8/28-30/2020 August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment TikTok Talks Could Face Hurdle as China Tightens Tech Export RulesState Elections Officials Push Back Against Concerns Around Mail-In Voting, Drop BoxesJakarta Cyber-attacks Touted as Political PlotHackers Claim Data Breach at Paytm Mall, Firm DeniesManitoba Government Privacy Breach Leaks Info on 9,000 Children’s Disability Services ClientsSingle & Penniless: FBI Warns of $475m Lost to Romance ScamsSlack Pays Stingy $1,750 Reward for a Desktop Hijack Vulnerability…Starbucks Calls Bug Disclosure ‘Fraudulent Activity’HIV Clinic Fined £250 for Data BreachKrebs: Sendgrid Under Siege from Hacked Accounts Instagram ‘Help Center’ Phishing Scam Pilfers CredentialsUtah Pathology Services Reports Data BreachGreenville Tech (SC) Thwarts Data Breach From Hackers Who Sought RansomRocky Mount (NC) Encounters Cyber Attack, Restoration UnderwayMalicious NPM Package Caught Trying to Steal Sensitive Discord and Browser FilesEmotet Malware’s New ‘Red Dawn’ Attachment Is Just as DangerousAdobe Tackles New Flash Threat After Hacking Team LeakMicrosoft to Remove Insecure TLS Support on Its Linux Software Repository
8/27/2020 August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Walmart Is Teaming up With Microsoft on TikTok Bid…TikTok Asking $30 Billion for Its U.S. Operations…TikTok Chief Executive Kevin Mayer ResignsDemocratic Campaign Staffers Warned of Possible ‘Sting’ on Dating AppsJustice Dept. Moves to Seize 280 Cryptocurrency Accounts Tied to North Korean HacksDracula Network Pushes Out Pro-China Twitter SpamUK NCSC Departing Boss Reflects on China, Russia and Trust in TechElon Musk’s Brain-Implant Firm Neuralink to Show off ‘Working’ Device FridayEuropean Regulators List Detailed Privacy Violations to Justify FinesEx-Cisco Employee Pleads Guilty to Deleting 16K Webex Teams AccountsKrebs: Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part IINew Zealand’s Stock Exchange Down for Fourth Day in a Row After Cyber AttacksTesla Dodged a Major Russian Cyber Attack Thanks to a Brave Employee (and the FBI)UltraRank Digital Skimming Group Hit Hundreds of SitesIranian Hackers Impersonate Journalists to Set up WhatsApp Calls and Gain Victims’ TrustBlackbaud Faces Class Action Lawsuit After Data BreachQakBot Banking Trojan Returned With New Sneaky Tricks to Steal Your MoneyLemon_Duck Cryptominer Malware Now Targets Linux DevicesMagecart’s Success Paves Way For Cybercriminal Credit Card ‘Sniffer’ MarketLocal Government Organizations Most Frequently Targeted by RansomwareMalicious Attachments Remain a Cybercriminal Threat Vector Favorite
8/26/2020 August 27, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Chinese Diplomats Helped Military Scholars Visiting the U.S. Evade FBI Scrutiny, U.S. SaysTop Election Officials Warn Election Systems Being ‘Scanned’ for Vulnerabilities by Adversaries…Disinformation Spurs a Thriving Industry as U.S. Election LoomsNorth Korean Hackers Ramp up Bank Heists: U.S. Government Cyber AlertFBI/CISA Warn U.S. Firms of State-Mandated Tax MalwareFacebook Says Apple’s New Privacy Rules Will Hamper Its Ad ServiceInternational Authorities Dismantle Online Piracy RingU.S. Arrests Tourist Over Malware ConspiracyKrebs: Confessions of an ID Theft KingpinHackers for Hire Attack Architecture Firm via 3ds Max ExploitLeeds-Based College Group Hit by Cyber AttackGosnell Schools (AR) Hit With Ransomware AttackGiveaway Scam Infects 65,000 Devices with MalwareRed Cross Chief: Cyber Attacks Increasing on HospitalsBrowser-Based Cryptojacking Attacks Spike 163%SunCrypt Ransomware Sheds Light on the Maze Ransomware CartelSecurity Flaws in Two Popular TV Set-Top Boxes Expose Customers to AttackHackers Exploit Autodesk Flaw in Recent Cyberespionage Attack
