Brian Krebs fleshes out more about Matthew Philbert, the Canadian man arrested in Canada and charged in both the U.S. and Canada with a number of cybercrimes. Once again, Krebs provides a great example of solid research. Read his report at KrebsOnSecurity. Interestingly, Krebs ends his article with a comment that tends to agree with…
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Hackers publish Vestas data following cyber attack
Sabina Weston reports: Hackers behind last month’s cyber attack on Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, have published a portion of the compromised data online. That’s according to a statement published by the company, in which it advised customers and business partners to “stay vigilant” as there’s a possibility that their personal data may be misused. Read more at ITPro.
Emotet now drops Cobalt Strike, fast forwards ransomware attacks
Lawrence Abrams reports: In a concerning development, the notorious Emotet malware now installs Cobalt Strike beacons directly, giving immediate network access to threat actors and making ransomware attacks imminent. […] Today, Emotet research group Cryptolaemus warned that Emotet is now skipping their primary malware payload of TrickBot or Qbot and directly installing Cobalt Strike beacons on infected…
LINE Pay leaks data from approximately 133,000 users to GitHub of all places
Sunaina reports: LINE Pay, a smartphone payment provider, announced yesterday that between September and November of this year, approximately 133,000 users’ payment details were inadvertently published on GitHub. A research group employee accidentally uploaded files detailing participants in a LINE Pay promotional programme staged between late December 2020 and April 2021 to the collaborative coding…
18 fake birth certificates generated in Hisar after health department hacked
TNN reports that the Hisar health department was hacked and 18 fake birth certificates were generated. The hack and faked certificates were reportedly known five months ago but a case is just being filed now, it seems. Read more at Times of India
TN: Pellissippi State Community College impacted by ransomware attack
Monday, Pellissippi State Community College announced a network outage. On Tuesday, they announced that it was a ransomware attack: Pellissippi State Community College has determined that the network systems outage appears to be the result of a ransomware attack. At this time, the breadth of the incident is under investigation. The College has currently contained the matter and is working to…