Catalin Cimpanu reports: Waydev, an analytics platform used by software companies, has disclosed a security breach earlier this month. The company says that hackers broke into its platform and stole GitHub and GitLab OAuth tokens from its internal database. Read more on ZDNet.
CISA says 62,000 QNAP NAS devices have been infected with the QSnatch malware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Cyber-security agencies from the UK and the US have published today a joint security alert about QSnatch, a strain of malware that has been infecting network-attached storage (NAS) devices from Taiwanese device maker QNAP. Read more on ZDNet.
CORRECTION
A few weeks ago, this site published a post about a hack of DataViper.io. In that post, I erroreously reported that Vinny Troia had admitted to selling and trading stolen data, which he justified as part of his undercover work. Later in the post, I also prefaced a statement with “Given that…” Those statements were…
Lifespan Pays $1,040,000 to OCR to Settle Unencrypted Stolen Laptop Breach
In April, 2017, Lifespan issued a statement disclosing a stolen laptop incident involving unencrypted protected health information. In at least two places in their statement they claim that they are committed to protecting the security and confidentiality of patient data. Today, OCR announced a settlement with Lifespan in which Lifespan is to pay more than…
No More Ransom: How 4 Million Victims of Ransomware Have Fought Back Against Hackers
A press release from Europol: While the world is in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak, another virus is quietly wreaking havoc. Although this virus has been around for years, its cases have been rising alarmingly in the past few months and has brought critical activities such as hospitals and governments to a standstill. This…
Atlassian says encryption-busting law has damaged Australia’s tech reputation
Asha Barbaschow reports: Atlassian believes Australia’s encryption-busting legislation continues to have a negative impact on the country’s technology sector, both from the perspective of partnering with an Australian company and attracting tech talent down under. “The Act’s passage has significantly degraded the global reputation of the Australian tech sector, as local companies and multinationals alike…