7/29/2021 July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Israeli Government Agencies Visit NSO Group OfficesSouth Africa’s Transnet Restores Operations at Ports After Cyber Attack…Death Kitty?Cybersecurity Chiefs Are in High Demand as Companies Face Rising Hacking ThreatsKrebs: The Life Cycle of a Breached DatabasePoll Finds Americans Eager to Regulate Big TechEstonia Arrests Hacker Who Stole 286k ID Scans From Gov’t DatabaseSpam Is Chipotle’s Secret Ingredient: Marketing Email Hijacked to Dish Up MalwareChinese-Speaking Threat Actor ‘GhostEmperor’ Using Unknown Rootkit in Targeted AttacksNew Destructive Meteor Wiper Malware Used in Iranian Railway AttackHackers Exploit Microsoft Browser Bug to Deploy VBA Malware on Targeted PCsDoppelPaymer Ransomware Gang Rebrands as the Grief GroupNSA Shares Guidance on How to Secure Your Wireless Devices
7/28/2021 July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Moves to Boost Critical Infrastructure CybersecurityIsrael Tells France It Is Taking NSO Spyware Allegations SeriouslyChinese Hackers Implant PlugX Variant on Compromised MS Exchange ServersHackers Posed as Flirtatious UK Aerobics Instructor While Targeting U.S. Defense Contractor’s EmployeeHere’s What That Google Drive “Security Update” Message MeansGoogle: Android Apps Must Provide Privacy Information by April 2022Northern Ireland Suspends Vaccine Passport System After Data LeakGOP Bill Attempts to Inject Life Into Stalled Internet Privacy TalksCyber Insurance Rates Fail to Match Catastrophe Risk-Chubb CEOCalgary’s Parking Authority Exposed Drivers’ Personal Data and TicketsRansomware Attack on Grass Valley (CA)Batesville School District (AR) Blocks Ransomware AttackBlackMatter & Haron: Evil Ransomware Newborns or RebirthsUBEL is the New Oscorp — Android Credential Stealing Malware Active in the WildGoogle Play Protect Fails Android Security Tests Once MoreCritical Microsoft Hyper-V Bug Could Haunt Orgs for a Long TimeReboot of PunkSpider Tool at DEF CON Stirs DebateFBI Reveals Top Targeted Vulnerabilities of the Last Two Years
7/27/2021 July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden: If U.S. Has ‘Real Shooting War’ It Could Be Result of Cyber AttacksBiden Says Russia Spreading Misinformation Ahead of 2022 ElectionsIsrael Defence Minister to Share Initial Findings on NSO With FranceIsraeli Pegasus Spyware Saga Could Sow Diplomatic Rifts in AfricaGoogle Launches New Bug Hunters Vulnerability Rewards PlatformNo More Ransom Saves Victims Nearly €1 Over 5 YearsFBI Tracking More Than 100 Active Ransomware GroupsTop FBI Official Advises Congress Against Banning Ransomware PaymentsFormer eBay Employee Gets 18 Months in Prison for ‘Abominable’ Cyberstalking CampaignUC San Diego Health Announces Data BreachHack of Florida’s Unemployment System May Have Exposed Data of Thousands of Florida Men & WomenMisconfigured Azure Blob at Raven Hengelsport Exposed Records of 246,000 AnglersPraying Mantis Threat Group Targeting U.S. Firms in Sophisticated AttacksLockBit Ransomware Automates Windows Domain Encryption via Group PoliciesZimbra Server Bugs Could Lead to Email PlunderingSeveral Bugs Found in 3 Open-Source Software Used by Several BusinessesApple Patches Actively Exploited Zero-Day in iOS, MacOSMicrosoft Teams Now Automatically Blocks Phishing Attempts
