September 30, 2019 — During National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we recognize that protecting cyberspace is essential to our national security and economic stability. We also underscore the responsibility individuals have to secure and safeguard their personal devices, technology, and networks from cyber threats. Ok, stop right there. I couldn’t even get myself to read the…
UK Police Auction Off $294,000 in Stolen Crypto From EtherDelta Hack
Daniel Kuhn reports: UK police auctioned off more than $294,000 of cryptocurrency confiscated from the teenage hacker of EtherDelta and TalkTalk. The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) worked with Wilsons Auctions to sell the digital assets, including bitcoin, ripple and ethereum, in what is said to be the unit’s first such auction. Read more on CoinDesk.
North Florida OB-GYN discloses April ransomware incident
Lindsey Nolen reports: North Florida OB-GYN has notified its patients of a data breach that the health care system became aware of on July 27. A portion of the health care provider’s computer systems were affected by the cyber incident on or before April 29, according to North Florida OB-GYN. Read more on CBS 47. The notification indicates that the…
218M Words with Friends Players Compromised in Data Breach
Dark Reading reports: A cybercriminal operating under the alias Gnosticplayers has broken into the Words with Friends database and gained access to 218 million player records, The Hacker News reports. […] Zynga issued a disclosure on September 12 to say some player data may have been obtained by unauthorized parties; now, a new report sheds light…
Comodo Forums Breached, Data of Over 170,000 Users Up for Grabs
Ionut Ilascu reports: Account data belonging to more than half of all Comodo Forums users has been stolen and is now traded online. The breach was possible by exploiting a vulnerability in the software that powers the forum. Comodo today published a security notice informing users that an intruder may have gained access to the…
CafePress’s confusing incident response
On August 5, this site noted a report on Forbes that CafePress had been hacked. I had not used CafePress in years, so I was curious to see whether my data would be involved, but I didn’t hear anything from them about the February, 2019 hack. On September 24, Graham Cluley reported that CafePress was…