6/29/2021 June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Denmark’s Central Bank Exposed in SolarWinds Hack…Russian Hackers Had Months-Long AccessAdministration to Release Attribution for Microsoft Vulnerabilities in ‘Coming Weeks’Cobalt Strike Usage Explodes Among CybercrooksCrowdStrike Co-Founder Says Rise in Ransomware Attacks Can Be Addressed Without Banning CryptoWatchdog Bans Crypto Super-Exchange Binance From ‘Regulated Activities’ in the UKSensitive UK Defence Documents Found at Southern England Bus StopDoubleVPN Servers, Logs, and Account Info Seized by Law EnforcementData for 700M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale in Cyber-UndergroundUofL Health (KY) Exposes Patients’ PHIMicrosoft’s Halo Dev Site Breached Using Dependency HijackingHackers Use Zero-Day to Mass-Wipe My Book Live DevicesDetails of RCE Bug in Adobe Experience Manager RevealedWindows 11 Includes the DNS-Over-HTTPS Privacy Feature – How to UseGoogle Now Requires App Developers to Verify Their Address and Use 2FAUsers Clueless About Cybersecurity Risks: Study
6/28/2021 June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Report Estimates Major Cyberattack Could Cost More Than Recovering From Natural Disasters5G Security Vulnerabilities Fluster Mobile OperatorsRansomware Gangs Now Creating Websites to Recruit AffiliatesIs Cyber Insurance Making Ransomware Worse?Government Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook Thrown Out by Federal JudgeYouTube ‘Mistakenly’ Suspends Right Wing Watch, Reinstates ChannelThe United States Is Still Number One in Cyber CapabilitiesGrocer Daylesford Organic Hit by RansomwareREvil Ransomware’s New Linux Encryptor Targets ESXi Virtual MachinesAttackers Breach Microsoft Customer Service AccountsMicrosoft Edge Bug Could’ve Let Hackers Steal Your Secrets for Any SiteWindows 11: Microsoft Apologizes for Compatibility Confusion, Hints at ChangesNVIDIA Patches High-Severity GeForce Spoof-Attack Bug
6/25-27/2021 June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment App Taps Unwitting Users Abroad to Gather Open-Source IntelligenceMicrosoft Says New Breach Discovered in Probe of Suspected SolarWinds HackersNFC Flaws Let Researchers Hack an ATM by Waving a PhoneRansomware: Now Gangs Are Using Virtual Machines to Disguise Their AttacksPolitical Campaigns Worry They’re Next For Ransomware HitsCrackonosh: How Hackers Are Using Gamers to Become Crypto-RichPS3 Players Ban: Latest Victims of Surging Attacks on Gaming IndustryUK Watchdog to Investigate Google, Amazon Over Fake ReviewsCloud Database Exposes 800M+ WordPress Users’ RecordsDetails of Over 200,000 Students Leaked in AcadeME CyberattackAnglesey Schools (Wales) Offline After Cyber AttackWSSC Water (MD) Investigating Ransomware AttackKrebs: MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from InternetZyxel Firewalls and VPNs Under Active CyberattackCisco ASA Bug Now Actively Exploited as PoC DropsMicrosoft Admits to Signing Rootkit Malware in Supply-Chain FiascoNow Microsoft’s App Will Say Why Your PC Isn’t Ready For Windows 11
6/24/2021 June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Department of Energy Asks Congress for $201 Million to Bolster Cybersecurity in Wake of AttacksHouse Advances Five Bills Targeting Big Tech After Overnight SlugfestGoogle to Delay Cookie Phase Out Until 2023Internet Explorer Will Be Disabled In Windows 11Musk-Themed ‘$SpaceX’ Cryptoscam Invades YouTube AdvertisingU.S. Brokerage Firms Warned of ‘FINRA Support’ Phishing AttacksPhishing Attack’s Unusual File Attachment Is a Double-Edged SwordBinance Exchange Helped Track Down Clop Ransomware Money LaunderersUkrainian Member of FIN7 Cybercrime Gang Sentenced in United StatesJohn McAfee Was Once the Face of Cybersecurity: Then His Life SpiraledFCUK Fashion Label, Medical Diagnostics Firm Latest REvil VictimsOuachita Parish Library (LA) Recovering From Cyber AttackMercedes-Benz USA Accidentally Puts Out Data From Nearly 1,000 CustomersAn Internal Code Repo Used by New York State’s IT Office Was Exposed OnlineWD My Book NAS Devices Are Being Remotely Wiped Clean Worldwide30M Dell Devices at Risk for Remote BIOS Attacks, RCEAtlassian Bugs Could Have Led to 1-Click TakeoverA Google Drive Security Update Will Break Some of Your Shared LinksMicrosoft’s Security Tool Can Now Spot Rogue Devices on Your Network
