1/28/2021 January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Social Media Influencer Charged with Election InterferenceFacebook ‘Supreme Court’ Orders Social Network to Restore 4 Posts in 1st RulingsRobinhood Restricts Trading of Companies Targeted by Reddit UsersJack Ma’s Ant Plans Major Revamp in Response to Chinese PressureIf You Want to Get Through China’s Great Firewall, Don’t Forget ShadowsocksUtah Ponders Making Online ‘Catfishing’ a CrimeFacial Recognition: Don’t Use It to Snoop on How Staff Are Feeling, Says WatchdogMicrosoft: 8 Trillion Daily Signals Power Our Cybersecurity ServicesTalent and Capital Are Shifting Cybersecurity Investors’ Focus Away From Silicon ValleyUSCellular Hit by a Data Breach After Hackers Access CRM SoftwareCrisp Regional Health Services (GA) Falls Victim to Ransomware AttackItaly CERT Warns of a New Credential Stealing Android Malware ‘Oscorp’Rocke Group’s Malware Now Has Worm CapabilitiesLogoKit Simplifies Office 365, SharePoint ‘Login’ Phishing PagesHezbollah Hackers Attack Unpatched Atlassian Servers at Telcos, ISPsMicrosoft: North Korean ‘Zinc’ Hackers ‘Likely’ Hit Researchers With Chrome ExploitGoogle Chrome Blocks 7 More Ports to Stop NAT Slipstreaming AttacksHow to Make Cybersecurity a Top Priority for Boards and CFOs
1/27/2021 January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden’s Cyber Priorities Zero in on Russian HackMcCaul Urges Senators to Block Vote on Commerce Secretary Over Huawei ConcernsWhat Tech Can the President Use?Krebs: International Action Targets Emotet Crimeware…Europol: Emotet Malware Will Uninstall Itself on March 25th…Krebs: Arrest, Seizures Tied to NetWalker RansomwareNew Zealand Financial Markets Regulator Says NZX Failed to Meet Tech StandardsMany Cybersecurity Job Candidates Are Subpar, On-the-Job Training Falls ShortTampa Cybersecurity Firm ReliaQuest Hired to Protect Super Bowl From HackersInsurers Defend Covering Ransomware PaymentsGrindr Faces $11.7m Data Privacy FineWarning Issued Over Hackable ADT’s LifeShield Home Security CamerasMidland University Update on Auxiliary Systems Ransomware IncidentTeamTNT Cloaks Malware With Open-Source ToolRemote Attackers Can Now Reach Protected Network Devices via NAT SlipstreamingNew Docker Container Escape Bug Affects Microsoft Azure FunctionsApple Patches Three Actively Exploited Zero-Days, Part of iOS Emergency UpdateMicrosoft Rolls Out Application Guard for Office to All CustomersHere’s how a researcher broke into Microsoft VS Code’s GitHubMicrosoft’s Security Business Swells to $10 BillionApple, Facebook Report Increase in Earnings at the End of 2020
1/26/2021 January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Google: North Korea Hackers Use Social Media to Target Security Researchers…I Was Targeted by North Korean 0-Day Hackers Using a Visual Studio ProjectThe Massive SolarWinds Hack and the Future of Cyber Espionage…Mimecast Links Security Breach to SolarWinds Hackers…Three Others TooBiden Presses Putin on Navalny Arrest and Massive Cyber Hack in First Phone CallBiden Administration Appoints Chris Derusha as Federal CISOGovernors Hear About the Dangers of a Lackluster CyberResponse, Need for FBI CoordinationSouth African Government Releases Its Own Browser Just to Re-Enable Flash SupportU.S. Cyber Intel Officer Gets 11 Years for Kidnapping Her Kid, Trying to Defect to RussiaHacker Admits Targeting Major U.S. WebsitesTargeted Phishing Attacks Strike High-Ranking Company Executives23M Gamer Records Exposed in VIPGames LeakTikTok Flaw Lay Bare Phone Numbers, User IDs For Phishing AttacksPan-Asian Retail Giant Dairy Farm Suffers REvil Ransomware AttackScottish Prison Service Hit by Cyber Attack as Hackers ‘From Morocco’ Target WebsiteCybercriminals Use Deceased Staff Accounts to Spread Nemty RansomwareNefilim Ransomware Gang Hits Jackpot with Ghost AccountDanaBot Malware Roars Back into RelevancyNew Linux SUDO Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root PrivilegesGoogle Fixes Severe Golang Windows RCE VulnerabilityNvidia Squashes High-Severity Jetson DoS Flaw
