David Swan reports: Optus is facing a potential mammoth fine after Australia’s privacy watchdog launched civil Federal Court proceedings over a September 2022 cyberattack in which the personal information of nearly 10 million Australians was stolen. During the cyberattack, which was one of the worst in the nation’s history, hackers gained unauthorised access to the…
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Google reveals it became one of the Salesforce attack victims in June
Lawrence Abrams reports: In June, Google warned that a threat actor they classify as ‘UNC6040′ is targeting companies’ employees in voice phishing (vishing) social engineering attacks to breach Salesforce instances and download customer data. This data is then used to extort companies into paying a ransom to prevent the data from being leaked. In a brief update…
Cisco discloses data breach impacting Cisco.com user accounts
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Cisco has disclosed that cybercriminals stole the basic profile information of users registered on Cisco.com following a voice phishing (vishing) attack that targeted a company representative. After becoming aware of the incident on July 24th, the networking equipment giant discovered that the attacker tricked an employee and gained access to a third-party…
Exclusive: Brosix and Chatox promised to keep your chats secured. They didn’t.
Chatox and Brosix are communications platforms that advertise for personal use and team use. They are owned by Stefan Chekanov. The only statement Chatox makes about its data security is “Chatox employs encryption across all communications, making it an extremely secure communication and collaboration platform.” Brosix Enterprise advertises its security: Brosix provides you with an…
Why we shouldn’t just repeat ransomware groups’ claims, Sunday edition
Some data leaks are not what you might expect from their listing on a dark web leak site. Today’s example is courtesy of a ransomware group that listed a medical practice on its leak site and then published the data. Because it was a medical practice, DataBreaches started to inspect the data tranche. To my…
Hackers leak purported Aeroflot data as Russia denies breach
“Information… has not been confirmed.” — Victim “Hold my beer.” — Hacker Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hackers have leaked flight records allegedly belonging to the CEO of the Russian airline Aeroflot following a major cyberattack that grounded flights, as Moscow denies any data breach occurred. Russia’s internet watchdog Roskomnadzor said there was no confirmation that data had been leaked from…