Zack Whittaker reports: A consumer-grade spyware app has been found running on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the United States, TechCrunch has learned. The app, called pcTattletale, stealthily and continually captured screenshots of the hotel booking systems, which contained guest details and customer information. Thanks to a security flaw in…
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UK NCSC and Insurance Associations Publish Guidance on the Approach to Ransom Payments
Financial and insurance organizations have been under increasing attack by Scattered Spider. Now there is more guidance for entities. Hunton Andrews Kurth notes: On May 14, 2024, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) and three major UK insurance associations (Association of British Insurers (“ABI”), British Insurance Brokers’ Association (“BIBA”) and International Underwriting Association (“IUA”)),…
Microsoft to start enforcing Azure multi-factor authentication in July
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout for the Azure portal, the MFA enforcement will see a similar rollout for CLI, PowerShell, and Terraform. Redmond says customers will also receive additional information via email…
SEC amends Reg S-P to require data breach notification within 30 days
Aaron Nicodemus reports: The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will require broker-dealers and registered investment advisers to adopt written policies and procedures for handling data breaches of customer data and notify affected customers within 30 days. On Thursday, the SEC approved amendments to Regulation S-P, known as the safeguards rule. The rule requires covered entities to…
Post Millennial hack leaked data impacting 26 million people
Bill Toulas reports: Have I Been Pwned has added the information for 26,818,266 people whose data was leaked in a recent hack of The Post Millennial conservative news website. The Post Millennial is a conservative Canadian online news magazine belonging to the Human Events Media Group, which also operates the American ‘Human Events’ news platform. Earlier this month, both news…
Dell notifies customers of breach; seller “Menelik” is ShinyHunters (2)
On April 28, a new forum user on BreachForums called “Menelik” claimed to have 49 million Dell Technologies customer records for sale. The Daily Dark Web provided a screencap and details from the listing. The customer data purportedly includes data between 2017 and 2024, with “full names, addresses, cities, provinces, postal codes, countries, unique 7-digit…