Bill Toulas reports: Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers trick the targets into downloading a RAR/ZIP archive containing a downloader for an evasive Python-based stealer that grabs cookies and passwords stored in…
Category: Business Sector
MGM Resorts hit in disruptive cyberattack
Long-time readers may recall a story in January 2017 about a luxury hotel that reportedly paid extortion to ransomware attackers because guests were locked in their rooms. Some of the story was ultimately considered to be fake news, although the whole scenario initially seemed possible at the time. Fast forward more than six years and …
Russian man with Kremlin ties gets 9 years in US prison for hacking and insider trading scheme
Alanna Durkin Richer reports: A wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced Thursday to nine years in prison for his role in a nearly $100 million stock market cheating scheme that relied on secret earnings information stolen through the hacking of U.S. computer networks. Vladislav Klyushin, who ran a Moscow-based information technology company that…
Coca-Cola FEMSA victim of ransomware attack and data leak
Coca-Cola FEMSA is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its related soft drink products in much of Latin America, which makes it an important part of the Coca-Cola system. This week, a threat actor known to DataBreaches as “TheSnake” and as the person who had also hacked a Brazilian clinic, leaked some data from Coca-Cola FEMSA…
Au: Dymocks warns shoppers after data breach; data already leaked
Kathryn Magann reports: Bookstore chain Dymocks has warned customers of a possible data breach that could lead to their personal information being leaked on the dark web. In an email sent to members on Friday, the bookseller’s managing director, Mark Newman, said a potential hack was detected two days earlier. Read more at Bega District…
Do IT Consultants victim of attack by Ragnar_Locker
On September 2, Ragnar_Locker added Do IT Consultants in Canada to their “Wall of Shame.” For its listing, they wrote: Due to high level negligence and careless network security of DO IT employees, has been allowed a huge leak which affected on clients of the DO IT company. No matter that they are an IT…