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Hackers Stole Data of Over 35M Customers from V.F. Corp (NYSEVFC) in December
Tip Ranks reports: V.F. Corp., the name behind brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Dickies, and Vans, announced that a cyber incident in December resulted in the data breach of nearly 35.5 million customers. Last month, the cyber incident hampered VFC’s order fulfillment on its eCommerce portal. At the time, the company expected the […]
23andMe Blames Victims For Data Breach
Today’s General Counsel reports: Genetic testing company 23andMe, which is facing more than 30 lawsuits from the victims of a massive data breach, is claiming that the victims themselves are to blame for the loss of their own data, TechCrunch reports. In a letter to hundreds of 23andMe users suing the company, 23andMe said the victims “negligently […]
CISA pushes federal agencies to patch Citrix RCE within a week
Bleeping Computer reports: Today, CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against three recently patched Citrix NetScaler and Google Chrome zero-days actively exploited in attacks, pushing for a Citrix RCE bug to be patched within a week. The cybersecurity agency added the flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog today, saying that such vulnerabilities are “frequent attack […]
How SolarWinds Responded to the 2020 SUNBURST Cyberattack
From the Harvard Business Review: In December of 2020, SolarWinds learned that they had fallen victim to hackers. Unknown actors had inserted malware called SUNBURST into a software update, potentially granting hackers access to thousands of its customers’ data, including government agencies across the globe and the US military. General Counsel Jason Bliss needed to […]
Foxsemicon, a Taiwanese semiconductor company, hit by ransomware attack
Daryna Antoniuk reports: One of Taiwan’s biggest semiconductor manufacturers has fallen victim to a cyberattack, supposedly carried out by the notorious LockBit ransomware gang. The hackers posted a threatening message on Foxsemicon’s website, stating that they had stolen its customers’ personal data and would publish it on their darknet website if the company refused to […]
Cyberattack on Ukraine’s Kyivstar will cost parent Veon almost $100 million in sales
Reuters reports: Veon, the parent company of Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar, will take a hit of around 3.6 billion hryvnias ($95 million) in revenue in 2024 due to a massive cyberattack in December, the Dutch telecoms group estimated on Thursday. The estimated lost revenue is associated with measures Kyivstar has taken to compensate customers […]
Inside the Massive Naz.API Credential Stuffing List
Troy Hunt of HaveIBeenPwned writes: Read more at TroyHunt.com
‘Punishing the victims’: Would banning ransom payments stop hospital cyberattacks?
In its The State of Ransomware in the U.S. report for 2023, Emsisoft opined that the only solution to the ransomware crisis is to completely ban ransomware payments. That recommendation has generated some discussion, and now Becker’s has also reached out to health system CISOs to get their reaction to the recommendation. The majority’s opinion […]