Howard Solomon reports: The City of Toronto says it suffered a “potential cyber breach” from a hack of data from use of its Accellion FTA file transfer server in January that may have involved the health information of individuals. In its initial statement today, the city said it was notified of a potential cyber breach related…
Author: Dissent
Babuk closes one shop, switches to RaaS?
In an update on Babuk’s site today, the threat actors write: I not so long ago wrote about the closure of babuk, yes, you all correctly understood babuk as a partensky program will be closed, but it will live in its new understanding, we are a promoted brand with the best pentesters of dark net…
Cyberspies target military organizations with new Nebulae backdoor
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A Chinese-speaking threat actor has deployed a new backdoor in multiple cyber-espionage operations spanning roughly two years and targeting military organizations from Southeast Asia. For at least a decade, the hacking group known as Naikon has actively spied on organizations in countries around the South China Sea, including the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand,…
Codecov starts notifying customers affected by supply-chain attack
Ax Sharma reports: As of a few hours ago, Codecov has started notifying the maintainers of software repositories affected by the recent supply-chain attack. These notifications, delivered via both email and the Codecov application interface, state that the company believes the affected repositories were downloaded by threat actors. The original security advisory posted by Codecov lacked any…
Hackers are attacking the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain
Dan Patterson reports: Hackers have targeted companies that distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to a degree previously unreported, according to research from IBM Security. Starting last year, attackers attempted to access sensitive information about the vaccine’s “cold chain” distribution system. IBM Security said the phishing attack targeted 44 companies in 14 countries across Europe, North America, South America…
Ca: Calgary Police officer charged with privacy breaches
James Murray reports: A Calgary Police Officer, Sergeant Kevin Knight faces charges for accessing and using information from two police databases for purposes not related to any valid law enforcement purpose. Sergeant Kevin Knight is now charged with one count each of accessing information in contravention of FOIPP and using or disclosing information in contravention…