8/25/2020 August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Cyber Command Leader Vows to ‘Defend Forward’ in Protecting Nation From CyberattacksShoring Up the 2020 Election: Secure Vote Tallies Aren’t the ProblemHouse Democrats Request Briefing on Seizure of Terrorist Cryptocurrency AssetsLazarus Group Targets Cryptocurrency Firms Via LinkedIn MessagesColleges Weigh Transparency Versus Privacy When It Comes to Covid-19 DataThe Fatal Flaw in Data SecurityNational Cyber League Registration OpensNZX Down Again After Another Cyber AttackDarkside Ransomware Hits North American Real Estate Developer Brookfield ResidentialCyber Attack Threatens Security, Finances of Torrington (CT) City HallLafayette Says Criminals Might Have Had Access to Some Personal Information During Ransomware AttackRyuk Successor Conti Ransomware Releases Data Leak SitePopular iOS SDK Caught Spying on Billions of Users and Committing Ad FraudFour More Bugs Patched in Microsoft’s Azure Sphere IoT Platform
8/24/2020 August 25, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Alexei Navalny: Putin Critic ‘Probably Poisoned’ – DoctorsTikTok Files Suit Challenging U.S. Ban…General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital Pushing Oracle’s Bid for TikTokFederal Cyber Agency Releases Strategy to Secure 5G NetworksIran-Linked ‘Newbie’ Hackers Spread Dharma Ransomware Via RDP PortsTemporary Zoom Outage Upends Remote Learning, Court Proceedings and More…Hacker Disrupts North Carolina School LessonU.S. Makes Second Espionage Arrest in a WeekAverage Cost of a Data Breach in 2020: $3.86MIndian Travel Site RailYatri Exposed 37 Million Records Before Meow AttackHaywood County Schools (NC) Closed After Ransomware AttackCyber Attack Prompts Cancellation of Online Classes in Rialto (CA)FBI Investigates COVID-19 Patient Data Breach in South DakotaDark Web Market Empire Down for Days From DDoS AttackTeamViewer Flaw Risks Password ExposureSecurity Researcher Discloses Safari Bug After Apple’s Delays PatchGoogle Fixes High-Severity Chrome Browser Code Execution BugOffice 365 Now Opens Attachments in a Sandbox to Prevent Infections
8/21-23/2020 August 24, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stoked Washington’s Fears About TikTokTop Senate Intel Democrat Worried Americans May ‘Unwittingly’ Promote Russian Disinformation CampaignPostmaster General Testifies That Ballots Will Be Prioritized for DeliveryFBI, CISA Echo Warnings on ‘Vishing’ ThreatU.S. Financial Regulator Warns of Phishing Sites Impersonating BrokersReports of Cybercrimes Against Children Double During PandemicHackers Eye Students Returning to Virtual Classes as Easy TargetsFreepik Data Breach: Hackers Stole 8.3M Records via SQL InjectionInstacart Reveals Third Party Employees Accessed Customer DataUniversity of Kentucky COVID-19 Data Left Some Students’ Information Exposed, School SaysCustomers Complain of Delays After Ransomware Attack on Canadian Delivery Company Canpar ExpressWordPress WooCommerce Stores Under Attack, Patch NowResearchers Sound Alarm Over Malicious AWS Community AMIsA Google Drive ‘Feature’ Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware
8/20/2020 August 21, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China Says Taiwan Hacking Allegations Are ‘Malicious Slander’Susan Rice Says She Is ‘100 Percent’ Sure Russia Will Interfere in ElectionsTransparent Tribe APT Mounts Ongoing Spy Campaign on Military, GovernmentSenate Bill Would Expand Facial-Recognition Restrictions NationwideFacebook Expands Policy to Take Down QAnon and US MilitiasPhone Hack Traumatizes Neighbours ActressWhat To Do When Your Computer Is AttackedRansomware Negotiations Revealed: Flattery and Empathy WorksFormer Uber Security Chief Charged Over Covering Up 2016 Data BreachIBM Settles Lawsuit Over Weather Channel App Data PrivacyUniversity of Utah Pays $450K Ransom to Stop Leak of Stolen DataBaugo Community Schools (IN) Dealing With Cyber AttackMyerscough College Falls Victim to Massive Cyber Attack on GCSE Results DayImperial Valley College (CA) Online Classes Delayed a Week Due to Ransomware…Colleges Face Education Challenge on CybersecurityIBM AI-Powered Data Management Software Subject to Simple ExploitMalware Can No Longer Disable Microsoft Defender via the RegistryCisco Critical Flaw Patched in WAN Software SolutionGoogle Fixes Gmail Bug Allowing Attackers to Send Spoofed EmailsWhy the Cybersecurity Skills Gap Continues to Widen
