Vishal Chawla reports: bZx, a widely-used DeFi protocol, has lost $55 million to an unknown hacker who it claims gained illegitimate access to its private key. It is still not clear how the hackers carried out the attack. Read more on Crypto Briefing although not much is known at the time of this posting.
Author: Dissent
INTERPOL-led operation takes down prolific cybercrime ring
Interpol has released more details about theJune, 2021 takedown and arrest of people associated with CLOP and other groups. The following is today’s press release: SEOUL, Korea – A 30-month transcontinental investigation and operation has resulted in arrests and Red Notices for suspects believed to be behind a global malware crime network. Two Red Notices,…
Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients
The Times of Israel reports: In its second major leak in a day, the Black Shadow hacking group on Tuesday night uploaded what it said was the full database of personal information from Israel’s Machon Mor medical institute, including medical records of some 290,000 patients. The directory reportedly includes information on patients’ blood tests, treatments,…
What happened, Friday edition
It’s often quite difficult to code incidents for analysis purposes. Consider the following notification’s description of what happened, as one example: Mesa, AZ: November 3, 2021 – Baywood Medical Associates, PLC dba Desert Pain Institute (“DPI”), a health care provider specializing in pain management located in Mesa, Arizona, has become aware of a data security incident…
Cyberattack Hits Multiple Greek Shipping Firms
The Maritime Executive reports: Multiple Greek shipping companies have been hit by a ransomware attack that spread through the systems of a popular, well-established IT consulting firm, according to Greek outlet Mononews. Danaos Management Consultants, the IT service provider whose services were affected by the hack, confirmed the incident and. The company said that Danaos’…
CISA urges vendors to patch BrakTooth bugs after exploits release
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Researchers have released public exploit code and a proof of concept tool to test Bluetooth devices against System-on-a-Chip (SoC) security bugs impacting multiple vendors, including Intel, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, and Cypress. Collectively known as BrakTooth, these 16 flaws impact commercial Bluetooth stacks on over 1,400 chipsets used in billions of devices such as…