Not all worrisome breaches are cyberattacks. Old-fashioned burglaries still pose serious privacy threats, as CBC News reports: Cybersecurity experts are warning of “significant” data privacy risks after a Vancouver rape crisis centre told clients and donors a computer server containing their sensitive personal information and banking details was stolen from its office last month. The […]
The Guardian reports: Cyber-hackers have targeted the company behind a £50bn project to build a vast underground nuclear waste store in Britain, its developer has said. Radioactive Waste Management, the company behind the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) project, has said that hackers unsuccessfully attempted to breach the business using LinkedIn. RWM is the government-owned entity behind […]
The South China Morning Post reports: Four cyber attackers in China have been arrested for developing ransomware with the help of ChatGPT, the first such case in the country involving the popular chatbot that is not officially available locally. The attack was first reported by an unidentified company in Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, which […]
Barron’s reports: It’s been a busy end to 2023 for Google and its legal team. The internet search giant, owned by Alphabet GOOG-0.25%, has agreed to settle a $5 billion consumer-privacy lawsuit, alleging it tracked the internet use of millions of people who thought they were browsing privately. A federal judge in California put a scheduled […]
Bleeping Computer reports: The Ohio Lottery was forced to shut down some key systems after a cyberattack affected an undisclosed number of internal applications on Christmas Eve. While the incident is now under investigation, and the lottery is working to restore all impacted servies, its gaming system is still fully operational. […] While the state […]
Security Week reports: EasyPark Group, Europe’s largest parking application operator, has disclosed a data breach impacting customer information. The company determined on December 10 that it was targeted in a cyberattack and an investigation revealed that “non-sensitive customer data” had been compromised. Data stolen by hackers includes name, phone number, physical address, email address and partial IBAN […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Risk and financial advisory company Kroll has released additional details regarding the August data breach, which exposed the personal information of FTX bankruptcy claimants. Kroll said the exposed data included coin holdings and balances, which would allow threat actors to pinpoint attractive targets who invest heavily in the cryptocurrency markets. “This letter […]
Calcalist Tech reports: Over 15 groups associated with Iran, Hezbollah, or Hamas have been engaged in cyber attacks against Israel since 7/10, according to a report published by Israel’s National Cyber Directorate. The report, which summarizes the main cyber attacks of the last two and a half months, notes that most of these groups share […]
ESO Solutions has started notifying 2.7 million individuals that their personal and health information was compromised in a ransomware attack. Security Week reports: The incident occurred on September 28 and forced the company, a data and software provider for emergency responders, hospitals, and state and federal agencies, to take systems offline to contain it. The attackers, […]
Study Finds Increase in Remote Encryption Attacks Ransomware Groups
Ticker.tv reports: A recent report released cybersecurity service provider Sophos reveals a significant rise in remote encryption attacks conducted some of the most active ransomware groups. The study, titled “CryptoGuard: An Asymmetric Approach to the Ransomware Battle,” identifies ransomware groups including Akira, ALPHV/BlackCat, LockBit, Royal, and Black Basta as perpetrators of remote encryption attacks. In […]