6/23/2021 June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Spanish Court Approves Extradition of John McAfee to U.S.…Found Dead in Cell…Claimed U.S. Government Wanted to Kill HimIran Media Websites Seized by U.S. in Disinformation CampaignRussian Security Chief Says Moscow Will Work with U.S. To Find HackersFBI Asks Congress for $40M to Help Combat Wave of Ransomware AttacksEU Wants Emergency Team for ‘Nightmare’ Cyber-AttacksSepa Cyber Attack Recovery Could Take YearsKrebs: How Cyber Sleuths Cracked an ATM Shimmer GangGaming Industry Experiences 340% Spike in Web App AttacksScammer Arrested for Phishing Operation, Sent 25,000 Texts in a DayFounders of South African Bitcoin Exchange Disappear After $3.6 Billion ‘Hack’Brazil Medical Firm Fleury Hit by CyberattackTulsa Warns of Data Breach After Conti Ransomware Leaks Police CitationsMississippi Center for Advanced Medicine Reports Data BreachPakistan-Linked Hackers Targeted Indian Power Company With ReverseRatChaChi: A New GoLang Trojan Used in Attacks Against U.S. SchoolsClop Ransomware Is Back in Business After Recent ArrestsREvil Ransomware Code Ripped Off by RivalsCritical Palo Alto Cyber-Defense Bug Allows Remote ‘War Room’ AccessUnpatched Linux Marketplace Bugs Allow Wormable Attacks, Drive-By RCEVMware Fixes Authentication Bypass in Carbon Black App Control
6/22/2021 June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Is Worried About Cybersecurity. Japan Says Watch Cartoons.Amid Big Hacks, U.S. Spy Agency Touts Collaboration Center with Private IndustryAverage Time to Fix Critical Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Is 205 DaysSEC Still Digging Into SolarWinds Fallout, Nudges Undeclared VictimsA Week After Arrests, Cl0p Ransomware Group Dumps New Tranche of Stolen DataLike ‘Terminator,’ High-Tech Cyber Crime to ‘Keep Coming’BEC Losses Top $1.8B as Tactics EvolveBitcoin Drop Below $30,000 Sparks Fears of Another Crypto Winter — Here’s Why Bulls Aren’t WorriedGoogle Faces EU Antitrust Probe of Alleged Ad-Tech AbusesSix Flags to Pay $36M Over Collection of FingerprintsFrench Teens on Trial for Cyber-bullyingKids’ Apps on Google Play Rife with Privacy ViolationsBrave Launches Its Privacy-Focused No-Tracking Search EngineRansomware Attack Hits a Summit County Water District (UT)Eastern Wyoming College Systems Down Due to Cyber AttackSix Oklahoma Casinos Hit by RansomwareWorkForce West Virginia Notifies Clients of Potential Data BreachWolfe Eye Clinic (IA) Reveals Cyber AttackCryptominers Slither into Python Projects in Supply-Chain CampaignWormable DarkRadiation Ransomware Targets Linux and Docker InstancesMysterious Ransomware Payment Traced to a Sensual Massage SiteEmail Bug Allows Message Snooping, Credential TheftZephyr RTOS Fixes Bluetooth Bugs That May Lead to Code ExecutionLexmark Printers Open to Arbitrary Code-Execution Zero-DaySonicWall Bug That Affected 800k Firewalls Was Only Partially Fixed
6/21/2021 June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment FBI Launches New Mission to ‘Disrupt’ CybercrimeSolarWinds Hackers Could Have Been Waylaid by Simple Countermeasure -U.S. OfficialsKrebs: How Cyber Safe is Your Drinking Water Supply?Amazon Prime Day – Beware of Phishing Deluge, Experts WarnData Leak Marketplace Pressures Victims by Emailing CompetitorsOnlyFans, Twitter Ban Users for Leaking Politician’s BDSM VideoHit by a Cyberattack? Your Ransom Payment to Hackers May Be Tax Deductible.Ohio Medicaid Provider Maximus Suffers Data BreachADATA Suffers 700 GB Data Leak in Ragnar Locker Ransomware AttackData Breach Discovered at Shuttered OSU Program Helping Veterans Deal With PTSDAgent Tesla RAT Returns in COVID-19 Vax PhishDroidMorph Shows Popular Android Antivirus Fail to Detect Cloned Malicious AppsBugs in NVIDIA’s Jetson Chipset Opens Door to DoS Attacks, Data TheftTor Browser Fixes Vulnerability That Tracks You Using Installed Apps