8/19/2020 August 19, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Taiwan Says China Behind Cyberattacks on Government Agencies, EmailsOracle Joins Microsoft, Twitter in the Battle for TikTok. Two Traders Place Their Bets.…Trump Gives Nod to Oracle Buyout of TikTok…Just What Would an Enterprise Company Like Microsoft or Oracle Do With TikTok?U.S. Gov’t Exposes New North Korean BLINDINGCAN Backdoor MalwareFake News on COVID-19 Government Initatives Boost Phishing in BrazilThe Sounds a Key Make Can Produce 3D-Printed ReplicaKrebs: Voice Phishers Targeting Corporate VPNsNYPD Used Facial Recognition Software During Probe of BLM LeaderMassachusetts Attorney General Creates Unit to Police Data Privacy and Security AbusesPolice and Industry Take Down $42m “Bulletproof Exchange”‘Millions’ of South Africans’ Personal Info Exposed in Experian Credit Bureau Data BreachData Firm Exposes 235 Million Social Media ProfilesChildrens’ Personal Details Hacked in Sutton Park Donkey Sanctuary Cyber-Attack (Birmingham, UK)Museum of the Cherokee Indian Hit With Cyberattack; All Data Still IntactFritzFrog Botnet Attacks Millions of SSH ServersMore & More Blackbaud: Cleveland Museum of Natural HistoryLucifer Cryptomining DDoS Malware Now Targets Linux SystemsResearchers Warn of Flaw Affecting Millions of IoT DevicesMicrosoft Issues Out of Band KB4578013 Windows Security UpdateChrome to Warn Users Completing Suspicious FormsTor Project Shares Proposals to Limit DDoS Impact on Onion SitesWannaRen Ransomware Author Contacts Security Firm to Share Decryption Key
8/18/2020 August 19, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China: U.S. Undermining Global Trade With Sanctions Against Huawei…Huawei Phones Unlikely to Receive Security Updates as Trade Ban BeginsTikTok’s U.S. Employees Plan to Sue Trump Administration Over Executive OrderPutin Ordered 2016 Democratic Hack, Republican-Led Senate Panel SaysLarge Orgs Plagued with Bugs, Face Giant Patch Backlogs61% of Airlines Have No Published DMARC Record, Customers Susceptible to Email FraudMicrosoft Is Killing off Insecure Cloud App Security Cipher SuitesFormer CIA Officer Charged with EspionageU.S. Jails Sextortionist for 35 YearsSix Suspects Face 275 Felony Complaints Related to Data Breach at Santa Barbara Property Management FirmGym App Management Platform Fizikal Exposed Info of Thousands of UsersJefferson Parish Schools Data Breach Exposes 86 Students’ InformationStudent Information, Financial Info Published in Suspected Royal Military College (RMC) of Canada Data Leak After Cyber AttackSaratoga Cardiology Associates (NY) Reports 1,789 Patients’ Info Missing From Bank Deposit BagsGitHub Leaks Exposed up to 200,000 Medical RecordsSome Knoxville City Data on Dark Web, Most Computers Back Online Two Months Later Researchers Warn of Active Malware Campaign ‘Duri’ Using HTML SmugglingIcedID Trojan Rebooted with New Evasive TacticsCritical Jenkins Server Vulnerability Could Leak Sensitive Information
8/17/2020 August 18, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Tightens Restrictions on Huawei’s Access to ChipsHow Twitter’s Big Hack Became a Wake-Up Call Before the 2020 ElectionsMajor Security Vulnerability Discovered in CMS System Used by US ArmyCrest Cancels UK Infosec Accreditation Exams After Fresh Round of ‘Cheat Sheets’ Are Leaked OnlineGovernments Collected Large Amounts of Data to Fight the Coronavirus, Raising Privacy ConcernsPlease Stop Hard-Wiring AWS Credentials in Your Code University COVID-19 Track-And-Test App MakersThere’s a Growing Blind Spot for Your Security Team During the Pandemic: IoT DevicesOracle and Salesforce to Face GDPR LawsuitAmerican Charged with Attempting to Hire Hitman on Dark NetCarnival Hit by Ransomware Attack, Guest and Employee Data AccessedPonca City Public Schools (OK) Delays Start of School Due to Ransomware AttackCyberattack Shuts Down Canadian Government AccountsCyberattack on India’s NHAI Traced to Taiwan and Hong Kong IP Addresses‘EmoCrash’ Exploit Stoppered Emotet For 6 MonthsCrypto-Mining Worm Steals AWS CredentialsIsraeli Cyber Startup Discovers Blockchain Weakness That Could Potentially Leak MillionsKrebs: Microsoft Put Off Fixing Zero Day for 2 YearsWindows Control Flow Guard Support Added to Rust, Clang CompilersGoogle Chrome Will Warn Users When Submitting Insecure Forms
