Dan Goodin reports: FishPig, a UK-based maker of e-commerce software used by as many as 200,000 websites, is urging customers to reinstall or update all existing program extensions after discovering a security breach of its distribution server that allowed criminals to surreptitiously backdoor customer systems. The unknown threat actors used their control of FishPig’s systems…
Category: Of Note
Federal Court holds nonprofit health center is immune from data breach class action
Daniel Rockey of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner writes: In a case of first impression, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the motion of Defendant Neighborhood Healthcare seeking order compelling the United States to defend a putative class action lawsuit alleging that Neighborhood failed to ensure the confidentiality of her…
Twitter’s cybersecurity flaws pose national security risk, whistleblower tells Congress
Kelsey Reichmann reports: Cybersecurity failures at Twitter are endangering users’ data and putting national security at risk, the company’s former security chief, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, told lawmakers at a hearing on Tuesday. Zatko appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify about allegations he made against the social media giant earlier this year. In reports…
It’s like a veritable fire sale on Indonesians’ personal data
Indonesia’s private data protection bill cleared another hurdle and could be voted into law this week. As Bloomberg reports: Data operators could face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of 5 billion rupiah ($337,000) for leaking or misusing private information, according to Indonesia’s new data privacy bill set to be passed…
“Proactive cyber defense” to be introduced to critical infrastructure
The following is a machine translation of a Yomiuri news story: The government is considering introducing an “active cyber defense” system to detect signs of an attack and identify the source of the attack in order to strengthen defense against cyber attacks on critical infrastructure such as communications and electricity. Adjustments will be made in…
Lorenz ransomware breaches corporate network via phone systems
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The Lorenz ransomware gang now uses a critical vulnerability in Mitel MiVoice VOIP appliances to breach enterprises, using their phone systems for initial access to their corporate networks. Arctic Wolf Labs security researchers spotted this new tactic after observing a significant overlap with Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) tied to ransomware attacks…