6/18-20/2021 June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Lawmakers Rally Around Cyber Legislation Following String of Attacks50,000 Security Disasters Waiting to Happen: The Problem of America’s Water SuppliesWhat’s Making Your Company a Ransomware Sitting DuckIrish Healthcare System Struggles With Tech Disruptions After May Ransomware AttackThe Lazarus Heist: How North Korea Almost Pulled off a Billion-Dollar HackThe World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone VulnerableMiami’s Mayor Looks to Woo Chinese Bitcoin Miners With Low Energy Prices and Clean Nuclear PowerKrebs: First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K FineTexas Man Admits Data Center Bomb PlotRussia Bans VyprVPN, Opera VPN Services for Not Complying With Blacklist RequestGoogle Force Installs Massachusetts MassNotify Android COVID AppNorth Korea Exploited VPN Flaw to Hack South’s Nuclear Research InstitutePoland Blames Russia for Breach, Theft of Polish Officials’ EmailsGA Fertility Clinic Reproductive Biology Associates Discloses Data Breach Exposing Patient InfoPersonal Info of More Than 500 Patients Taken During San Juan Regional Medical Center (NM) BreachJudson ISD (TX) Hit by Suspected Ransomware AttackFaux ‘DarkSide’ Gang Takes Aim at Global Energy, Food SectorsTinder Spam Campaign Hides “Handwritten” Links in Profile ImagesGoogle Dishes Out Homemade SLSA, a Recipe to Thwart Software Supply-Chain AttacksiPhone Bug Breaks WiFi When You Join Hotspot With Unusual NameMicrosoft Linux Repos Suffer Day-Long Outage, Still Recovering
6/17/2021 June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Senate Confirms Chris Inglis as First White House Cyber CzarFCC Votes to Advance Proposed Ban on Huawei, ZTE GearScrutiny Mounts on Microsoft’s Surveillance TechnologyGoogle Backs Linux Project to Make Android, Chrome OS Harder to HackHiccup in Akamai’s DDoS Mitigation Service Triggers Massive String of OutagesNSA Shares Guidance on Securing Voice, Video CommunicationsGeek Squad Vishing Attack Bypasses Email Security to Hit 25K MailboxesRansomware: Too Many Firms Are Still Willing to Pay up if AttackedHow to Cut Down on Ransomware Attacks Without Banning BitcoinThis Strange Malware Stops You From Visiting Pirate WebsitesAlston, Latham Tap D.C.-Based Partners with Cyber and Privacy ChopsCruise Operator Carnival Discloses Personal Data BreachEgg Free Cake Box Suffer Data Breach Exposing Credit Card NumbersUK Legal Firm Gateley Warns of Data Breach Following Cyber-AttackSt. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital System (GA) Experiences Outage After Ransomware AttackSault College (ON) Responding to Attempted Cyber-AttackAudi, Volkswagen Customer Data Being Sold on a Hacking ForumMolerats Hackers Return With New Attacks Targeting Middle Eastern GovernmentsA New Spyware is Targeting Telegram and Psiphon VPN Users in IranResearchers Uncover ‘Process Ghosting’ — A New Malware Evasion TechniqueCisco Smart Switches Riddled with Severe Security HolesGoogle Fixes Seventh Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild This Year
6/16/2021 June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden and Putin Agree to Resume Nuclear Talks, Return Ambassadors to Posts…Cyber Concerns Dominate Biden-Putin Summit…Political Summits Signal International Focus on Ransomware…Biden Tells Putin Certain Cyberattacks Should Be ‘off-Limits’…Without Specifics…Don’t Expect Russians to Stop State-Sponsored Cyberattacks, Obama Defense Official SaysSenate Panel Unanimously Advances Key Biden Cyber NomineesKrebs: Ukrainian Police Nab Six Tied to CLOP RansomwareU.S. Convicts Russian Malware-maskerOver a Billion Records Belonging to CVS Health Exposed OnlineWegmans: Database Issues May Have Exposed Some Personal Info to Outside AccessPeloton Bike+ Bug Gives Hackers Complete ControlUMass Lowell Says It Wasn’t Hit by Ransomware, Will Resume Some Operations ThursdayScammers Mail Fake Ledger Devices to Steal Your CryptocurrencyEuros-Driven Football Fever Nets Dumb PasswordsMalware Attack on South Korean Entities Was Work of Andariel GroupGPRS-Era Mobile Data Encryption Algorithm GEA/1 ‘Weak by Design’, Lingers in Today’s PhonesMicrosoft Paint 3D Vulnerability