8/14-16/2020 August 16, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help Election Officials Address Cyber VulnerabilitiesU.S. Agency Takes Part in Simulated Cyberattack on Critical SystemsEmotet Malware Strikes U.S. Businesses With COVID-19 SpamCanada Suffers Cyberattack Used to Steal COVID-19 Relief PaymentsOver 43,000 Phishing Emails Slip Through NHS Security FiltersSANS Shares Details on Attack That Led to Their Data BreachInstagram Retained Deleted User Data Despite GDPR Rules…Blackmailers Stole Our Instagram AccountA Cyberattack Doesn’t Have to Sink Your Stock PriceWindows Defender Deletes Citrix Components Mislabeled as MalwareCanada Revenue Agency (CRA) Shuts Down Online Services After Thousands of Accounts BreachedKrebs: Medical Debt Collection Firm R1 RCM Hit in Ransomware AttackBusiness Technology Giant Konica Minolta Hit by New RansomwareU.S. Spirits and Wine Giant Brown-Forman Hit by Cyberattack, 1TB of Data StolenTea at the Ritz (London) Soured by Credit Card ScammersPhishing Scam Targets Asda ShoppersMac Users Targeted by Spyware Spreading via Xcode ProjectsPoC Exploit Targeting Apache Struts Surfaces on GitHubCritical Flaws in WordPress Quiz Plugin Allow Site Takeover
8/13/2020 August 14, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment NSA, FBI Expose Russian Intelligence Linux Hacking Tool “Drovorub”Federal Agencies Seize, Dismantle Cryptocurrency Campaigns of Major Terrorist OrganizationsTwo Republican Senators Ask U.S. FTC to Investigate TikTok’s Data Collection PracticesLawmakers Introduce Bill Designating $28 Billion to Secure State and Local It SystemsChina-Based CactusPete APT Hones Toolset, Resurfaces with New Espionage TargetsCactusPete APT Targets Eastern European MilitaryZoom Faces More Legal Challenges Over End-to-End EncryptionU.S. Court Orders Defendant to Unlock PhonesExpired Certificate Led to an Undercount of COVID-19 ResultsCybersecurity Firms Post Strong Quarter Despite Gloomy EconomyYou Weren’t Hacked Because You Lacked Space-Age Network Defenses or Because Cyber-Gurus Picked on You. It’s Far Simpler Than That.Hacker Leaks Data for Utah-Based Gun Exchange Site on Cybercrime ForumStealthy RedCurl Hackers Steal Corporate DocumentsThe Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City Victim of RansomwareU.S. Stock Broker Regulator FINRA Warns of Copycat Phishing SitePhishing Tactic Targets Verizon Users’ CredentialsMekotio Banking Trojan Imitates Update Alerts to Steal BitcoinAmazon Alexa Security Bug Allowed Access to Voice HistoryReVoLTE Attack Allows Hackers to Listen in on Mobile CallsHigh-Severity TinyMCE Cross-Site Scripting Flaw Fixed
8/12/2020 August 13, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Israel Says It Thwarted Foreign Cyber Attack on Defence IndustryPakistani Intelligence Agencies Identify Major Cyber Attack by IndiaFederal Agency Warns ‘Malicious Cyber Actor’ Targeting Coronavirus Small Business Loan ProgramNHS Hit With Wave of Scam Emails at Height of COVID-19 PandemicTwitter Launches Much-Awaited Developer Software After Hack DelayIncident Response Exercises Not Taken Seriously by Business LeadersKrebs: Why & Where You Should You Plant Your FlagThese Two Basic Flaws Make It Easy for Hackers to Break Into You SystemsArnot Health Employees (NY) Potentially Affected by Magellan Health Ransomware AttackFlintshire Council (UK) Notifies Information Commissioner’s Office Following Data BreachRite Aid Pharmacy Thefts Expose Information of 9,200 PatientsBlackbaud Breach Bonanza Continues: May Have Compromised Harvard Affiliates’ Demographic DataDharma Ransomware Created a Hacking Toolkit to Make Cybercrime EasyWindows, IE11 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Chained in Targeted AttackIs It Finally The End Of Adobe Flash Player?
