FRUZSINA EÖRDÖGH reports: Chinese hackers made headlines last month for hacking into United States government servers in March, but they weren’t the only ones poking around on those servers: Anonymous claims it was too. In fact, a high-level member of Anonymous says the group hacked the same government servers targeted by the Chinese, except months beforehand, through a…
Firm That Exposed Breach Of ‘Billion Passwords’ Quickly Offered $120 Service To Find Out If You’re Affected
It’s certainly in the interest of any security firm to to portray the state of cybersecurity as dire to make their wares more appealing, and that’s something any reader should keep in mind when reading quotes from a security professional. But this is a pretty direct link between a panic and a pay-out for a…
Cryptolocker victims to get files back for free
Mark Ward reports: All 500,000 victims of Cryptolocker can now recover files encrypted by the malware without paying a ransom. The malicious program encrypted files on Windows computers and demanded a substantial fee before handing over the key to the scrambled files. Thanks to security experts, an online portal has been created where victims can get the…
Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Stolen Credentials
Hold Security reports: After more than seven months of research, Hold Security identified a Russian cyber gang which is currently in possession of the largest cache of stolen data. While the gang did not have a name, we dubbed it “CyberVor” (“vor” meaning “thief” in Russian). The CyberVor gang amassed over 4.5 billion records, mostly…
Vibram’s hosting provider hacked; customers’ credit card numbers compromised
Vibram is notifying some customers that their third-party hosting provider was hacked and that customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised. As a result of the breach, the manufacturer and retailer of five-finger running shoes is taking its hosting business to another provider,…
Western Regional Center For Brain And Spine Surgery employee stole patient information for fraudulent activities
A recent update to HHS’s public breach tool shows that Western Regional Center For Brain And Spine Surgery reported a breach affecting 12,000 patients. The breach began on November 28, 2011 until June 29, 2012 and involved “theft, network server.” A letter sent to patients, dated July 9, 2014, explains that on or about May…