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More than half of Black Friday shoppers wary of breached online retailers
Insurance Business reports some findings for U.K. consumers. Would the findings be in the same in the U.S., we wonder? A survey conducted by QBE Insurance has revealed a cautious stance among Black Friday shoppers towards online retailers that have experienced data breaches. The study found that 54% of consumers participating in Black Friday sales would avoid […]
Citrix warns admins to kill NetScaler user sessions to block hackers
Earlier today, CISA issued an advisory: StopRansomware: LockBit 3.0 Ransomware Affiliates Exploit CVE 2023-4966 Citrix Bleed Vulnerability. The advisory includes TTPs and IOCs obtained from FBI, ACSC, and voluntarily shared by Boeing following its recent attack by LockBit that resulted in their data being leaked. Boeing observed LockBit 3.0 affiliates exploiting CVE-2023-4966, to obtain initial […]
Cyberattacks at two Canadian government contractors affect former and current government employees, including RCMP and Defense
Bleeping Computer reports: The Canadian government says two of its contractors have been hacked, exposing sensitive information belonging to an undisclosed number of government employees. These breaches occurred last month and impacted Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) and SIRVA Worldwide Relocation & Moving Services, both providers of relocation services to Canadian government employees. Government-related information stored […]
Cybersecurity firm executive pleads guilty to hacking hospitals
Bleeping Computer reports: The former chief operating officer of a cybersecurity company has pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals, part of the Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC), in June 2021 to boost his company’s business. Vikas Singla, who worked for Securolytics, a network security company that provided services to the healthcare industry, pleaded guilty to hacking […]
Rhysida Hackers Demand £602,500 in Bitcoin After British Library Ransomware Attack
The420 reports: A lethal cyber attack has rocked the revered British Library, leaving its IT systems crippled for weeks. The brazen ransomware gang, known as the Rhysida group, has claimed responsibility for the attack, demanding a hefty sum of 20 Bitcoin, equivalent to approximately £602,500, for the return of stolen sensitive data, including employee passport […]
FCC adopts new rules to protect consumers from SIM-swapping attacks
Bleeping Computer reports: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revealed new rules to shield consumers from criminals who hijack their phone numbers in SIM swapping attacks and port-out fraud. FCC’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force introduced the new regulations in July. They are geared toward thwarting scammers who seek to access personal data and information […]
Justin Sun gives new ultimatum to Poloniex hackers, offers $10m bounty
As The Data Breach Times noted on November 12, the founder of the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange offered to pay the thieves who stole an estimated $120 million from the exchange $5 million if they returned the rest of the funds. The hacker(s) didn’t respond at all. The government and ransomware experts repeatedly advise and urge […]
‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks
The Guardian reports: Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives it a close relationship with governments and regulators in Madrid and Zurich. Those relationships are critical in an age […]