Catalin Cimpanu reports: A group of hackers specialized in attacking banks has hit again, and this time they’ve breached four targets in Asia, respectively in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan, security researchers from Group-IB have told ZDNet. The only incident that is currently public is one impacting Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, a bank in…
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Eight people are arrested in Hong Kong over cyberattacks against police as the city copes with the aftermath of anti-government protests
AFP and Tracy You report: Hong Kong police said today they had arrested eight people for stealing and disclosing personal information of officers online as the city grapples with the aftermath of unprecedented anti-government protests that saw its parliament ransacked. […] Six men and two women, aged 16-40, were arrested last night for allegedly ‘doxxing’…
US Cyber Command issues alert about hackers exploiting Outlook vulnerability
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US Cyber Command has issued an alert via Twitter today about threat actors abusing an Outlook vulnerability to plant malware on government networks. The vulnerability is CVE-2017-11774, a security bug that Microsoft patched in Outlook in the October 2017 Patch Tuesday. Read more on ZDNet.
D-Link Agrees to Make Security Enhancements to Settle FTC Litigation
Smart home products manufacturer D-Link Systems, Inc., has agreed to implement a comprehensive software security program in order to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations over misrepresentations that the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure its wireless routers and Internet-connected cameras. The settlement ends FTC litigation against D-Link stemming from a 2017 complaint in…
Former Equifax employee sentenced for insider trading
ATLANTA, JUNE 27 – Jun Ying, the former Chief Information Officer of Equifax U.S. Information Solutions, has been sentenced to federal prison for insider trading. “Ying thought of his own financial gain before the millions of people exposed in this data breach even knew they were victims,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “He…
Pre-2013 Medtronic insulin pumps could be vulnerable to hacking
Joe Carlson reports: Medtronic is warning thousands of users of its older insulin pumps worldwide that the devices may contain a serious cybersecurity vulnerability allowing a malicious hacker to change drug-delivery settings and send the patient into a diabetic emergency. The warning applies to Medtronic insulin pumps that were introduced to the market before 2013….