Dennis Fisher writes: Attackers have been exploiting a pair of dangerous vulnerabilities in the default mail app in Apple’s iOS software since at least January 2018 simply by sending specially formatted emails to target devices. The flaws are unpatched and have been present since iOS 6 was released in 2012. The two vulnerabilities have been…
Category: Business Sector
Danish Agro’s computer systems hacked
Jane Byrne reports: Agribusiness group, Danish Agro, was the target of a ransomware attack on Sunday, April 19. Read more on FeedNavigator.
Security researcher discloses four IBM zero-days after company refused to patch
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A security researcher has published today details about four zero-day vulnerabilities impacting an IBM security product after the company refused to patch bugs following a private bug disclosure attempt. The bugs impact the IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM), an enterprise security tool that aggregates feeds from vulnerability scanning tools and other risk management…
UniCredit Hackers Try to Sell Employee Data on Cyber-Crime Forums
Daniele Lepido and Sonia Sirletti report: Data on about 3,000 UniCredit SpA employees was put up for sale on cyber-crime forums after a hacking attack. The data went on sale on April 19 and contained what the hacker said was information on UniCredit workers, including emails, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and names, Telsy, a unit…
CISI payment breach leaves members vulnerable to fraud
Robbie Lawther reports: The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI) has confirmed that some of its members may have had their financial information stolen after “malicious code” was inserted on its website. It comes after the professional body was made aware that members were noticing fraudulent activity on their credit/debit cards after a payment…
PrimoHoagies Notifies Customers of Data Security Incident
Press release: WESTVILLE, N.J. April 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — PrimoHoagies Franchising, Inc. (“PrimoHoagies” or the “Company”) announced today that it had suffered a data security incident, enabling unauthorized parties to access payment card information. Immediately upon discovering this, PrimoHoagies worked with industry-leading cybersecurity firms to assist with an investigation. The Company also contacted payment card brands so…