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Officials in the City of Del Rio have disabled the internet connection for all departments at City Hall following a ransomware attack. The City of Del Rio, which is located 152 miles west of San Antonio in Val Verde County, Texas, posted a statement to… Continue reading Del Rio City Hall Disables Internet Connection for All Departments after Ransomware Attack
Mozilla has announced that it will disable support for the Adobe Flash Player plugin by default in version 69 of its Firefox web browser. On 11 January, Mozilla senior software engineer Jim Mathies opened a Bugzilla ticket announcing his employer’… Continue reading Mozilla Announces It Will Disable Support for Flash Plugin in Firefox 69
A researcher has created a free decryption tool which victims of the PyLocky ransomware family can use to recover their affected files. Mike Bautista, a security researcher at the Cisco Talos Intelligence Group, is responsible for developing the tool. … Continue reading Free Decryption Tool Created for PyLocky Ransomware Family
Neiman Marcus Group, Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement for an earlier data breach that exposed customers’ information. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, announced on 8 January that he and his fellow Attorneys Genera… Continue reading Neiman Marcus to Pay $1.5 Million under Data Breach Settlement
Humana has notified customers of a third-party security incident that might have exposed some of their personal information. According to a breach notification letter obtained by DataBreaches.net, the for-profit American health insurance company learne… Continue reading Humana Informs Customers of Third-Party Security Incident
A manufacturer of kitchen utensils, office supplies and housewares disclosed a data breach of customer information submitted to its e-commerce website. OXO International Ltd confirmed on 17 December 2018 that digital attackers might have compromised th… Continue reading Kitchen Utensil Manufacturer Discloses Data Breach of E-commerce Site
An unknown individual compromised an alert service and abused their access to send out a spam message to some of the service’s customers. The Queenland Early Warning Network (EWN) alert service disclosed first in a Facebook post and later on its … Continue reading Alert Service Compromised to Send Out Spam Message
Phishers are bypassing common forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) in a campaign targeting hundreds of Google and Yahoo accounts. In a new report, Amnesty International uses several attack emails sent to it by Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) spread a… Continue reading Phishers Bypassing 2FA to Compromise Google and Yahoo Accounts
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has warned its employees of a data breach that might have compromised their personal information. On 18 December, the agency’s Human Resources Messaging System (HRMES) sent out a message to… Continue reading NASA Notifies Employees of Potential Data Breach
Researchers have observed a new threat using malicious memes posted on Twitter to receive command-and-control (C&C) instructions. Trend Micro observed that the malicious activity begins after a threat detected as “TROJAN.MSIL.BERBOMTHUM.AA… Continue reading Malware Using Memes Posted on Twitter as C&C Service