1/25/2021 January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Admin Vows to Hold China ‘Accountable’ While Weighing Approach to Huawei, TikTok…Assembling Government Cyber Team…Outgoing FCC Chair Issues Final Security Salvo Against ChinaHigh-Profile Hacks Spark Calls for Global Cyber ResponseEMA Says Some Leaked COVID-19 Documents ‘Taken Out of Context’Beware of Active UK NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Phishing CampaignRansomware Gangs Are Using These Techniques to Make Victims More Likely to Pay UpAustralia’s Securities Regulator Says Server Hit by Cyber Security BreachFacebook to Grant Researchers Access to Targeting Information About Political AdsTwitter Launches User Forum to Combat MisinformationGoogle Unions Around the World Form Alpha Global AllianceThat Cute Robot Cop Can Instantly Work Out Who You AreHacker Leaks Data of 2.28 Million MeetMindful Dating Site UsersLeading Crane Maker Palfinger Hit in Global CyberattackRansomware Gang Taunts IObit With Repeated Forum HacksTata Sky, Croma Site Vulns Exposed Sensitive Customer Data of Millions323,277 Cook County, Illinois Records ExposedOhio Job and Family Services Security Vulnerability May Have Exposed Personal DataFlorida Breast Cancer Practice Takes EHR Offline Following Cyber AttackWestRock Company Hit With Cyber AttackGeorgetown County (SC) Falls Victim to Cyber AttackA New Wormable Android Malware Spreading Through WhatsAppCisco DNA Center Bug Opens Enterprises to Remote AttackFormer LulzSec Hacker Releases VPN Zero-Day Used to Hack Hacking Team
1/22-24/2021 January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment After Big Hack of U.S. Government, Biden Enlists ‘World Class’ Cybersecurity Team…The Next Pandemic May Be Cyber — How Biden Administration Can Stop ItDemocrats Seek Answers on Impact of Russian Cyberattack on Justice Department, Courts…Russian Government Warns of U.S. Retaliatory CyberattacksIntelligence Agency Gathers U.S. Smartphone Location Data Without Warrants, Memo SaysSEPA Shrugs off 4,000 Files Dumped Online, Saying It’s Nothing BigAvaddon Now Uses DDoS Attacks to Force Ransomware Victims to Pay, Joining SunCrypt & RagnarLockerADT Tech Hacks Home-Security Cameras to Spy on WomenTesla Sues Former Employee for Allegedly Stealing SoftwareFacebook Users Were Mass-Logged Out Friday by Configuration ChangeHow Cybersecurity Newbs Can Start Out on the Right FootSonicWall Hacked Using 0-Day Bugs In Its Own VPN ProductIntel: Hackers Stole Unpublished Earnings Info From Corporate SiteData Breach at Buyucoin Crypto Exchange Leaks User Info, TradesBonobos Clothing Store Suffers a Data Breach, Hacker Leaks 70GBClop Ransomware Gang Dumps Sensitive Files From Atlantic Records’ London Ad Agency The7stars OnlineMyFreeCams Site Hacked to Steal Info of 2 Million Paying Users, Offering to Sell for BitcoinAmazon Kindle RCE Attack Starts with an EmailDiscord-Stealing CursedGrabber Malware Invades npm PackagesExperts Detail A Recent Remotely Exploitable Windows VulnerabilitySAP SolMan Exploit Released for Max Severity Pre-Auth FlawDrupal Releases Fix for Critical Vulnerability With Known Exploits