7/26/2021 July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Hungarians Protest Against Alleged Illegal Surveillance With Pegasus SpywareKaseya Denies Paying Hackers for Decryption Key After Ransomware Attack…Researchers Warn of Unpatched Kaseya Unitrends Backup VulnerabilitiesHere’s How Much Victims Have Saved in Ransom Payments by Using These Free Decryption ToolsTech Groups Urge Congress to ‘Dig Deeper’ on Facebook Role in Capitol RiotMalware Makers Using ‘Exotic’ Programming LanguagesKrebs: PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp WalkBabuk Ransomware Gang Ransomed, New Forum Stuffed With PornTokyo 2020 Breach: User Names and Passwords of Some Ticket Holders and VolunteersImaging Company Express MRI Reports Data BreachMicrosoft Warns of LemonDuck Malware Targeting Windows and Linux SystemsApple Fixes Zero-Day Affecting iPhones and Macs, Exploited in the WildSignal Fixes Bug That Sent Random Images to Wrong ContactsMicrosoft Defender ATP Now Secures Removable Storage, Printers
7/23-25/2021 July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment WhatsApp Chief: U.S. Allies’ National Security Officials Targeted With NSO MalwarePakistan Seeks U.N. Probe of India’s Use of Pegasus SpywareBiden Team Has No Immediate Plan to Sanction China Over HacksU.S. Drops Visa Fraud Cases Against Five Chinese ResearchersThe U.S. Takes an Important Cybersecurity Step—Two Decades LateCompanies Face Growing Legal Risks Over Ransomware Data LeaksDutch Police Arrest Two Hackers Tied to “Fraud Family” Cybercrime RingTwitter Reveals Surprisingly Low Two-Factor Auth (2FA) Adoption RateSSNs, Financial Info May Have Been Exposed in Data Breach Impacting Yale New Haven Health46k Emails Exposed in Aging Partners Data Breach, Say Nebraska Health OfficialsFIN7’s Liquor Lure Compromises Law Firm with BackdoorNasty macOS Malware XCSSET Now Targets Google Chrome, Telegram SoftwareFake Windows 11 Installers Now Used to Infect You With MalwareDiscord CDN and API Abuses Drive Wave of Malware DetectionsApple Fixes Bug That Breaks iPhone WiFi When Joining Rogue HotspotsMicrosoft Shares Mitigations for New PetitPotam NTLM Relay Attack
7/22/2021 July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment NSO Group: Blame Our Customers, Not Us, For HackingMacron Changing PhoneChinese Hackers Stole Mekong Data From Cambodian Foreign MinistryWidespread Outage Disrupts Major Retail, Financial, Travel, Olympic Websites Worldwide…FedEx, UPS, Airbnb, and Delta Airlines Websites All Reporting Outages as ‘911 Lines Down’ Along East Coast…The Internet Outage That Took Down Several Major Websites Seems to Be Fixed…Akamai DNS Global OutageKaseya Obtains Key to Decrypt Systems Weeks After Ransomware AttackDemocrats Introduce Bill to Hold Platforms Accountable for Misinformation During Health CrisesAPT Hackers ‘StrongPity’ aka ‘Promethium’ Distributed Android Trojan via Syrian e-Government PortalSouth Africa’s Transnet Hit by Cyber AttackGuntrader.uk Data Breach1,000 GB of Local Government Data Exposed by Software Company PeopleGISRansomware Gang Breached CNA’s Network via Fake Browser UpdatePhish Swims Past Email Security With Milanote PagesCritical Jira Flaw in Atlassian Could Lead to RCEApple Issues Urgent iPhone Updates; None for Pegasus Zero-DayMITRE Updates List of Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Bugs
7/21/2021 July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment French Cybersecurity Agency Warns Of China-Linked APT 31 Attacks On French OrganizationsBiden to Convene Private Sector Leaders for Cybersecurity Talks in AugustOfficials Warn Of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Water SystemsPegasus Scandal: Are We All Becoming Unknowing Spies?Israel Appoints Task Force to Assess NSO Spyware AllegationsSaudi Official Denies the Kingdom Used Spyware to Track CommunicationsElon Musk Says Tesla Will Likely Start Accepting Bitcoin AgainCall for Online Abusers to Be Reported to