The Hague — Today, 4 November 2019, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) published a strategic report on spear phishing, reflecting the views of both law enforcement and private industry on one of the most prevalent cyber threats currently affecting organisations across the EU. Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation…
Alleged Capital One hacker released from federal custody
Campbell Kwan reports: The alleged Capital One hacker, Paige Thompson, was released from federal custody on Tuesday as she awaits her trial. Thompson, who is allegedly responsible for the theft of 106 million records from Capital One, had previously requested for a release from federal custody back in August, but was initially denied due to the judge at the time deciding…
Data Breaches Cost Hospitals $4B Annually – survey
Jack O’Brien reports on findings from a recent survey of more than 2,870 security professionals from 733 provider organization. Spoiler alert: almost every IT professional agreed with the sentiment that data attackers are outpacing medical enterprises. The total cost of data breaches at healthcare organizations is projected to reach $4 billion by the end of…
A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers
Zack Whittaker reports (note that domain names in his article are not clickable links, to prevent accidentally accessing sites): A number of popular “camgirl” sites have exposed millions of sex workers and users after the company running the sites left the back-end database unprotected. The sites, run by Barcelona-based VTS Media, include amateur.tv, webcampornoxxx.net, and placercams.com. Most of…
Vedantu Confirms Hack That Compromised Data Of 687K Users
Shanthi S reports on another big breach out of India. This one involves an EdTech firm that provides online tutorials. Bengaluru-based edtech startup Vedantu has confirmed that it faced a data breach in the last week of September. Data of 687K Vedantu customers were put at risk as the data breach allegedly exposed customer details…
The Ransomware Superhero of Normal, Illinois
<h1>The Ransomware Superhero of Normal, Illinois</h1><p><em> by Renee Dudley, ProPublica This story was co-published with the Chicago Sun-Times and The Pantagraph. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. About 10 years ago, Michael…