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Inside Wall Street’s scramble after ICBC hack
Reuters reports: The cyber hack of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s U.S. broker-dealer was so extensive on Wednesday, even the corporate email stopped working and forced employees to switch to Google mail, according to two people familiar with the situation. The blackout left the brokerage temporarily owing BNY Mellon BK.N $9 billion, an amount many […]
This tiny device is sending updated iPhones into a never-ending DoS loop
Ars Technica reports: One morning two weeks ago, security researcher Jeroen van der Ham was traveling by train in the Netherlands when his iPhone suddenly displayed a series of pop-up windows that made it nearly impossible to use his device. “My phone was getting these popups every few minutes and then my phone would reboot,” […]
It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian
Consumers may erroneously assume data brokers and credit reporting agencies have top-notch data security for all the sensitive and important data they store about us. To the contrary, these brokers and firms pose a huge risk to our data security. Investigative reporter Brian Krebs did an exposé last year on Experian. His follow-up post now is […]
Poloniex crypto-exchange offers 5% cut to thieves if they return that $120M they nicked
Governments may not want hacking victims to negotiate with threat actors or pay ransom, but the founder of a hacked crypto exchange is offering the hacker(s) a reward if they return what they stole. The Register reports: The founder of the Poloniex has offered to pay off thieves who drained an estimated $120 million of […]
Hackers swipe Booking.com, damage from attack is global
The Asahi Shimbun reports: Hackers breached Booking.com, one of the world’s largest online accommodation reservation sites, by posing as hotel staff to steal credit card information from travelers making bookings. Phishing scams like this have plagued Japan since May. The headquarters of Booking.com in the Netherlands conceded the damage is occurring on a global scale. At least 68 hotels […]
ICBC ransomware attack triggers global regulator, trader scrutiny
Reuters reports: Global regulators and bond traders were on Friday trying to gauge the impact of a ransomware attack on the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), China’s biggest bank, that disrupted trades in the vital U.S. Treasuries market this week. ICBC’s U.S. arm was hit on Thursday in the latest of a string of ransomware […]
Basically all of Maine had data stolen by a ransomware gang
Engadget reports: The state agencies of Maine had fallen victim to cybercriminals who exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool, making them the latest addition to the growing list of entities affected by the massive hack involving the software. In a notice the government has published about the cybersecurity incident, it said the event impacted […]
Google to delete millions of accounts forever in global purge that begins in under a month – eight ways to save yours
Consumers who have Google accounts that haven’t been used in a while may have received emails from Google telling them their accounts will be purged if they don’t sign in to them soon to keep them alive. While those emails may look like phishing attempts, they may be real emails from Google. The Sun reports: […]