8/11/2020 August 11, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment TikTok Tracked User Data Using Tactic Banned by GoogleChina Now Blocking ESNI-Enabled TLS 1.3 Connections, Say Great-Firewall-WatchersRepublicans Introduce Bill to Defend Universities Conducting Coronavirus Research Against HackersFBI Warns Schools of a Possible Cyber Attack as Students Begin Virtual LearningNetwork Intruders Selling Access to High-Value CompaniesHow This Chrome, Edge And Opera Security Bug Left Users At Risk—For A Whole YearZoom Sued by Consumer Group for Misrepresenting Its Encryption ProtectionsPolice Face-Recog Tech Use in Welsh Capital of Cardiff Was Unlawful – Court of AppealAustralian Jailed for Stealing XRP CryptoData Breach at Illinois Healthcare SystemWalgreens Reports Data Breach Affecting 72k IndividualsSANS Infosec Training Org Suffers Data Breach After Phishing AttackNCC Group Admits Its Training Data Was Leaked After Folders Full of Crest Pentest Certification Exam Notes Posted to GitHubHigh-Speed Trader Virtu Financial Discloses $6.9 Million Hacking LossCornerstone Building Brands (CNR) Says It Detected Ransomware AttackCritical Intel Flaw Afflicts Several Motherboards, Server Systems, Compute ModulesSAP Updates Security Note for Critical RECON VulnerabilityCritical Flaws Affect Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile Servers)Krebs: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2020 EditionCritical Adobe Acrobat and Reader Bugs Allow RCE
8/10/2020 August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Outspoken Hong Kong Publisher and China Critic Jimmy Lai Is Arrested Under National Security LawChina Imposes Sanctions on 11 Americans Over Hong Kong…Avoids Top Trump Aides in Retaliatory SanctionsMicrosoft Faces Complex Technical Challenges in TikTok CarveoutResearcher Demonstrates Several Zoom Vulnerabilities at DEF CON 28Facebook Internal Investigation Uncovers Millions of QAnon Conspiracy Members in Thousands of GroupsAvaddon Ransomware Launches Data Leak Site to Extort VictimsUtah Family Tormented in “Stalking on Steroids” CaseAlleged Soccer Leaks Source Released from CustodyOffice 365 Will Let You Manage Phishing Simulation EmailsMichigan State University Discloses Credit Card Theft IncidentGoogle Chrome Browser Bug Exposes Billions of Users to Data TheftA Mysterious Group Has Hijacked Tor Exit Nodes to Perform SSL Stripping AttacksHacked Government, College Sites Push Malware via Fake Hacking ToolsUpgraded Agent Tesla Malware Steals Passwords From Browsers, VPNsGoogle Fixes Mysterious Audio Recording Blip in Smart SpeakersvBulletin Fixes Ridiculously Easy to Exploit Zero-Day RCE BugBoeing 747s Receive Critical Software Updates Over 3.5″ Floppy Disks
8/7-9/2020 August 10, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Trump Issues Executive Order Barring U.S. Firms From Doing Business With Tiktok’s Parent Company in 45 Days…Twitter and TikTok Reportedly Have Had Talks About a Deal…TikTok Exploring ‘all Remedies’ to Safeguard ‘Rule of Law’ in U.S. BanU.S. Sanctions Chinese Officials Over Hong Kong Policy—Including Carrie LamState Department: We’re Responsible for Russian, Iranian Text Message CampaignU.S. Officials Now Worry About Election Logistics More Than Hacking…Democratic Senators Voice ‘Growing Concerns’ Over Electoral Interference…Trump’s National Security Adviser Says U.S. Countering Russian, Chinese Efforts to Tamper With Election Infrastructure…Reddit Hit by Coordinated Hack Promoting Trump’s ReelectionFBI: Iranian Hackers Trying to Exploit Critical F5 BIG-IP FlawHave I Been Pwned Set