SAN JOSE – Salvatore A. La Rosa pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose to intentional damage to a protected computer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. La Rosa, 41, of San Jose, admitted in his guilty plea to intentionally…
Category: Business Sector
Thousands of CityBee users have their personal data leaked online
Matthew Holroyd reports: Police in Lithuania are investigating after the personal data of 110,000 people was leaked to an online hacker website. The car-sharing service, CityBee, confirmed the records and information of thousands of its customers had been compromised in the incident. Read more on EuroNews.
Jones Day disputes claimed breach; points to hacked vendor; hacker points back to them (UPDATE2)
Although Jones Day failed to respond to multiple inquiries sent to it by this site about a ransomware attack claimed by CLOP threat actors*, the giant law firm apparently responded to inquiries by the Wall Street Journal. Their statement, however, omits important information and has been disputed by the threat actors. WSJ reports, in part:…
Could your baby monitor be unsafe and unsecured?
I’d ask, “Why is this STILL happening?” but I think we all know the answers to that, and Jim Wilson of Safety Detectives actually addresses that in his article. The SafetyDetectives cybersecurity team has discovered a vulnerability affecting baby monitors, provoked by their misapplication/misconfiguration, which provides potentially harmful parties with unauthorized access to each camera’s video stream….
French IT monitoring company’s software targeted by hackers
Reuters reports: Hackers have spent up to three years breaking into organizations by targeting monitoring software made by the French company Centreon, France’s cybersecurity watchdog said Monday. The watchdog, known by its French acronym ANSSI, stopped short of identifying the hackers but said they had a similar modus operandi as the Russian cyberespionage group nicknamed…
Could an ex-employee be planting ransomware on your firm’s network?
We’ve all seen too many instances where vengeful former employees have tried to sabotage their former employer’s network. Even when their employers remember to revoke access for the individual, they often find other ways in — like using a former colleague’s credentials or having previously created another user on the system with credentials. But would…