Tulsa’s Police-Citation Data Leaked by Conti Gang
A May 6 ransomware attack caused disruption across several of the municipality’s online services and websites.
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Author: Elizabeth Montalbano
SonicWall ‘Botches’ October Patch for Critical VPN Bug
Company finally rolls out the complete fix this week for an RCE flaw affecting some 800,000 devices that could result in crashes or prevent users from connecting to corporate resources.
Read MoreSix Flags to Pay $36M Over Collection of Fingerprints
Illinois Supreme Court rules in favor of class action against company’s practice of scanning people’s fingers when they enter amusement parks.
Read More‘Oddball’ Malware Blocks Access to Pirated Software
Rather than steal credentials or hold data for ransom, a recent campaign observed by Sophos prevents people from visiting sites that offer illegal downloads.
Read MoreThreat Actors Use Google Docs to Host Phishing Attacks
Exploit in the widely used document service leveraged to send malicious links that appear legitimate but actually steal victims credentials.
Read MoreResearchers: Booming Cyber-Underground Market for Initial-Access Brokers
Ransomware gangs are increasingly buying their way into corporate networks, purchasing access from ‘vendors’ that have previously installed backdoors on targets.
Read MoreMicrosoft Gets Second Shot at Banning hiQ from Scraping LinkedIn User Data
Decision throws out previous ruling in favor of hiQ Labs that prevented Microsoft’s business networking platform to forbid the company from harvesting public info from user profiles.
Read MoreHackers Steal FIFA 21 Source Code, Tools in EA Breach
Raft of other proprietary game data and related software and developer kits also pilfered in the unspecified attack, which the company is investigating.
Read MoreJBS Paid $11M to REvil Gang Even After Restoring Operations
The decision to pay the ransom demanded by the cybercriminal group was to avoid any further issues or potential problems for its customers, according to the company’s CEO.
Read MoreDarkSide Pwned Colonial With Old VPN Password
Attackers accessed a VPN account that was no longer in use to freeze the company’s network in a ransomware attack whose repercussions are still vibrating.
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