1/21/2021 January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Names Acting Chairs to Lead FCC, FTCBiden’s COVID-19 Strategy Includes Intel Review of Cyber Risks to Vaccine Rollout…Altered Vaccine Data Exposes Critical Cyber RisksFederal Cyber Agency Announces New Campaign to Fight Ransomware AttacksCyber Criminals Publish More Than 4,000 Stolen SEPA FilesLaptops Given to British Schoolkids Came Preloaded With Malware and Talked to Russia When BootedGoogle Searches Expose Stolen Corporate CredentialsGoogle Forms Set Baseline For Widespread BEC AttacksSingapore Widens Security Labelling to Include All Consumer IoT DevicesKrebs: DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler…Judge Denies Request for Amazon to Immediately Restore Parler…House Oversight Committee Chair Requests FBI Probe of Parler for Alleged Ties to Russia and Its Role in Capitol SiegeFrance Arrests 14 Over Online Child Sexual AbuseIntel’s Financially Sensitive Information Stolen by HackerHacker Leaks Data of Millions of Teespring UsersEinstein Healthcare (PA) Network Announces August BreachChwapi Hospital (Belgium) Hit by Windows BitLocker Encryption CyberattackRansomware Attack on Mailing Service Exposes Info of 20,000+ Salem Clinic / Oregon Heart Center PatientsFrench Car Renting Service ‘UCAR’ Victimized by Ransomware ActorsPersonal Info May Have Been Compromised in Cyber Attack on Haywood School District (NC)Ransomware Is Now the Biggest Cybersecurity Concern for CISOsSQL Server Malware Tied to Iranian Software Firm, Researchers Allege: MrbMiner CampaignWindows Remote Desktop Servers Now Used to Amplify DDoS AttacksQNAP Warns Users to Secure NAS Devices Against Dovecat MalwareMicrosoft Edge Gets a Password Generator, Leaked Credentials Monitor
1/20/2021 January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Trump Seeks to Curb Foreign Cyber Meddling on Last Day in Office…Pardons Ex-Google, Uber Engineer Who Plead Guilty to Stealing Trade SecretsIs Joe Biden’s Peloton Bike Really a Cybersecurity Risk?Rob Joyce to Take Over as NSA Cybersecurity DirectorChinese Hacking Group Chimera Is Stealing Airline Passenger DetailsCyberattack Fears Raise the Alarm in Eastern European CountriesMicrosoft Shares How SolarWinds Hackers Evaded DetectionQuarter of Orgs Don’t Offer Cybersecurity Training Due to Lack of BudgetWorld Economic Forum Launches How-to Guide on Using Technology EthicallyMonitoring of Employees Faces Scrutiny in EuropeHacker Leaks Full Database of 77 Million Nitro PDF User RecordsHacker Posts 1.9 Million Pixlr User Records for Free on ForumNVIDIA Gamers Face DoS, Data Loss from Shield TV BugsButler County (OH) Reinforces Cybersecurity After Holiday AttackIndonesia’s Diponegoro University Responds to Student Data Breach AllegationRetail and Hospitality Facing Deluge of Critical Web App FlawsCritical Cisco SD-WAN Bugs Allow RCE AttacksList of DNSpooq Vulnerability Advisories, Patches, and UpdatesVLC Media Player 3.0.12 Fixes Multiple Remote Code Execution FlawsGoogle Chrome Now Checks for Weak Passwords, Helps Fix Them
1/19/2021 January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden DHS, Intel Picks Stress Need to Prioritize Cybersecurity After SolarWinds HackMalwarebytes Says Some of Its Emails Were Breached by SolarWinds HackersSolarWinds Malware Arsenal Widens with RaindropFireEye Publishes Details of SolarWinds Hacking Techniques, Gives Free Tool to Detect Signs of IntrusionSolarWinds Attack Underscores ‘New Dimension’ in Cyber-Espionage TacticsPolice Arrest Woman FBI Says May Have Tried to Sell Pelosi Computer DeviceKrebs: New Charges Derail COVID Release for Hacker Who Aided ISISSuspicious Vaccine-Related Domains TripleInterpol: Trading Scammers Lure Love-Struck Victims via Dating AppsAwareness Isn’t Enough: It’s Time for Security Leaders to Change BehaviorsAtlanta Synagogue Reports Cyber-AttackOkanogan County (BC) Hit by Cyber Attack, Affecting Phone and EmailHendrick Health System (TX) Cyber Attack Exposes Patients’ Personal InfoLivecoin Slams Its Doors Shut After Failing to Recover From HackCloud Config Error at Defunct App Fleek Exposes X-Rated College PicsBugs in Signal, Facebook, Google Chat Apps Let Attackers Spy on UsersFake Collaboration Apps Are Stealing Data as Staff Struggle With Home Working SecurityLinux Devices Under Attack by New FreakOut MalwareMAZE Exfiltration Tactic Widely AdoptedDNSpooq Flaws Allow DNS Hijacking of Millions of Devices