EmployersMicrosoft Acquires Security Start-up CloudKnoxMassachusetts Couple Sues eBay Over ‘Unrelenting’ Harassment CampaignSpanish Cops Nab Brit Accused of Playing Role in 2020 Celeb Twitter HijackingKrebs: Serial Swatter Who Caused Death Gets Five Years in PrisonCISA Warns Of Stealthy Malware Found On Hacked Pulse Secure DevicesU.S. House Terminates Deal With iConstituent After Company Waited to Raise Ransomware AlarmBrockton Police Department (MA) Under Cyberattack, Police and Fire Forced to Go Old SchoolClearfield (UT) Target of Ransomware Attack; Official Says City Now ‘up and Running’Ransomware Hackers Attack Sunset Beach (NC) For More Than a MonthMacOS Being Picked Apart by $49 XLoader Data StealerNPM Package Steals Passwords via Chrome’s Account-Recovery ToolKubernetes Cloud Clusters Face Cyberattacks via Argo WorkflowsSeveral New Critical Flaws Affect CODESYS Industrial Automation SoftwareMicrosoft Shares Workaround for Windows 10 SeriousSAM VulnerabilityGoogle Chrome Now Comes With up to 50x Faster Phishing Detection
7/20/2021 July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment China Says Microsoft Hacking Accusations Fabricated by U.S. and Allies…Accuses U.S. of HackingFederal Agencies Say Dozens of Pipeline Companies Breached By Chinese Hackers in 2011On the Pegasus List: Ten Prime Ministers, Three Presidents and a KingFBI: Threat Actors May Be Targeting the 2020 Tokyo Summer OlympicsBitcoin Mining Isn’t Nearly as Bad for the Environment as It Used to Be, New Data ShowsKrebs: Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time ServedRobinhood Expects $30 Million Fine in Cyber, Money-Laundering Probe of Crypto ArmNorthern Train’s Ticketing System Out to Lunch as Ransomware Attack Shuts Down ServersGeneva (OH) Hit by New Strain Of Ransomware ‘AvosLocker’Aruba Notified Customers Regarding a Data Breach After Two MonthsMosaicLoader Malware Delivers Facebook Stealers, RATsNasty Linux Systemd Security Bug RevealedFortinet’s Security Appliances Hit By Remote Code Execution Vulnerability16-Year-Old HP Printer-Driver Bug Impacts Millions of Windows MachinesDuckDuckGo’s New Email Privacy Service Forwards Tracker-Free Messages
7/16-19/2021 July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S., Others Accuse China of Abetting Ransomware Attack…U.S. Charges Four Chinese Nationals Charged in Global Hacking Campaign…Biden Opens New Cyber Battle with China…Norway Says Cyber Attack on Parliament Carried Out From ChinaChina Sends State Security, Police Officials to Didi for Cybersecurity ProbePegasus: Who Are the Alleged Victims of Spyware Targeting?…Protecting Phones From Pegasus-Like Spyware Attacks…Israel Says NSO Group Spyware Exports Are For Lawful Use OnlyWhen Ransomware Comes to (Your) TownKrebs: Don’t Wanna Pay Ransom Gangs? Test Your Backups.Hacker Is Stealing the Identities of Victims, Surfside Mayor SaysHow Criminals Siphoned Off Unemployment Payments Directly From Recipients’ AccountsMicrosoft Takes Down Domains Used to Scam Office 365 UsersAmazon Asked Apple to Remove an App That Spots Fake Reviews, and Apple AgreedGlobal Data Restrictions on the Rise Amid Privacy and Security FearsLaw Firm for Ford, Boeing, Exxon, Marriott, Walgreens and More Hacked In Ransomware AttackEcuador’s State-Run CNT Telco Hit By RansomEXX RansomwareHackers Hit Florida Blue With Cyber-Spoofing Attack, Expose 30,000+ Members’ InfoComparis Customers Targeted by Scammers After Ransomware AttackCyberattack on Moldova’s Court of Accounts Destroyed Public AuditsSaudi Aramco Data Breach Sees 1 TB Stolen Data for SaleInsurtech Startup BackNine Exposed Thousands of Sensitive Insurance ApplicationsArtwork Archive Cloud Storage Misconfiguration Exposed User DataHelloKitty Ransomware Is Targeting Vulnerable SonicWall DevicesUnpatched iPhone Bug Allows Remote Device TakeoverCloudFlare CDNJS Bug Could Have Led to Widespread Supply-Chain AttacksNew Windows Print Spooler Zero Day Exploitable via Remote Print ServersCritical Juniper Bug Allows DoS, RCE Against Carrier NetworksGoogle Patches 8th Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild This YearD-Link Issues Hotfix for Hard-Coded Password Router Vulnerabilities
