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…
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Fr: Ardennes: Invicta Group at a standstill since Monday after a cyber attack
Invicta is a French company specializing in wood heating. Lylian Casier reports that the Invicta Group has suffered a cyberattack of unknown origin. According to the testimony of an employee, it would have occurred on Sunday, since it was at this time that the staff was alerted to the temporary stoppage of work by an…
QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks against NAS devices
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP said today that its network-attached storage (NAS) devices are under attack by a ransomware operation known as AgeLocker. In a security advisory, the Taiwanese company urged customers to immediately update their NAS operating system and any apps they have installed on the device to prevent the AgeLocker gang from…
Breached Online Ordering Platforms Expose Hundreds of Restaurants
How many of us increased our online orders from restaurants because of the pandemic? Unsurprisingly, criminals have been motivated by that to engage in even more Card Not Present (CNP) fraud. A new report by Gemini Advisory, released today, highlights the growing risks restaurants (and consumers) face. In the past 6 months, Gemini has reported…
IT: Hacker attack on pharmaceutical company Zambon
Federica Bigardi reports that Zambon , an Italian pharmaceutical firm, suffered a cyber attack (translation): The attack was identified and quickly isolated from Zambon’s information systems, which as a precautionary measure suspended activities at the Vicenza plant employing 217 people. Production was stopped for 5 days while the IT department investigated and resolved the attack…
Departing lawyers who copied firm’s databases may be liable for unfair business practices, top state court says
On April 15, Debra Cassens Weiss reported: Departing lawyers who downloaded a “treasure trove” of proprietary materials from their Boston law firm may be liable for unfair or deceptive business practices, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The court ruled for the Governo Law Firm in its lawsuit against a group of nonequity partners…