1/18/2021 January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Woman May Have Tried to Sell Pelosi Computer Device to Russians, FBI SaysFBI Warns of Vishing Attacks Stealing Corporate AccountsUK Police Warn of Sextortion Attempts in Intimate Online Dating ChatsScottish Environment Protection Agency Refuses to Pay Ransomware Crooks Over 1.2GB of Stolen DataGoogle Cloud: We Do Use Some SolarWinds, but We Weren’t Affected by Mega HackSolarWinds Hack Is Quickly Reshaping Congress’s Cybersecurity AgendaNo U.S. Trial for Irish HackerOpenWRT Reports Data Breach After Hacker Gained Access to Forum Admin AccountIObit Forums Hacked in Widespread DeroHE Ransomware AttackHackers Are Selling Depop App Account Details on the Dark Web for CheapStolen Employee Credentials Put Leading Gaming Companies at Risk of Severe Cyber AttacksMicrosoft Defender to Enable Full Auto-Remediation by DefaultMore on Joker’s Stash’s End (Krebs)
1/15-17/2021 January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China A.I. Firms and Huawei Filed to Patent Technology That Could Identify Uighur MuslimsXiaomi Denies Any Ties With Chinese MilitaryHow Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s EncryptionUK Accidentally Deletes 150k Arrest RecordsNew Coalition Aims to Combat Growing Wave of Ransomware AttacksIconic BugTraq Security Mailing List Shuts Down After 27 YearsJoker’s Stash, The Largest Carding Marketplace, Announces ShutdownWhatsApp Delays Controversial Privacy UpdateGoogle Boots 164 Apps From Play Marketplace for Shady Ad PracticesTeens Have Never Known a World Without Data Sharing, and It’s Creating a False Sense of SecurityPrivacy-Focused Search Engine DuckDuckGo Grew by 62% in 2020Hackers Leaked Altered Pfizer Data to Sabotage Trust in VaccinesHackers Leak Trucker, Rail Worker Medical Records From UPS, Norfolk SouthernScotland Environmental Regulator Hit by ‘Ongoing’ Ransomware AttackExclusive Wentworth Golf Club HackedIndia Seizes Bitcoins Worth $1.2 Million From Hacker of Gov’t Website and Crypto ExchangesUndisclosed Apache Velocity XSS Vulnerability Impacts GOV SitesWindows Finger Command Abused by Phishing to Download MalwareWindows 10 Bug Causes a BSOD Crash When Opening a Certain PathMicrosoft Implements Windows Zerologon Flaw ‘Enforcement Mode’Apple Kills MacOS Feature Allowing Apps to Bypass Firewalls
1/14/2021 January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Includes Over $10 Billion in Cyber, IT Funds as Part of COVID-19 Relief Proposal…Christopher Krebs: Infrastructure Operators ‘Need to Be Assembling Their Crisis Management Teams Yesterday’UK Ministry of Defence’s Cyber Warfare Drive Is Burn a Hole Through Its Budget, Warns National Audit OfficeNSA Warns Against Using DoH Inside Enterprise NetworksPhishing Warning: These Are the Brands Most Likely to Be Impersonated by CrooksSolarWinds Defense: How to Stop Similar AttacksSilicon Valley’s Share of Venture Capital Expected to Drop Below 20% for the First Time This YearNintendo Uses Copyright Claims to Take Down Game & Watch Hacking VideosFacebook: Malicious Chrome Extension Developers Scraped Profile DataVerified Twitter Accounts Hacked in $580k ‘Elon Musk’ Crypto ScamAmazon’s Ring Neighbors App Exposed Users’ Precise Locations and Home AddressesRing Adds End-to-End Encryption to Quell Security UproarTelegram Bots at Heart of Classiscam Scam-as-a-ServiceWindows 10 Bug Corrupts Your Hard Drive on Seeing This File’s IconCisco Says It Won’t Patch 74 Security Bugs in Older RV Routers That Reached EOL
