Hackers used phishing emails to break into a Virginia bank in two separate cyber intrusions over an eight-month period, making off with more than $2.4 million total. The first heist occurred in May 2016, after an employee at The National Bank of Blacksburg fell victim to a targeted phishing email.
Google is Marking All Non-HTTPS Sites As ‘Not Secure’
Starting today with the release of Chrome 68, Google Chrome prominently marks all non-HTTPS websites as ‘Not Secure’ in its years-long effort to make the web a more secure place for Internet users.
Airport WiFi Might Be Putting Business Travelers At Risk!
The purpose of the report is to inform business travelers of how insecure airport Wi-Fi can inadvertently put the integrity and confidentiality of their essential cloud-based work apps (G-Suite, Dropbox, Office 365, etc.) at risk, and to educate all other flyers on the dangers of connecting to unencrypted, unsecured or improperly configured networks.Continue Reading…
CarePartners Data Breach Held for Ransom
CarePartners, a Canadian healthcare service through the Ontario Government, recently suffered a data breach. Patient and employee health and financial records have been compromised. The attackers have demanded that CarePartners pay a ransom in order for them not to expose the stolen data as well as fix their security issues.Continue Reading…
McDumpals — I’m Swipin’ It! Stolen Credit Cards Sold on the Black-Market!
Brian Krebs, a web security advisor, investigated McDumpals, which one of the black-markets for stolen credit cards. There are cards being sold on this online marketplace which are obtained through illegal hacking – I’m Swipin’ it. Continue Reading…
ComplyRight Security Breach
Cloud-based human resources company, ComplyRight, said this week that a security breach of its website may have jeopardized sensitive consumer information — including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers — from tax forms submitted by the company’s thousands of clients on behalf of employees.Continue Reading…
Microsoft is Offering Bounty Payouts For Finding Identity Bugs
Microsoft launched a new bug bounty program specifically aimed at identity services with bounty payouts ranging from $500 to $100,000.
Microsoft’s Identity Bounty program will reward researchers for finding eligible bugs in not only its identity solutions, but also for security vulnerabilities in “certified implementations of select OpenID standards.”Continue Reading…
Selena Gomez’s Email Hacked!
Susan Atrach, a 21-year-old New Jersey woman, was charged with hacking into the email account of pop star and actress Selena Gomez. Atrach hacked into her personal photos and leaked them all over the Internet. How?! By searching the web for Selena Gomez’s personal information to answer security questions. And just like that, the hacker gained access to Selena Gomez’s Yahoo email and photos from the Apple iCloud. This is a prime example of why password security is so crucial.Continue Reading…
Remote Access Tool “LuminosityLink” Hacker Caught and Charged $750,000 in Fines
Have you ever considered that someone might be viewing what you were doing on your computer? Or maybe even turning on your webcam without your knowledge? Well, how about disabling security software? With Grubbs’ LuminosityLink RAT (Remote Access Tool), all that was possible and then some!Continue Reading…
GameStop Settlement for a Six-Month Long Data Breach
GameStop Corp. has reached a settlement agreement in a class action lawsuit from customers whose personal information was compromised in a six-month-long data breach at the Texas-based video game retailer.Continue Reading…