7/15/2021 July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Launches Online Hub to Help Ransomware Victims…Offers $10 Million for Tips on Foreign Hackers…Cybersecurity Bills Gain New Urgency After Rash of Attacks…Companies May Be Flagging Themselves For Hackers By Buying Cybersecurity Insurance…Phishing Continues to Be One of the Easiest Paths for RansomwareFacebook Disrupts Iranian Hackers Using Platform to Target U.S. Military PersonnelMicrosoft Says Israeli Company Candiru Is Behind Malware That Affected Windows PCsThe U.S. Surgeon General Is Calling COVID-19 Misinformation An ‘Urgent Threat’Nottingham City Transport: Bus Operator Hit By Cyber-AttackLinux Version of HelloKitty Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi ServersSafari Zero-Day Used in Malicious LinkedIn CampaignAttackers Exploited 4 Zero-Day Flaws in Chrome, Safari & IEZero-Day Attacks on Critical WooCommerce Bug Threaten DatabasesWindows Print Nightmare Continues With Malicious Driver PackagesFor Years, A Backdoor in Popular KiwiSDR Product Gave Root to Project Developer
7/14/2021 July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Southeast Asia Seeks Greater Tech Cooperation as U.S.-China Rivalry GrowsChinese Cyberspies’ Wide-Scale APT Campaign Hits Asian Gov’t EntitiesChinese Hackers Use New SolarWinds Zero-Day in Targeted AttacksHong Kong Working to Share Its Digital IDs With Mainland ChinaCOVID Scams Cost Americans Nearly $500 Million — and Criminals Are Now Eyeing the Child Tax Credit10 Mistakes Companies Make In Their Ransomware ResponsesDoes Cybercrime Impact Cryptocurrency Prices?Facebook Seeks FTC Chair Lina Khan’s Recusal in Antitrust Case16 Cybercriminals Behind Mekotio and Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Arrested in SpainRussian SVR Hackers Targeted LinkedIn Users With Safari Zero-DayLinux-Focused Cryptojacking Gang ‘Diicot brute’ Tracked to RomaniaUpdated Joker Malware Floods into Android AppsTrickbot Malware Rebounds with Virtual-Desktop Espionage Module ‘vncDll’BazarBackdoor Sneaks In Through Nested RAR and ZIP ArchivesSonicWall Warns Of ‘Critical’ Ransomware Risk to EOL SMA 100 VPN AppliancesWindows Hello Bypass Fools Biometrics Safeguards in PCsGoogle Chrome Will Add HTTPS-First Mode to Keep Your Data SafeHow a Small Dutch IT Company Caught Up in the Kaseya Attack Stepped Up for Customers
7/13/2021 July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Hackers Used SolarWinds Zero-Day Bug to Target U.S. Defense OrgsFCC Finalizes Program to Rip and Replace Huawei, ZTE Telecom Equipment in the U.S.China Issues Notice on Cyber Security Loophole Management‘Charming Kitten’ APT Siphons Intel From Mid-East ScholarsREvil Ransomware Gang Websites Disappear From InternetCyberattacks and Ransomware: How Can We Protect Our Energy Infrastructure?Ransomware: Only Half of Organisations Can Effectively Defend Against AttacksAmazon Rolls Out Encryption for Ring DoorbellsU.S. Indicts Dark Web User ‘the Bull’ for Insider TradingOklahoma Heart Hospital Employee Donates Notes With Patient Info to CharityPatient Information Potentially Accessed in Florida Heart Associates HackUnpatched Critical ‘ModiPwn’ RCE Bug Allows Industrial, Utility TakeoversCritical Flaws Reported in Etherpad — a Popular Google Docs AlternativeKrebs: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2021 EditionAdobe Patches 11 Critical Bugs in Popular Acrobat PDF ReaderFirefox 90 Adds Enhanced Tracker Blocking to Private BrowsingFacebook Announces Time Bonus Payouts for Bug Hunters