1/13/2021 January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Airbnb, HotelTonight Cancel All Washington, DC, Metro Reservations Ahead of Inauguration…Google Pausing All Political Ads Through Jan. 21Americans Won’t Be Banned From Investing in Alibaba, Tencent and BaiduBiden Formally Appoints NSA’s Anne Neuberger to Key National Security PositionScammers Are Claiming to Sell COVID-19 Vaccines on the Dark Web for up to $1,000 Worth of BitcoinBitcoin Exchange Owner Jailed for Money LaunderingEpik Says It Has Not Discussed Hosting Parler Despite Domain RegistrationParler Hack Yields GPS Data That Tracks Users at U.S. Capitol RiotsPost-Backlash, WhatsApp Spells Out Privacy Policy UpdatesTikTok Takes Teen Accounts PrivateIranian Cyberspies Behind Major Christmas Sms Spear-Phishing CampaignCISA: Hackers Bypassed MFA to Access Cloud Service AccountsHigh-Severity Cisco Flaw Found in CMX Software For RetailersCritical WordPress-Plugin Bug Found in ‘Orbit Fox’ Allows Site TakeoverPoland’s CD Projekt Working With Sony to Bring Back Cyberpunk 2077 – PAPMicrosoft Fixes Secure Boot Bug Allowing Windows Rootkit InstallationKrebs: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2021 EditionIt’s Finally Over! Time to Uninstall Adobe Flash Player
1/12/2021 January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment SolarWinds: What Hit Us Could Hit Others (Krebs)…New Sunspot Malware Found While Investigating SolarWinds Hack…SolarLeaks Site Claims to Sell Data Stolen in SolarWinds Attacks…SolarWinds Discloses Earlier Evidence of HackSenior Intelligence Official Says China, Russia Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine Supply ChainSome Data From Last Month’s Cyber Attack Leaked Online, Says EU Drugs RegulatorWhite House Establishes National Artificial Intelligence OfficeSocial-Media Watchdogs Detect Signs of Ongoing Extremist ThreatTwitter Cites Capitol Protests in Suspension of 70,000 User AccountsWhatsApp Users Flock to Rival Message PlatformsLocation Data from Muslim Prayer App Sold to Data BrokerEuropol Reveals Dismantling of ‘Largest’ Underground Marketplace DarkMarketEmail Security Firm Mimecast Says Hackers Hijacked Its Products to Spy on CustomersBrazil Fuel Distributor Ultrapar Interrupts Operations After Cyber AttackData Breach at ‘Resident Evil’ Gaming Company Capcom WidensNew Zealand Central Bank Breach Hit Other CompaniesJefferson Healthcare Hit by ‘Phishing’ Cyber AttackClearfield County (PA) Cyber AttackColombian Energy, Metal Firms Under Fire in New Trojan Attack WaveExperts Sound Alarm On New Android Malware Sold On Hacking ForumsGoogle Reveals Sophisticated Windows and Android Hacking OperationBumbleBee Opens Exchange Servers in xHunt Spy CampaignAdobe Fixes 7 Critical Flaws, Blocks Flash Player ContentCritical Microsoft Defender Bug Actively Exploited; Patch Tuesday Offers 83 FixesIntel Adds Hardware-Based Ransomware Detection to 11th Gen CPUs
1/11/2021 January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China’s Move to Regulate Its Tech Giants Is Part of Its Bigger Push to Become a Tech ‘Superpower’SolarWinds Hackers Linked to Known Russian Spying Tools Used by Turla APT, Investigators Say…FBI Probes Russian-Linked Postcard Sent to FireEye CEO After Cybersecurity Firm Uncovered HackU.S. Announces Controversial State Department Cyber-BureauResearcher Builds Parler Archive Amid Amazon SuspensionOver 100,000 UN Employee Records Accessed by ResearchersDarkSide Ransomware Decryptor Recovers Victims’ Files for FreeAliens and UFOs: A Final Frontier for Social EngineersThou Shalt Not Hack Indiscriminately, High Court of England Tells Britain’s Spy AgenciesCybersecurity Insurance Has a Big ProblemMillions of Social Profiles Leaked by Chinese Data-ScrapersUbiquiti: Change Your Password, Enable 2FA (Krebs)Finland Staffing Firm Eilakaisla Hit by Cyber-Attack, Jobseeker and Employee Data Possibly CompromisedAquaculture Equipment Company Akva Hit by Cyber-AttackUniversity Medical Center- New Orleans: Patient Info May Have Been Leaked in LSU HCSD Data BreachMac Malware Uses ‘Run-Only’ AppleScripts to Evade AnalysisTypeform Fixes Zendesk Sell Form Data Hijacking VulnerabilityMicrosoft Releases Linux Endpoint Detection and Response FeaturesMicrosoft Sysmon Now Detects Malware Process Tampering AttemptsWindows 10 Hardware Security Enabled by Default on New Surface PC