6/15/2021 June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Lawmakers Urge Biden to Be Tough On Cybersecurity During Summit With PutinU.S. Senator Rubio Plans Legislation to Address Russia CyberattacksVerizon, Water Agency Targeted in Chinese Cyber Espionage CampaignU.S., EU Establish Trade and Technology Council to Compete With ChinaBiden Names Lina Khan, a Big-Tech Critic, as F.T.C. ChairKrebs: How Does One Get Hired by a Top Cybercrime Gang?Experts Shed Light On Distinctive Tactics Used by Hades RansomwareParadise Ransomware Source Code Released on a Hacking ForumHackers Target Videogame Publishers for Ransom, Source CodeRansomware Gang Turns to Revenge PornAkamai CEO Says Security Is Becoming a Major Growth Driver for the Content BusinessRuling Gives Microsoft Second Shot at Banning hiQ from Scraping LinkedIn User DataIKEA Fined $1.2m for Spying on Employees“Homeless Hacker” ArrestedMicrosoft Disrupts Large-Scale, Cloud-Based BEC CampaignLargest U.S. Propane Distributor AmeriGas Discloses ‘8-Second’ Data BreachToronto’s Humber River Hospital Working to Restore Systems After Being Struck by Cyber AttackUMass Lowell Closed Tuesday Due to ‘Possible Cybersecurity Incident’Hackers Attack George County (MS) School DistrictCyber Attack Targeted DeKalb (GA) Rental Assistance Program, Delaying Relief for Tenants, LandlordsKeshena Casino (WI) Shut Down by Cyber AttackMalicious PDFs Flood the Web, Lead to Password-SnarfingInstagram Bug Allowed Anyone to View Private Accounts Without Following ThemMillions of Connected Cameras Open to EavesdroppingZoll Defibrillator Dashboard Would Execute Contents of Excel Files Ordinary Users Could ImportCritical Remote Code Execution Flaw in Thousands of VMWare vCenter Servers Remains UnpatchedApple Hurries Patches for Safari Bugs Under Active AttackMicrosoft Defender ATP Now Warns of Jailbroken iPhones, iPads
6/14/2021 June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment NATO Members Agree to New Cyber Defense PolicyNATO: Cyber Attacks ‘as Serious As Any Other Attacks’ to AlliesG7 Leaders Ask Russia to Hunt Down Ransomware Gangs Within Its BordersMurkiness of Russia’s Ransomware Role Complicates Biden Summit MissionBiden Opposes Conditional Handover of Cyber-criminals50 Groups Urge Biden to Fill FCC Opening to Reinstate Net Neutrality RulesEuropean Privacy Ruling Could Mean More Scrutiny of CompaniesUtilities ‘Concerningly’ at Risk from Active ExploitsBank of America Spends Over $1 Billion per Year on Cybersecurity, CEO Brian Moynihan SaysEx-NSA Contractor Reality Winner, Jailed for Leaking Secrets About Russian Hacking, Released Early From PrisonCognyte’s Cyber Analytics Database Exposed 5 Billion Records OnlineChinese Hackers Believed to be Behind Second Cyberattack on Air IndiaREvil Claims Responsibility for Invenergy HackCancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma Servers Breached, Exposes 8,000 Patients’ DataVicksburg Warren School District (MS) Targeted With RansomwareMoobot Milks Tenda Router Bugs for PropagationMicrosoft: SEO Poisoning Used to Backdoor Targets With MalwareMicrosoft Teams: Very Bad Tabs Could Have Led to BECGoogle Workspace Now Offers Client-side Encryption For Drive and Docs
