was a part of an international cyber-crime gang responsible for a hacking spree against major tech firms Arion Kurtaj was a key member of the Lapsus$ group which hacked the likes of Uber, N… Continue reading Lapsus$: court finds teenagers carried out hacking spree
The following is a machine translation of a report by Jens E. Hummelmose: On Friday, August 18, 2023, CloudNordic, a leading provider of cloud services, fell victim to a serious ransomware attack. The hackers took control of all systems, resulting in e… Continue reading Ransomware Attack on CloudNordic paralyzes company and customers
Alessandro Mascellino reports: Google has announced an update set to be introduced in Chrome 117. This new feature aims to proactively inform users when an extension they have installed is no longer available on the Chrome Web Store. The move comes as … Continue reading New Chrome Feature Alerts Users About Malicious Extensions
Andy Greenberg reports: Every software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate application to push out their malware to hundreds or potentially thousands of victims, represents a disturbing new outbreak of a cybersecurity scourge. Bu… Continue reading A New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China
DarkReading reports: Wholesale energy software software provider Energy One reported on Friday a cyberattack had affected “certain corporate systems” in Australia and the UK. In a statement, the company said analysis is underway to identify… Continue reading Energy One Investigates Cyberattack
Barret Loux reports: Tesla has started notifying current and former employees who were affected by a data breach that occurred in May. The company conducted an investigation and found that two former employees had misappropriated confidential informati… Continue reading Tesla notifies employees of data breach