1/8-10/2021 January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Permanent Suspension of @realDonaldTrump…Why Parler Is About to Disappear From the InternetLaptop Also Stolen From Pelosi’s Office During Storming of U.S. Capitol, Says AideSolarWinds Hires Ex-Homeland Security Official Krebs as ConsultantCyber Czar to Draw on New Powers From Defense BillSpace Force Joins Us Intelligence Community to Secure Outer SpaceA Look Ahead at 2021: SolarWinds Fallout and Shifting CISO BudgetsMalicious Software Infrastructure Easier to Get and Deploy Than EverRansomware Gangs Are Going After Top Execs to Pressure Companies Into PayingJPMorgan Chase Hacker Gets 12 YearsNew Zealand Reserve Bank Suffers Data Breach via Hacked Storage PartnerRansomware Forces Three-Week Shutdown of Australia’s Northern Territory Gov’t IT Dassault Falcon Jet Reports Data Breach After Ransomware AttackPrestera Center for Mental Health Services (WV) Breach Exposes 3,700+ Patients’ InfoMontreal-Based Car-Sharing Service Communauto Hit by Cyber AttackHacker Used Ransomware to Lock Victims in Their IoT Chastity BeltNorth Korean Hackers Targeting South Korea with RokRat TrojanNew Attack Could Let Hackers Clone Your Google Titan 2FA Security KeysBugs in Firefox, Chrome, Edge Allow Remote System Hijacking
1/7/2021 January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Judiciary Probes ‘Apparent Compromise’ of Case Management System…Krebs: Sealed U.S. Court Records Exposed in SolarWinds Breach…Adds SafeguardsU.S. Senator Says Capitol Building Rioters Made off With Laptop…How Bad Was the U.S. Capitol Breach for Cybersecurity?Facebook Extends Trump’s Suspension Until at Least Biden InaugurationKrebs: QAnon… Who is Q?State Department Sets up New Bureau for Cybersecurity and Emerging TechnologiesIntel Wheels Out New Face Authentication Product That Works a Lot Like Apple’s FaceIDFired Healthcare Exec Stalls Critical PPE Shipment for MonthsSEO Scammer Extorts Site Owners Using Porn Backlinks ThreatJetBrains denies being involved in SolarWinds hackMinnesota’s Lake Region Healthcare Recovering From Ransomware AttackHacker Sells Aurora Cannabis Files Stolen in Christmas CyberattackHackers Post Hackney Council’s ‘Stolen Documents’FBI Warns of Egregor Ransomware Extorting Businesses WorldwideRyuk Gang Estimated to Have Made More Than $150 Million From Ransomware AttacksThe Five Early Warning Signs Of An Imminent Ransomware AttackLinux Malware Authors Use Ezuri Golang Crypter for Zero DetectionNvidia Warns Windows Gamers of High-Severity Graphics Driver FlawsWindows PsExec Zero-Day Vulnerability Gets a Free Micropatch
1/6/2021 January 7, 2021January 8, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Weighs Adding Alibaba, Tencent to China Stock BanTreasury Secretary Mnuchin Intervened in NYSE’s Chinese Delisting Saga…After Pressure, New York Stock Exchange Will Delist 3 Chinese FirmsSolarWinds Hackers Accessed DOJ Emails, but There’s No Indication They Reached Classified SystemsFBI Probe of Major Hack Includes Project-Management Software From JetBrainsBiden Taps Intelligence Veteran Anne Neuberger for New White House Cybersecurity RoleKrebs: Hamas May Be Threat to 8chan, QAnon OnlineWhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With FacebookDon’t Dox Yourself by Tweeting About Data BreachesIt’s Not a Trump Sex Tape, It’s a RATChinese State-Backed Hackers Target Gambling Companies in $100m Ransomware AttackTwo-Year Data Breach Hits Employees’ Email at WTTW, WFMT (IL)Covid-19: UK Police Warning Over Vaccine Scam MessagesHackers Start Exploiting the New Backdoor in Zyxel DevicesNissan Source Code Leaked Online After Git Repo MisconfigurationData Exposure Flaw on Walmart.ca Revealed Personal Customer InformationPoor Software Quality Costs US $2.08tnBritish Airways Plans £3bn Breach Settlement
