Collaborate Disseminate
Joseph Menn reports on the group of hackers some have called “Scattered Spider:” … New research being presented Friday at the LABScon security conference outside Phoenix gives an origin story to the hackers, who the experts say call t… Continue reading MGM, Caesars casino hacks point to an alliance of teens and ransomware gangs
Well, we expected there would be a lot of schools notified by the National Student Clearinghouse about the MOVEit breach, but now we have a bit more of the scope. NSC has notified the California Attorney General’s Office on behalf of almost 900 s… Continue reading National Student Clearinghouse notifies California on behalf of almost 900 schools affected by MOVEit breach
Jose Rascon reports: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released a new report looking to wrangle the different avenues in which the Federal government and its agencies report cyber incidents in a more ‘reportable’ fashion. The report, titled… Continue reading DHS Pushes for Common Cyber Incident Reporting Definitions
Waqas reports: According to cybersecurity firm Sophos and VPN service provider AtlastVPN, the education sector is the most vulnerable and targeted by ransomware attacks. KEY FINDINGS 80% of lower education providers and 79% of higher education institut… Continue reading Schools Are the Most Targeted Industry by Ransomware Gangs
The following is a machine translation of a press release from the Dutch Politie: Hundreds of (possible) buyers of stolen data have received a letter or email from the East Netherlands police, and people are also invited for a stop interview. This appr… Continue reading Customers of WeLeakInfo.to will receive a message from the Dutch police
Michael Elsen-Rooney reports: Following two high-profile data breaches, New York City’s Education Department has moved to shore up its cybersecurity protocols, increasing its vetting of software vendors and tightening email access for schools and paren… Continue reading NYC schools are tightening cybersecurity. Some educators fear unintended consequences.
The first time DataBreaches remembers hearing about the man who calls himself “USDoD” was when he posted a sales listing for member data from InfraGard. He had not only managed to acquire data on 80,000 members of an organization dedicated … Continue reading “I’m Not Pro-Russia and I’m Not a Terrorist!” —- InfraGard and Airbus Hacker “USDoD” Unveils His New Campaigns
Ben Doherty reports: The Australian government may be liable for tens of millions of dollars in compensation to asylum seekers after it posted their personal details online while they were in immigration detention. The mass data breach, discovered by G… Continue reading Au: Federal government could pay millions in compensation over asylum seeker data breach
AlphV has posted a statement about their attack on MGM Resorts. They also post some scathing criticisms of journalists and news outlets for reporting inaccurately and not verifying sources. Of note, their statement also asserts, “The ALPHV ransom… Continue reading AlphV responds to MGM incident and sloppy reporting
Following the Internet Organised Crime Assessment (IOCTA) 2023, today Europol published the spotlight report “Cyber Attacks: The Apex of Crime-as-a-Service”. It examines developments in cyber-attacks, discussing new methodologies and threats as observe… Continue reading IOCTA spotlight report on malware-based cyber-attacks published