A major press release from Europol today: Today, a coalition of law enforcement agencies across the world announced the results of a coordinated operation known as DisrupTor which targeted vendors and buyers of illicit goods on the dark web. This operation follows the takedown in May of last year of Wall Street Market, the world’s then…
US cybersecurity agency issues super-rare emergency directive to patch Windows Server flaw ASAP
Robbie Harb reports: Uncle Sam’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has taken the unusual step of issuing an emergency directive that gives US government agencies a four-day deadline to roll out a Windows Server patch. The directive, issued on September 18, demanded that executive agencies to take “immediate and emergency action” to patch CVE-2020-1472, the CVSS-perfect-ten-rated…
Top Australian tenancy blacklist firm under investigation by information commissioner
Ben Butler reports: The federal information commissioner is investigating a potential data breach at one of Australia’s biggest tenancy blacklists, run by Sydney company Trading Reference Australia (TRA). TRA has moved to stymie the investigation, obtaining a federal court injunction that quashes an order from the commissioner that it hand over information about the breach….
WastedLocker explained: How this targeted ransomware extorts millions from victims
Lucian Constantin reports: WastedLocker is a ransomware program that started hitting businesses and other organizations in May 2020 and is known for its high ransom demands reaching millions of dollars per victim. It is the creation of a group of highly skilled cybercriminals that have been operating for over a decade despite being criminally indicted…
Luxottica hacker attack returned
Marco A. De Felice reports: As reported by Ansa , the production and logistics plants of Agordo and Sedico were shut down yesterday morning due to an unspecified ” computer system failure”. After yesterday’s block of the second work shift, with employees invited (via SMS) not to come to the company, in the evening the company had decided…
Details of 540,000 sports referees taken in failed ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A company that provides software for sports leagues to manage referees and game officials has disclosed a security incident that impacted around 540,000 of its registered members — consisting of referees, league officials, and school representatives. ArbiterSports, the official software provider for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and many other leagues,…