to Go Open-SourcePirate Subscription Services Now a Billion-Dollar Industry in USHackensack Meridian Health Group (NJ) Alerts Donors of Data BreachTwo Weeks After Attack, Samaritan (NY) Restores Some Computer SystemsFake Security Advisory Used in Clever cPanel Phishing AttackTeamViewer Fixes Bug That Lets Attackers Access Your PCQualcomm Bugs Open 40 Percent of Android Handsets to AttackMajor Retailer Monsoon Accessorize at Risk of Attack Due to VPN VulnerabilitiesBugs in HDL Automation Expose IoT Devices to Remote HijackingEvasive Credit Card Skimmers Using Homograph Domains and Infected FaviconAttackers Horn in on MFA Bypass Options for Account TakeoversSamsung Rolls Out Android Updates Fixing Critical Vulnerabilities
8/6/2020 August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Iranians, Russians Receive Text Messages Seeking U.S. Election Hacking InfoKrebs: Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment ClaimsAustralia to Spend $1.2 Billion on Cyber Security for Private Sector After Rise in AttacksFacebook Bans Ads From Pro-Trump PACPrivacy ‘at Core’ of New Coronavirus Exposure App Launched by Virginia Health DepartmentPandemic Elevates Security Chiefs to Corporate Leadership RolesCapital One Fined $80 Million for Data Breach Involving 100 Million AmericansHackers Abuse Lookalike Domains and Favicons for Credit Card TheftLouisiana Judicial Candidate Charged With HackingCybersecurity And Public Wi-FiOnline Exam Tool ProctorU Suffers Data BreachMuskingum Valley Health Center’s EHR (OH) Hit by Ransomware Attack, Exposes 7,000+ Patients’ InfoIntel NDA Blueprints – 20GB of Source Code, Schematics, Specs, Docs LeakedNY Ventilator Innovator Hit by Windows DoppelPaymer RansomwareSatellite Comms Globally Open to $300 Eavesdropping HackKrØØk Attack Variants Impact Qualcomm, Mediatek Wi-Fi ChipsNearly 50% of All Smartphones Affected by Qualcomm Snapdragon BugsUnpatched Bug in Windows Print Spooler Lets Malware Run as AdminMercedes-Benz E-Series Rife with 19 BugsHigh-Severity Cisco DoS Flaw Plagues Small-Business Switches
8/5/2020 August 6, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Pompeo Urges Cutting Ties With Chinese Tech Companies, AppsGoogle Pulls 2,500 China-linked YouTube Channels over DisinformationTop Federal Official Says More Details Coming on Foreign Election InterferenceU.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Hackers Meddling in ElectionsFirst EU Sanctions for Cyberattacks Point to Alignment With U.S. on Foreign HackingTwitter Says Security Flaw May Have Exposed Android Users’ Direct MessagesKrebs: Porn Clip Disrupts Virtual Court Hearing for Alleged Twitter HackerSilk Road Vendor Indicted on Narcotics ChargesCanon Hit by Maze Ransomware Attack, 10TB Data Allegedly StolenHacker Leaks Passwords for 900+ Enterprise VPN ServersAs Disclosures Continue, Blackbaud Breach Remains a ‘Conundrum’ for Some NonprofitsHigh-Severity Android RCE Flaw Fixed in August Security UpdateMicrosoft Teams Patch Bypass Allows RCEMicrosoft Adds Windows 10 DNS Over HTTPS Settings SectionResearcher Demonstrates 4 New Variants of HTTP Request Smuggling AttackEx-NSA Hacker Finds a Way to Hack Mac Users via Microsoft Office
