Collaborate Disseminate
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined two firms £220,000 for making more than half a million nuisance calls. On 31 October, the ICO announced its imposition of the fine after two home security firms contacted people registered wi… Continue reading Two Firms Fined £220,000 by ICO for Making 600,000 Nuisance Calls
There have been many scams that have utilized the phone system to gain access to funds or personal information from hardworking individuals. One of the most prevalent scams that seems to persist in both Canada and the United States is the tax agency sc… Continue reading Police Raid Illegal Call Centers Linked to CRA Phone Scam
Kraken ransomware recently added the Fallout exploit kit as another means of reaching users and encrypting their information. Working with the Insikt group from Recorded Future, the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team found evidence that the authors o… Continue reading Kraken Ransomware Now Being Distributed by Fallout Exploit Kit
Federal investigators traced a malware infection at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to an employee’s habit of viewing adult content. On 17 October, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) submitted a report in which it revealed its discovery of s… Continue reading Malware Infection at USGS Traced to Employee’s Habit of Viewing Adult Content
A New Jersey man received a court order to pay $8.6 million for launching a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Rutgers University. On October 26, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced the … Continue reading Man Ordered to Pay $8.6 Million for Launching DDoS Attacks against Rutgers University
GandCrab has become one of the most devastating, and hence most successful, ransomware families of 2018. Alongside the Dharma cryptovirus family, GandCrab has enslaved the files of millions of users in a number of active campaigns via several iteration… Continue reading Files Encrypted by GandCrab Ransomware Can Now Be Decrypted for Free
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a fine of £500,000 to Facebook for the the data scandal involving Cambridge Analytica. On 25 October, the ICO confirmed it had issued the fine after notifying Facebook of its intention b… Continue reading ICO Issues £500,000 Fine to Facebook for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million to help settle a lawsuit that seeks to hold the company responsible for a data breach the company suffered several years ago. On 23 October, Yahoo said it would pay $50 million and provide two years of free credit-mo… Continue reading Yahoo Agrees to Pay $50 Million in Damages to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit
The Indiana National Guard confirmed that a ransomware attack affected some of its members’ personally identifiable information. On 18 October, the Indiana National Guard said in a statement that ransomware had infected a state-owned, non-militar… Continue reading Indiana National Guard Suffers Ransomware Attack
Weeks before the November midterm elections, roughly 35 million U.S. voter registration records from 19 states have appeared for sale on the dark web. Researchers from Anomali Labs and Intel 471 discovered the data for sale, which reportedly incl… Continue reading 35 Million US Voter Registration Records Found for Sale on Dark Web