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Tips for Vacation Rental, Property Mgmt. Businesses Facing Vendor Cybersecurity Risk
Lawyers at JacksonLewis write: Last year, as reported on the Maine Attorney General’s Office website, Resort Data Processing (RDP) experienced a data breach affecting over 60,000 individuals caused by a “SQL injection vulnerability which allowed an unauthorized third party to redirect payment card information from in-process transactions on our RDP’s clients’ on-premises Internet Reservation Module (“IRM”) […]
Data on 760K workers from Xerox, Nokia, BofA, Morgan Stanley and more dumped online
More late woes from the massive 2023 MoveIT databreach. The Register reports that more companies are now seeing their data leaked online on a popular hacking forum: Hundreds of thousands of employees from major corporations including Xerox, Nokia, Koch, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and others appear to be the latest victims in a massive […]
Russian Hackers Use Game-Changing Wi-Fi Hacking Technique to Breach US Networks
If you’re old enough to remember when neighbors “borrowed” your wi-fi or cable connection so they didn’t have to pay for services, then you may appreciate the “nearest neighbor” attack as part of cyberwar. Kyiv Post reports: Russian military spies have employed an innovative technique using neighboring Wi-Fi systems to breach secure networks in an […]
Vodka maker Stoli Group files for bankruptcy protection in U.S., cyberattack contributing to woes
CBS reports that the owner of Stoli brand vodka and Kentucky Owl bourbon has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Stoli Group (USA) “is experiencing financial difficulties,” according to the court filing. The firm claims it has assets estimated between $100 million and $500 million, and liabilities between $50 million and $100 million. The company’s […]
T-Mobile Shares More Information on China-Linked Cyberattack
Security +Week reports that T-Mobile has shared additional information on a cyberattack believed to have been conducted by the China-linked threat group Salt Typhoon. T-Mobile’s Chief Security Officer, Jeff Simon, on Wednesday shared additional information in an attempt to clear up what the company described as “misleading media reports”. “Many reports claim these bad actors […]
Ransom gang claims attack on NHS Alder Hey Children’s Hospital; Second attack on an NHS Trust this month
No ransomware gang has claimed responsiblity for the November 21 attack on the Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust but a second attack on a children’s hospital is also causing significant problems. The Register reports: The attack on Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is apparently unconnected […]
Happy Thanksgiving
It’s that time when we put aside our news activities and share some good times with family and friends. But what would Thanksgiving be without reflecting on what we are grateful for, right? We know that this year is difficult for some families who have fought bitterly over politics and the election. Others have had […]
Is The FinCEN Laying The Foundation For The G.O.A.T. Data Breach?
A recent article by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP begins: On May 29, 1453 the walls of Constantinople had stood unbreached for more than a thousand years. Yet on that day, the army of Sultan Mehmed II was able to force entry into the city through the Gate of St. Romanus. The Byzantine Emperor Constantine […]