8/4/2020 August 5, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Experts Warn Mail-In Voting Misinformation Could Threaten ElectionsGoogle Bans Ads Linking to Hacked Political ContentIranian Hacker Group ‘Oilrig’ Becomes First Known APT to Weaponize DNS-Over-HTTPS (DoH)NSA Warns Cellphone Location Data Could Pose National-Security ThreatFlorida Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Masterminding Twitter HackCyber Chiefs Watch Their People for Burnout as Pandemic Rolls OnMicrosoft Goes Big in Security Bug Bounties: Its $13.7m Is Double Google’s 2019 PayoutsFirefox Adds Protections Against Redirect TrackingBritish Dental Association Members Targeted by HackersRegis Healthcare Targeted in Cyber AttackSummit Medical Associates Provides Notice of a Data BreachLafayette, Colorado Pays $45,000 Ransom After Cyber-AttackBug on Facebook Plugin Lets Hackers Hijack WordPress Sites’ ChatVulnerable Perimeter Devices: A Huge Attack SurfaceNetworks Exposed to Attacks Due to Windows 7 End of Life
8/3/2020 August 4, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Trump Says U.S. Should Get Slice of TikTok Sale PriceTwitter Warns About Possible $250 Million FTC FineHouse Republicans Introduce Legislation to Give States $400 Million for ElectionsGoogle Updates Ad Policies to Counter Influence Campaigns, ExtortionUK Defence Committee Chair Muses Treating TikTok Like HuaweiUK Says ‘Inappropriate’ to Comment on Hacking of Former Trade Minister’s EmailU.S. Gov’t Exposes Chinese Espionage Malware ‘Taidoor’ Secretly Used Since 2008FBI Sees Surge in Online Shopping Scams, FTC Says Most Reports EverMalware Author Admits Role in $568m Cyber-FraudFrom Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online PathKrebs: Robocall Legal Advocate The Blacklist Alliance Leaks Customer DataZello Resets All User Passwords After Data BreachDelivery Startup, iVoy, Experiences Data Breach, Over 127,000 Accounts ExposedTelstra Outage Was Not a Cyber Attack?Meetup Critical Flaws Allow ‘Group’ Takeover, Payment TheftHundreds Targeted By Free TV License ScamNewsletter WordPress Plugin Bugs Let Hackers Inject Backdoors on 300k SitesWindows 10: HOSTS File Blocking Telemetry Is Now Flagged as a RiskLeaky S3 Buckets Have Gotten So Common That They’re Being Found by the ThousandsBlackBerry Launches Free Tool for Reverse Engineering to Fight Cybersecurity Attacks
7/31-8/2/2020 August 3, 2020 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Krebs: Three Charged in July 15 Twitter Compromise…Used “Phone Spear Phishing” in Mass Account TakeoverRussia Pledges Reciprocal Steps After EU Sanctions for Alleged CyberattacksMicrosoft Is in Talks to Acquire TikTok, as U.S. Considers Banning the App…Microsoft and Bytedance Put TikTok Talks on Hold After Trump Signals Opposition…Microsoft Says It Remains Committed to Reaching TikTok Deal…Microsoft Aims for a Deal…Trump Threat to TikTok Generates Storm of Criticism From UsersOhio Researcher Admits Selling Secrets to ChinaAnti-NATO Disinformation Campaign Leveraged CMS CompromisesU.S. Government Sites Abused to Redirect Users to Porn SitesRansomware Feared as Possible Saboteur for November ElectionGandCrab Ransomware Operator Arrested in Belarus‘Payment Sent’ – Travel Giant CWT Pays $4.5 Million Ransom to Cyber CriminalsConfirmed: Garmin Received Decryptor for Wastedlocker RansomwareAthens ISD (TX) Will Not Pay Ransom After Cyber Attack, Recovers DataHavenly Discloses Data Breach After 1.3M Accounts Leaked OnlineCanadian MSP Pivot Technology Discloses Data Breach, Failed Ransomware AttackTelstra DNS Falls Over After Denial of Service AttackBypassing Windows 10 UAC With Mock Folders and Dll HijackingNew Attack Leverages HTTP/2 for Effective Remote Timing Side-Channel Leaks4 Unpatched Bugs Plague Grandstream ATAs for VoIP UsersQNAP Urges Users to Update Malware Remover After QSnatch AlertMany Second Hand Phones Are Sold with Security VulnerabilitiesInfosec Researchers Turn 3D Printers Into Self-Immolating Suicide Machines