7/12/2021 July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Interpol Urges Police to Unite Against ‘Potential Ransomware PandemicChris Inglis Formally Sworn in as National Cyber Director…Senate Unanimously Approves Jen Easterly to Lead DHS Cyber AgencyVoice Cloning Of Growing Interest to Actors and CybercriminalsByteDance Shelved IPO Intentions After Chinese Regulators Warned About Data Security…China Drafts New Cyber-Security Industry Plan…Tech’s Next Wave of Development Will Happen in Asia, Singapore’s IMDA Chief PredictsWhatsApp Privacy Update Sparks Complaint From EU Consumer GroupsMicrosoft to Acquire Cybersecurity Firm RiskIQ as Cyber Threats MountSolarWinds Says Unknown Hackers Exploited Newly Discovered Software FlawSolarWinds Patches Critical Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the WildFashion Retailer Guess Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack200K Patients Exposed After Hackers Tried to Wire Money From ClearBalance FundsFamous Smoke Shop (PA) Website, Store & Lounge Shut Down Due to RansomwareBIOPASS RAT Uses Live Streaming Steal Victims’ DataCritical RCE Vulnerability in ForgeRock OpenAM Under Active AttackWordPress File Management Plugin Riddled with Critical Bugs
7/9-11/2021 July 11, 2021July 11, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Biden Presses Putin to Disrupt Cybercriminals in Russia as U.S. Grapples With Latest Ransomware Attacks…Biden ‘Optimistic’ After CallUkraine Says Russian Hackers Hit Its Navy WebsiteIran Transport Ministry Hit By Second Apparent Cyberattack in DaysKaseya Delays SAAS Restore to Sunday…Kaseya Patches VSA Vulnerabilities Used in REvil Ransomware AttackCISA Analysis Reveals Successful Attack Techniques of FY 2020North Korean APT Lazarus Targets Job-Seeking Engineers with Malicious DocumentsFBI Warns Cryptocurrency Owners, Exchanges of Ongoing AttacksKrebs: Spike in “Chain Gang” Destructive Attacks on ATMsFaces Are the Next Target for FraudstersCompany Sells Passports to Americans Looking For a Tax Break On Their Bitcoin ProfitsBiden Signs Sweeping Order to Bolster U.S. Competition, Target Big BusinessU.S. Offers Julian Assange Australian Prison Time Instead of American Supermax if He Loses Extradition FightAuthorities Seize Thousands Of PS4s Used In Crypto MiningRansomware Attack Hits Swiss Consumer Outlet ComparisMint Mobile Hit By a Data Breach After Numbers Ported, Data AccessedInsurance Giant CNA Reports Data Breach After Earlier Ransomware AttackMore From Elekta Breach: Northwestern Urges Cancer Patients to Check Statements After Data BreachRural German District Anhalt-Bitterfeld Declares Disaster After CyberattackMassena School (NY) Servers Back to Normal After Cyber AttackCyberattack at Bank of Oak Ridge (NC), Customer Data ExposedMarch Data Breach Exposed Peoples Community Health Clinic (IA) Patient InformationClassic Football Shirts Warns Customers of ScamMagecart Hackers Hide Stolen Credit Card Data Into Images for Evasive ExfiltrationCritical Flaws Reported in Philips Vue PACS Medical Imaging SystemsCisco BPA, WSA Bugs Allow Remote CyberattacksMicrosoft Office Users Warned on New Malware-Protection BypassMicrosoft: PrintNightmare Security Updates Work, Start Patching!