6/11-13/2021 June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China’s New Power Play: More Control of Tech Companies’ Troves of DataPutin Says Russia Would Accept Conditional Handover of Cyber Criminals to U.S.NATO Won’t ‘Mirror What Russia Does,’ Secretary General Stoltenberg SaysG-7 Agrees to Fight Forced Labor, Ransomware, CorruptionThe Ruthless Hackers Behind Ransomware Attacks on U.S. Hospitals: ‘They Do Not Care’How the FBI Got Colonial Pipeline’s Ransom Money BackWhy Some Cyber Criminals Are Ditching Bitcoin for a Cryptocurrency Called MoneroAvaddon Ransomware Shuts Down and Releases Decryption KeysIoT Security Company COO Charged in 2018 Georgia Hospital Cyber-attackNew Antitrust Legislation Targets Amazon, Apple, Facebook, GoogleREvil Went After One of Apple’s Suppliers, Found a New Victim in Weapons Contractor Sol OriensMcDonald’s Hit by Data BreachVW Says Data Breach at Vendor Impacted 3.3 Million People in North AmericaBaby Clothes Giant Carter’s Leaks 410K Customer RecordsTeamsters Refused to Pay a Ransomware Attack in 2019Intuit Notifies Customers of Hacked Turbotax AccountsCyberpunk 2077 Hacked Data Circulating OnlineInterpol Shuts Down Thousands of Fake Online Pharmacies7-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root AccessCodecov Ditches Bash Uploader for a NodeJS ExecutableMozilla Says Google’s New Ad Tech—FLoC—Doesn’t Protect User Privacy
6/10/2021 June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Launches Task Force to Open Government Data for AI ResearchBipartisan Senators Introduce Bill to Protect Small Businesses From CyberattacksState Department Urges Nigeria to Reverse Twitter BanWhen Ransomware Strikes, DigitalMint Helps Victims Make Bitcoin PaymentsHacking Bitcoin Wallets With Quantum Computers Could Happen – Cryptographers Hope to StopSlilpp, the Largest Stolen Logins Market, Seized by Law EnforcementThe Workforce Shortage in Cybersecurity Is a MythTexas to Publish Data Breach NotificationsAmazon Faces Possible $425 Million EU Privacy FineHackers Breach Electronic Arts (EA), Stealing Game Source Code and ToolsFoodservice Supplier Edward Don Hit by a Ransomware AttackSkinners’ Kent Academy and Skinners’ Kent Primary School Hit With RansomwareInternal Data From Breach Circulating Online -CD ProjektSteam Gaming Platform Hosting MalwareNew APT ‘BackdoorDiplomacy’ Targets African, Middle East Diplomats‘Fancy Lazarus’ Cyberattackers Ramp up Ransom DDoS EffortsHackers Can Exploit Bugs in Samsung Pre-Installed Apps to Spy on Users
6/9/2021 June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment JBS Paid $11 Million to Resolve Ransomware AttackDarkSide Pwned Colonial With Old VPN PasswordCrowdstrike CEO on the Evolution of Ransomware: ‘It’s Become Big Game Hunting’Ransomware Is Now A National Security RiskBiden Revokes and Replaces Trump Executive Orders That Banned TikTok & WeChatHuawei Flings Open the Doors of Its Third Privacy and Security Transparency CentreItaly to Set Up Cybersecurity Agency Ahead of National Cloud Plan – DraftFBI Warns of BEC Scammers Impersonating Construction CompaniesWhat Hackers Can Learn About You From Your Social-Media ProfileSpain’s Ministry of Labor and Social Economy Hit by CyberattackRussian Spear Phishing Campaign Hits UkraineUnion Community Schooks (IA) Investigating Cyber Attack, Unauthorized Access to DataStealthy Gelsemium Cyberspies Linked to NoxPlayer Supply-Chain AttackNew TLS Attack ‘ALPACA’ Lets Attackers Launch Cross-Protocol Attacks Against Secure SitesCrypto-Mining Attacks Targeting Kubernetes Clusters via Kubeflow InstancesGoogle Fixes Sixth Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild This YearGitHub Now Scans for Accidentally-Exposed PyPI, RubyGems Secrets
6/8/2021 June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Social Media, News Sites Including CNN, New York Times Hit by Outage…What Is Fastly and Why Did It Just Take a Bunch of Major Websites Offline?The FBI Secretly Ran the Anom Messaging Platform, Yielding Hundreds of Arrests in Global Sting…Trojan Shield: How the FBI Secretly Ran a Phone Network for Criminals…FBI Sold Phones to Organized Crime and Read 27 Million “Encrypted” MessagesColonial Pipeline Boss ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Cyber AttackEuropean Energy Sector Prepares for New Cybersecurity RulesKrebs: Justice