Catalin Cimpanu reports: Thousands of web servers have been infected and had their files encrypted by a new strain of ransomware named Lilocked (or Lilu). Infections have been happening since mid-July, and have intensified in the past two weeks, ZDNet has learned. Read more on ZDNet.
Monster.com says a third party exposed user data but didn’t tell anyone
Zack Whittaker reports: An exposed web server storing résumés of job seekers — including from recruitment site Monster — has been found online. The server contained résumés and CVs for job applicants spanning 2014 and 2017, many of which included private information like phone numbers and home addresses, but also email addresses and a person’s…
Belarusian police shut down notorious hacking forum
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Belarusian authorities have seized the servers of a notorious hacking forum that served as a meeting place for malware authors, hackers, spammers, botnet operators, and other cyber-criminals, the Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a press release. Named XakFor, the forum launched in 2012 and targeted the Russian-speaking cybercrime scene. It…
DK-Lok data breach exposes global enterprise client data, internal emails
Charlie Osborne reports: Perhaps, one day, the continual stream of data leaks and cybersecurity breaches stemming from open databases will make organizations sit up, take notice, check their IT infrastructure, and resolve any security problems they find. Today is not that day it seems for DK-Lok, the latest entry in a long list of companies…
Former Student Convicted In Dark Web Threats Targeting Rohnert Park School
CBS reports: A former Rancho Cotate High School student has been convicted in a plot involving a dark web criminal who was paid to email threats targeting the school and its students, authorities said Tuesday.Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety officials did not name the student because he was a minor at the time of…
Update on Pearson Breach: Parent Files Class-Action Suit After Data Breach Exposes Nearly 1 Million Schoolchildren’s Personal Information
CBS reports: A mother filed a federal class-action lawsuit on her daughter’s behalf Thursday, after nearly a million students nationwide had their personal information exposed in a data breach by a company used to track student academic progress. The Indian Prairie School District 204 in Naperville was among the academic districts affected. The woman, identified…