Fake COVID credentials flourish on the dark web Security Researchers at CheckPoint found faked COVID-19 negative test results and vaccine certifications for sale on dark web marketplaces, for around $25 and $250, respectively. Ads for these false credentials have increased…
This week’s Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 22-26, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Will Lin (@williamlin), managing director & co-founder, ForgePoint Capital Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every…
Voting information on millions of Israeli’s leaked ahead of election The data leaked on March 23rd, two days ahead of the general parliamentary election, exposing voter registration details of 6.5 million Israelis and the personal details of 3.1 million of…
US government calls for better information sharing in wake of SolarWinds, Exchange attacks The Biden administration is seeking new methods for better early threat detection of sophisticated intrusions, such as SolarWinds and the exploits of the Microsoft Exchange server vulnerabilities.…
SCOTUS: Facebook’s still on the hook for nonconsensual user tracking On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear Facebook’s bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking internet users even when they’re…
REvil Ransomware gang demands $50 million from Acer Taiwanese computer maker Acer, the sixth-largest personal computer maker in the world, suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang, which is now demanding…
Over $4.2 billion in cybercrime losses reported to FBI in 2020 Cyber crooks went on a crime spree last year, bilking us out of 20% more money than the year before. According to the annual report from the FBI’s Internet…
Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review, March 15-19, 2021, is hosted by Steve Prentice (@stevenprentice) with our guest, Jesse Whaley , CISO, Amtrak Cyber Security Headlines – Week in Review is live every Thursday at 4pm PT/7pm ET. Join…
Telcos targeted by Chinese attackers Researchers at McAfee report that a hacking group known as Mustang Panda and RedDelta, known to operate out of China, has targeted at least 23 telcos across Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States since…
Microsoft shares one-click ProxyLogon mitigation tool for Exchange servers Microsoft published the tool application on Monday that applies all the necessary mitigations for the ProxyLogon vulnerabilities to Microsoft Exchange servers that can’t be updated for the time being. The new…
