Collaborate Disseminate
Bitdefender researchers have recently found a new IoT botnet packing new features and capabilities that put to shame most IoT botnets and malware that we’ve seen. We named the botnet “dark_nexus” based on a string it prints in its ban… Continue reading New dark_nexus IoT Botnet Puts Others to Shame
UpGuard reports: UpGuard can now disclose that a code repository including exposed access credentials for Campaign Sidekick, a current voter contact, survey, and canvassing app used by Republican campaigns, has been secured. The code repository was wit… Continue reading Campaign Gaffe: How a Voter Contact App Exposed Credentials and Code
Raphael Satter, Jack Stubbs, and Christopher Bing report: Elite hackers tried to break into the World Health Organization earlier this month, sources told Reuters, part of what a senior agency official said was a more than two-fold increase in cyberatt… Continue reading Elite hackers target WHO as coronavirus cyberattacks spike
Steve Ranger reports: An association of European electricity companies has confirmed that hackers have breached its office network. “ENTSO-E has recently found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion into its office network,” the associati… Continue reading European electricity association warns of office network breach
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach. Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address. Three years after the Republican National Committee publicly sidelined the sullied firm, it paid an LLC with the same address $900,000 for “… Continue reading The RNC stopped paying a data firm after a serious breach — then paid a mysterious LLC with the same address
The Times of Israel reports: A former head of the Mossad spy agency sounded the alarm Wednesday about an app operated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party ahead of next week’s elections, warning that using it was “a real security threat” … Continue reading Ex-Mossad chief says Likud app leaks as dangerous to Israel as coronavirus
Catalin Cimpanu reports: IOTA Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the IOTA cryptocurrency, has shut down its entire network this week after hackers exploited a vulnerability in the official IOTA wallet app to steal user funds. The attack happ… Continue reading IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after wallet hack
Tzvi Joffre reports: The personal information of 6,453,254 Israelis was leaked after the Likud Party uploaded the entire Israeli national voter registry to an application, according to Haaretz. The leaked information includes names, identification numb… Continue reading Personal info of 6m. Israelis leaked after Likud uploads voter info
The New Humanitarian reports: While researching cybersecurity last November, we came across a confidential report about the UN. Networks and databases had been severely compromised – and almost no one we spoke to had heard about it. This article about … Continue reading The cyber attack the UN tried to keep under wraps
Phil Muncaster reports: The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is forcing a password reset for all online users after warning some that their data may have been compromised by a third party. The UK’s national body for all things nautical appears to have … Continue reading Royal Yachting Association Resets Passwords After Breach