M. Corey Goldman reports: Security software provider SolarWinds (SWI) – Get Report revealed Tuesday that it has found the source of a highly sophisticated malicious code injection that it believes was used by the perpetrators of the recent cyberattack on the company and its clients, including federal government agencies. In a regulatory filing, SolarWinds said that it was…
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National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. – Notice of Data Breach
The National Board for Certified Counselors (“NBCC”) today is providing information about a recent event that may impact the privacy of some personal data related to individuals associated with NBCC. What Happened? On September 7, 2020, National Board of Certified Counselors, Inc. (“NBCC”) became aware of unusual activity on its network. NBCC conducted an immediate investigation and…
Email security firm Mimecast says hackers hijacked its products to spy on customers
Reuters reports: Email security provider Mimecast said on Tuesday that hackers had hijacked its products in order to spy on its customers. The company said it had been alerted to the attack by investigators at Microsoft and that “a sophisticated threat actor” had compromised the certificate used to guard connections between its products and Microsoft’s…
SolarLeaks site claims to sell data stolen in SolarWinds attacks
Yesterday, an individual or individuals claimed that they were selling information stolen from companies known to have been compromised by the SolarWinds attack. But was the offer real or is it a scam? Lawrence Abrams reports on the site and the question of whether it is legitimate or not. As part of his reporting,…
Eneco warns customers for data breach: ‘Change your password, personal data may have been accessed’
The following is a translation of an alert on Opgelicht?! Energy supplier Eneco is warning (former) customers of a possible data breach: they have established that cyber criminals have managed to gain access to the accounts of 1,700 customers and that personal information may have been stolen. What you need to know? Last week, Eneco…
Ex-SoftBank engineer held for 5G trade secret theft
The Yomiuri Shimbun reports: The Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday arrested a former engineer of SoftBank Corp. on suspicion of violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Law by illegally divulging trade secrets regarding the 5G fifth-generation telecommunications standard, the MPD said. Kuniaki Aiba, 45, of Yokohama quit SoftBank and started working for Rakuten Mobile, Inc., one…