NoEscape promises ‘colossal wave of problems’ if IJC doesn’t pay up The International Joint Commission, a body that manages water rights along the US-Canada border, has confirmed its IT security was targeted, after a ransomware gang claimed it stole 80GB…
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Caesars says cyber-crooks stole customer data as MGM casino outage drags on
Zero-days are so 2022. Why not just social engineer the help desk? Casino giant Caesars Entertainment has confirmed miscreants stole a database containing customer info, including driver license and social security numbers for a “significant number” of its loyalty program…
Rollbar might be good at tracking bugs, uninvited guests not so much
Company noticed data warehouse break-in via compromised account a month later Cloud-based bug tracking and monitoring platform Rollbar has warned users that attackers have rifled through their data.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security Read the…
Watchdog urges change of HART: Late, expensive US biometric ID under fire
Homeland Security told to mind costs, fix up privacy controls Twice delayed and over budget, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been told by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that it needs to correct shortcomings in its biometric…
Uncle Sam warns deepfakes are coming for your brand and bank account
No, you CEO is not on Teams asking you to transfer money Deepfakes are coming for your brand, bank accounts, and corporate IP, according to a warning from US law enforcement and cyber agencies.… This article has been indexed from…
Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks’ delight
Ransomware group nicked info from employee of airline, say researchers Aerospace giant Airbus has fallen victim to a data breach, thanks in part to the inattention of a third party.… This article has been indexed from The Register – Security…
Used cars? Try used car accounts: 15,000 up for grabs online at just $2 a pop
Cut and shut is so last century, now it’s copy and clone Researchers have found almost 15,000 automotive accounts for sale online and pointed at a credential-stuffing attack that targeted car makers.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals)
Fun technique – but how practical is it? Some smart cookies at institutions in China and Singapore have devised a technique for reading keystrokes and pilfering passwords or passcodes from Wi-Fi-connected mobile devices on public networks, without any hardware hacking.……
Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up
Pensioners, employees and medical pros among those aiming to be compensated for data exposure The number of claimants signing up to a Class Action against Capita over the infamous March cyber security break-in and subsequent data exposure keeps going up,…
Ransomware attack hits Sri Lanka government, causing data loss
Running unsupported and unpatched versions of Exchange Server will do that to a country Sri Lanka’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) is currently investigating a ransomware attack on the government’s cloud infrastructure that affected around 5,000 email accounts, it revealed…
China caught – again – with its malware in another nation’s power grid
‘Obtaining a disruptive capability could be one possible motivation behind this surge in attacks’ Espionage-ware thought to have been developed by China has once again been spotted within the power grid of a neighboring nation.… This article has been indexed…
Grab those updates: Microsoft flings out fixes for already-exploited bugs
Plus: Adobe and Android also tackle abused-in-the-wild flaws Patch Tuesday It’s every Windows admin’s favorite day of the month: Patch Tuesday. Microsoft emitted 59 patches for its September update batch, including two for bugs that have already been exploited.… This…
OpenSSL 1.1.1 reaches end of life for all but the well-heeled
$50k to breathe new life into its corpse. The rest of us must move on to OpenSSL 3.0 OpenSSL 1.1.1 has reached the end of its life, making a move to a later version essential for all, bar those with…
Google’s Chrome gets caught with its WebP down, offers hasty patch-up
Exploit observed in the wild as Mountain View pushes out updates Google has rushed out a fix for a vulnerability in its Chrome browser, noting that an exploit already exists in the wild.… This article has been indexed from The…
Save the Children feared hit by ransomware, 7TB stolen
Would be a new low, even for these lowlifes Cybercrime crew BianLian claims to have broken into the IT systems of a top non-profit and stolen a ton of files, including what the miscreants claim is financial, health, and medical…
MGM Resorts shuts down website, computer systems after ‘cybersecurity incident’
Ransomware? Some would be willing to bet on that MGM Resorts has shut down some of its IT systems following a “cybersecurity incident” that the casino-and-hotel giant says is currently under investigation.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
MGM Resorts shuts down computer systems after ‘cybersecurity incident’
Ransomware? Some would be willing to bet on that MGM Resorts has shut down some of its IT systems following a “cybersecurity incident” that the casino-and-hotel giant says is currently under investigation.… This article has been indexed from The Register…
Huge DDoS attack against US financial institution thwarted
Akamai reckons traffic flood peaked at 55.1 million packets per second Akamai says it thwarted a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack aimed at a US bank that peaked at 55.1 million packets per second earlier this month.… This article has been indexed…
Malice in the mail
Defence against the dark arts of phishing Webinar Almost half of all losses to cybercrime come from Business Email Compromise (BEC), according to the FBI. It appears that even the most astute among us can fall foul of a cunningly…
Google warns infoseccers: Beware of North Korean spies sliding into your DMs
ALSO: Verizon turns self in for reduced fine, malvertising comes to macOS, and this week’s critical vulnerabilities In brief Watch out, cyber security researchers: Suspected North Korean-backed hackers are targeting members of the infosec community again, according to Google’s Threat…