Dept. Claws Back $2.3M Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Ransomware Gang…The FBI Likely Exploited Sloppy Password Storage to Seize Colonial Pipeline Bitcoin RansomIRS Is Investigating Release of Tax Information of Wealthy AmericansFive Key Parts of the Senate’s Sweeping China Competitiveness BillApple’s New Privacy Feature, Designed to Mask Users’ Internet Browsing, Won’t Be Available In ChinaComputer Memory Maker ADATA Hit by Ragnar Locker RansomwareCapitol Hill Vendor Hit by Ransomware AttackCounty of Lambton (ON) Restoring It Systems Following Cyber AttackLewd Phishing Lures Aimed at Business ExplodeU.S. Brokerage Firms Warned of Ongoing Phishing With Penalty ThreatsWhy the Hybrid Workplace Is a Cybersecurity NightmareWindows 10 Targeted by PuzzleMaker Hackers Using Chrome Zero-DaysMicrosoft Office MSGraph Vulnerability Could Lead to Code ExecutionGoogle Patches Critical Android RCE BugIntel Fixes 73 Vulnerabilities in June 2021 Platform UpdateAdobe Issues Security Updates for 41 Vulnerabilities in 10 ProductsKrebs: Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Security Holes
6/7/2021 June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Krebs: Adventures in Contacting the Russian FSBBiden to Discuss Crypto’s Role in Ransomware Attacks at G-7, Says National Security AdviserU.S. Recovers Millions in Cryptocurrency Paid to Colonial Pipeline Ransomware HackersColonial Pipeline Contacted Local FBI Offices, Prosecutors After Attack -CompanyHackers Stole $650,000 From Nonprofit and Got Away, Showing Limits to Law Enforcement’s ReachWith Cyberattacks on the Rise, Organizations Are Already Bracing for Devastating Quantum HacksFacebook Starts End-to-End Encrypted Audio, Video Calling Trials in Secret ConversationsU.S. Truck Maker Navistar Says Aware Of IT BreachNYC Law Dept. Hacked, Raising Problems With Legal Docs, Personal Info for ThousandsHacker Group Gunning for MuskNovel ‘Victory’ Backdoor Spotted in Chinese APT CampaignWindows Container Malware ‘Siloscape’ Targets Kubernetes ClustersBad Apple: App Store Rife with Fraud, FleecewareHands on With Norton Antivirus Ethereum Mining: The Good and the BadGoogle to Pay $270 Million to Settle Antitrust Charges in France
6/4-6/2021 June 6, 2021June 6, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Officials up Pressure on Firms, Foreign Adversaries over Cyberattacks…Ex-CIA Chief Panetta: Russian Hackers Behind Cyberattacks Are ‘Terrorists’…Senate Sergeant at Arms Says Cyberattack More Worrisome Than Repeat of Jan. 6 Insurrection…Warner: Debate on Making It Illegal to Pay Ransoms ‘Worth Having’…U.S. Looks Into Cryptocurrency’s Role in Ransomware HacksBook Looks at the History of Money and Explains Our Obsession With CryptocurrencyREvil Ransomware Gang Spill Details on US AttacksHow to Protect Your Files From RansomwarePhishing Uses Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Lures to Infect VictimsThese Online Casino Emails Never Pay What They PromiseThe Rise of Cybersecurity DebtBiden Expands Trump’s Investment Ban on Chinese FirmsFacebook Suspends Donald Trump for at Least Two YearsFacebook Hit With New Antitrust Probes in the UK and EUAmazon to Share Your Internet With Neighbors on Tuesday – How to Opt OutMore U.S. Kids Warned About Internet Than Unsafe SexU.S. Charges Latvian For Helping Develop the Trickbot MalwareCox Media Group TV News Stations Become Apparent Target in Next CyberattackTokyo Olympic Games Organizers Latest to Be Hit by Data Breach, Info LeakCybersecurity Issues Close Des Moines Area Community CollegeMost Of Sierra College (CA) Systems Back Online After Ransomware AttackApache Pizza Warns Customers It Has Suffered Data BreachFujifilm Confirms Ransomware Attack Disrupted Business OperationsNew Evil Corp Ransomware Mimics PayloadBin Gang to Evade U.S. SanctionsFreakOut Malware Worms Its Way Into Vulnerable VMware ServersAttackers Are Scanning for Vulnerable VMware ServersTikTok Quietly Updated Its Privacy Policy to Collect Users’ Biometric DataSignal App Safety Numbers Do Not Always Change — Here’s WhyGitHub Updates Policy to Remove Exploit Code When Used in Active AttacksGoogle to Let Android Users Opt-Out to Stop Ads From Tracking ThemGoogle, Microsoft, and Mozilla Work Together on Better Browser Extensions