7/8/2021 July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Krebs: Kaseya Left Customer Portal Vulnerable to 2015 Flaw in its Own SoftwareREvil Victims Are Refusing to Pay After Flawed Kaseya Ransomware AttackCyber Command Lawyer Calls for Military Operations Against HackersLetting Businesses ‘Hack Back’ Against Hackers Is a Terrible Idea, Cyber Veterans SayOil & Gas Targeted in Year-Long Cyber-Espionage CampaignExperts Uncover ‘Bandidos’ Malware Attacks Targeting Corporate Networks in Latin AmericaChina’s Cyber Watchdog to Police Chinese Overseas ListingsNew South Wales Department of Education Struck by Cyber AttackWhitehouse Independent School District (TX) Employee, Info Compromised by RansomwareMorgan Stanley Faces Data Breach, Corporate Client Info Stolen in Vendor HackAccellion Data Breach Continues to Get MessierMarvel Movie ‘Black Widow’ Malware DetectedCoursera Flunks API Security Test in Researchers’ ExamWindows Security Update KB5004945 Breaks Printing On Zebra PrintersMozilla Firefox to Roll Out DNS Over HTTPS for Canadian Users
7/7/2021 July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment New Cyberattacks Ramp up Tensions With Russia…Biden Says He Will Know More on Thursday About Attempted RNC Hack…Kremlin Says Russian State Had Nothing to Do With U.S. RNC HackCode in Huge Ransomware Attack Written to Avoid Computers That Use Russian…Cybersecurity Researchers Say They Warned Kaseya of Flaw in April…Fake Kaseya VSA Security Update Drops Cobalt StrikeWhite House Urges Mayors to Review Local Govts’ Cybersecurity PostureHuawei Hires Three New Lobbying FirmsDozens of States Sue Google Over App Store FeesTrump Sues Facebook, Twitter, Google to Restore Social-Media AccountsRobinhood Crypto Unit Expects $10 Million Fine in Cyber, Anti-Money Laundering InquirySuspected ‘Dr HeX’ Hacker Busted for 9 Years of PhishingHackers Attack Websites of Ukraine’s President and Security ServiceCoastal Family Health Center (MS) Falls Victim to Hacker, Phi ExposedCyber Attack Shuts Down City of Joplin’s Online ServicesMacOS Targeted in WildPressure APT Malware CampaignTens of Thousands Scammed Using Fake Android Cryptomining AppsCritical Sage X3 RCE Bug Allows Full System TakeoversDozens of Vulnerable NuGet Packages Allow Attackers to Target .NET PlatformKrebs: Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Windows Flaw…Fails to Fix?Tor Browser Adds New Anti-Censorship Feature, V2 Onion Warnings
7/6/2021 July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Cybersecurity CEO: Hackers Demanding $70 Million in Global Ransomware Attack Won’t Get That Much…Hackers Reportedly Lower Ransom Demand to Restore Data to $50M…U.S. Warns of Action Against Ransomware Gangs if Russia Refuses…Biden Says Ransomware Attack Caused ‘Minimal Damage’ to U.S. CompaniesCybersecurity in Focus for Companies as Online Threats SurgePentagon Scraps JEDI in Win for Amazon at Microsoft’s ExpenseRNC Says Contractor Breached in Hack, GOP Data Secure…Russian APT 29 aka ‘Cozy Bear’Hacker Dumps Private Info of Pro-Trump Gettr Social Network MembersMicrosoft Pushes Emergency Update for Windows PrintNightmare Zero-DayMicrosoft 365 to Let SecOps Lock Hacked Active Directory AccountsKaspersky Password Manager’s Random Password Generator Was About as Random as Your Wall Clock
