New York State’s Attorney General has dropped her suit against Zoom after securing an agreement to implement security and privacy controls that address concerns that became apparent after the increased use of Zoom for distance learning and working from home. For all their flaws or vulnerabilities, you have to be somewhat impressed how quickly the…
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Shiny Hunters’ bursts onto dark web scene following breaches, Microsoft data theft claims
Bradley Barth reports: A malicious actor known as Shiny Hunters has emerged as a serious dark web player following a spate of high-profile breaches, and now the hacker or hackers is claiming to have stolen data from Microsoft’s private GitHub repositories and is threatening to release the code for free. According to researchers from ZeroFOX Alpha Team,…
Cognizant expects to lose between $50m and $70m following ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: IT services provider Cognizant said in an earnings call this week that a ransomware incident that took place last month in April 2020 will negatively impact its Q2 revenue. “While we anticipate that the revenue impact related to this issue will be largely resolved by the middle of the quarter, we do…
APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services
May 6, 2020 APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services National Cyber Awareness System: AA20-126A: APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services Original release date: May 5, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber…
How hackers are updating the EVILNUM malware to target the global financial sector
Shannon Vavra reports: Hackers behind a series of targeted financial attacks have been updating their malware to better evade detection over the last year, according to new Prevailion research slated to be published Wednesday. Since at least February 2019, the hackers, who have begun impersonating CEOs and banks in their lure documents, have introduced at…
Jump in vulnerable RDP ports is leaving networks open to hacking and cyberattacks
The sudden explosion of employees working from home (WFH) during the pandemic has increased the risk of cyberattacks. Among the factors contributing to that increased risk: people may use their own less secure personal devices which may also be shared with other members of their household, and they may need to be connecting to the…