6/3/2021 June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Meatpacker JBS Says All Facilities Operating After Weekend CyberattackWhite House Pushes for Companies to Take Ransomware More Seriously After High-Profile CyberattacksU.S. To Give Ransomware Hacks Similar Priority as Terrorism, Official SaysHackers Are Making Americans’ Lives Worse, at an Awkward Time for BidenEx-SEC Internet Enforcement Chief Says Crypto Investors Are ‘Enabling’ Ransomware AttacksOnline Fraud Attempts Are up 25% In the U.S.—Here’s WhyBiden Steps up Pressure on Russia to Go After Cyber CriminalsNew SkinnyBoy Malware Used by Russian Hackers to Breach Sensitive OrgsChinese Threat Actors Hacked NYC MTA Using Pulse Secure Zero-DayBiden Needs to Stick With Huawei Maximum Pressure CampaignSupreme Court Narrows Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: Misusing Access Not the Same As Breaking InUF Health Florida Hospitals Back to Pen and Paper After CyberattackScottish Tourism Website Vandalized with X-Rated AdsWebsites Offline After Ransomware Group Claims to Have Hacked St. Clair County (IL)Google PPC Ads Used to Deliver InfostealersNecro Python Malware Upgrades With New Exploits and Crypto Mining CapabilitiesResearchers Warn of Critical Bugs Affecting Realtek Wi-Fi ModuleARIN Will Take Down Its RPKI for 30 Minutes to Test Your BGP RoutesWordPress Force Installs Jetpack Security Update on 5 Million SitesGoogle Chrome Now Warns You of Extensions From Untrusted DevsMicrosoft Teams Calls Are Getting End-to-End Encryption in July
6/2/2021 June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment White House Reviewing Ransomware Threat, Biden to Discuss With Putin…Hacks Force Biden Into More Aggressive Stance on Russia…REvil Ransomware Ground Down JBS: SourcesRansomware Scourge Continues as Essential Services Are Hit…Hacker Group DarkSide Operates in a Similar Way to a Franchise…Rise in Ransomware Requires Strong Government Response, Executives Say…Top Cybersecurity Official Warns of More Ransomware AttacksBreached Companies Facing Higher Interest Rates and Steeper Collateral RequirementsFireEye Selling Its Products Business and Name for $1.2 BillionRansomware Attack Will Impact Massachusetts Steamship Authority Into ThursdayNY’s M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks SurgeFujiFilm Shuts Down Network After Suspected Ransomware AttackBattle for the Galaxy: 6 Million Gamers Hit by Data LeakMobile County (AL) Hit by Cyber AttackScripps Health Begins Notifying More Than 147,000 People of Ransomware Records BreachHuawei Finally Patches USB LTE Stick FlawKali Linux 2021.2 Released With New Tools, Improvements, and ThemesNorton 360 Antivirus Now Lets You Mine Ethereum CryptocurrencyCybercriminals Hold $115,000-Prize Contest to Find New Cryptocurrency Hacks
6/1/2021 June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment White House Says Cyberattack on Meat Producer JBS Likely From Russia…Five Facts About Ransomware Attacks…Cyber-Insurance Fuels Ransomware Payment SurgeDOJ Seizes Domains Used by to Launch Malicious Emails Posing as USAID…APT 29Rhode Islander Charged with Phishing Political CandidatesU.S. Convicts “King of Fraud” Aleksandr ZhukovCybersecurity Startup Exabeam Raises $200M, Valued at $2.4BReport: Danish Secret Service Helped NSA Spy On European PoliticiansRansomware Hack Puts Sensitive Azusa (CA) Police Department Documents OnlineMalware Can Use This Trick to Bypass Ransomware Defense in Antivirus SolutionsCritical WordPress Plugin Zero-Day Under Active ExploitationWindows 10’s Package Manager Flooded With Duplicate, Malformed AppsMicrosoft Adds Automatic HTTPS in Edge for Secure BrowsingFirefox Now Blocks Cross-Site Tracking by Default in Private Browsing