1/5/2021 January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Where Is Jack Ma, China’s E-Commerce Pioneer?…Chinese Regulators Try to Get Jack Ma’s Ant Group to Share Consumer DataTrump Signs Executive Order Blocking Transactions With Alipay, WeChat Pay, and Six Other Chinese AppsNYSE Does a U-Turn on Chinese Telecoms DelistingsTrump Administration Rolls Out Plan to Secure Maritime Sector Against Cyber ThreatsNSA Shares Guidance, Tools to Mitigate Weak Encryption ProtocolsU.S. Intelligence Task Force Accuses Russia of SolarWinds Cyber-HackOfficials See Few Security Issues as Voters Go to the Polls in GeorgiaWebsite Crashes Mar Early Coronavirus Vaccine RolloutsAustralian Researchers Identify Facebook Mobile Data Can Be Used for COVID-19 TracingIndian Government Sites Leaking Patient COVID-19 Test ResultsData from August Breach of Amazon Partner Juspay Dumped OnlineHacker Posts Data of 10,000 American Express Accounts for FreeMajor Gaming Companies Hit with Ransomware Linked to APT27UK Construction Firm Amey Hit by Cyber AttackItalian Mobile Operator Ho Mobile Offers to Replace Sim Cards After Massive Data BreachAustralian Cybersecurity Agency Used as Cover in Malware CampaignNorth Korean Software Supply Chain Attack Targets Stock InvestorsElectroRAT Drains Cryptocurrency Wallet Funds of ThousandsBabuk Locker Is the First New Enterprise Ransomware of 2021Telegram Triangulation Pinpoints Users’ Exact LocationsGoogle Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug
1/4/2021 January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Cannot Be Extradited to U.S., Judge Rules…Mexico Prepared to Offer Assange Asylum, President SaysNYSE to Delist Chinese Telcos on National Security GroundsChina’s APT Hackers Move to Ransomware AttacksSolarWinds: The More We Learn, the Worse It LooksResearcher Breaks reCAPTCHA With Google’s Speech-to-Text APIGoogle Employees Announce Creation of UnionCyber Startups Face Broader Funding Challenge in 2021Singapore Police Can Access COVID-19 Contact Tracing Data for Criminal InvestigationsLeading Game Publishers Hit Hard by Leaked-Credential EpidemicTransLink Confirms Ransomware Data Theft, Still Restoring SystemsGenRx Pharmacy Ransomware Attack Resulted In Data BreachMinnesota Health System Hit by Ransomware AttackAurora Cannabis Breach Exposes Personal Data of Former, Current WorkersCyber-Attack on Apex LaboratoryFBI Warns of Cyberattacks to Distance LearningZend Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability RevealedMicrosoft Defender for Office 365 to Allow Testing Without SetupCitrix Adds NetScaler ADC Setting to Block Recent DDoS Attacks
12/31/2020 – 1/3/2021 January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Microsoft Hacked, Source Code Viewed in Russia-Linked SolarWinds CyberattackCyber Attack on U.S. Government May Have Started Earlier Than Initially Thought – U.S. SenatorThe Coolest Hacks of 20202021 Cybersecurity Trends: Bigger Budgets, Endpoint Emphasis and CloudAdobe Flash Player Is Finally Laid to RestTicketmaster To Pay $10 Million Fine For Hacking A Rival CompanyData Breach Broker Selling User Records Stolen From 26 CompaniesMednax Email Hack Exposes Info of 1.2 Million Patients: 5 DetailsPhishing Texts State Your PayPal Account Is ‘Limited’Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN ProductsGoogle Chrome Fixes Antivirus ‘File Locking’ Bug on Windows 10