7/5/2021 July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Chinese Regulators Suggested Didi Delay Its U.S. IPO…After Crackdown on Didi, China Opens Cybersecurity Probes Into 3 More Tech Firms…China’s Tech Crackdown Has a New Battleground — DataFacebook, Twitter, Google Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Proposed Data LawsThe Food Industry May Be Finally Paying Attention To Its Weakness To CyberattacksHow to Get a Lucrative Job in Cybersecurity5 Mistakes That Impact a Security Team’s SuccessHackers Behind Holiday Crime Spree Demand $70 Million, Say They Locked 1 Million Devices…Up to 1,500 Businesses Affected by Ransomware Attack, U.S. Firm’s CEO Says…CISA, FBI Share Guidance for Victims of Kaseya Ransomware Attack…No Contact From Washington Over Latest Ransomware Attack, Kremlin SaysPro-Trump Social Media Site Gettr HackedQNAP Fixes Critical Bug in NAS Backup, Disaster Recovery App
7/2-4/2021 July 5, 2021July 5, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Ransomware Attack on Software Manager Kaseya Hits 200 Companies…REvil Ransomware Attack Affecting Likely Thousands of Targets Drags On…Kaseya Urges Customers to Immediately Shut Down VSA Servers After Ransomware Attack…Biden Orders Probe…Kaseya Was Fixing Zero-Day Just as REvil Ransomware Sprung Their Attack…Biden: ‘Initial Thinking’ Recent Ransomware Attack Not by Russian Government…White House Reaching Out With Assistance to Latest Ransomware Victims…REvil Is Increasing Ransoms for Kaseya Ransomware Attack VictimsRussia Denies Recent U.S., UK Hacking AllegationsHackers Zero in on Tokyo OlympicsChina Orders Ride-Hailing Firm Didi’s App Removed From App StoresFTC Vote Could Pave Way for New Privacy RulesSwedish Coop Supermarkets Shut Due to U.S. Ransomware Cyber-AttackU.S. Insurance Giant AJG Reports Data Breach After Ransomware AttackF1 Confirms ‘Targeted Attack’ LED to App HackMongolian Certificate Authority Hacked to Distribute Backdoored CA SoftwareWiregrass Electric Cooperative (AL): No Data Compromised in Ransomware AttackU.S. Chemical Distributor Brenntag Shares Info on DarkSide Ransomware Data TheftAndroid Apps with 5.8 million Installs Caught Stealing Users’ Facebook PasswordsMicrosoft Warns of Critical PowerShell 7 Code Execution VulnerabilityKrebs: Another 0-Day Looms for Many Western Digital UsersBlackbaud Must Face Data Breach Claims Over 2020 Ransomware Attack
7/1/2021 July 2, 2021July 2, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. and UK Agencies Accuse Russia of Political Cyber-Campaign…Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack AccountsResearchers Uncover Effort by Chinese-Speaking IndigoZebra APT to Target Afghan Gov’tKrebs: Intuit to Share Payroll Data from 1.4M Small Businesses With EquifaxVirusTotal Ordered by Irish Court to Reveal Private Info of Stolen HSE Data DownloadersFTC Votes to Expand Antitrust Enforcement PowersTrump Allies Launch New Social Media Platform GettrPutin Orders Twitter to Open Russian OfficeTwitter Now Lets You Use Security Keys as the Only 2FA MethodBarracuda Acquires Skout Cybersecurity to Enter the XDR MarketLinkedIn’s 1.2B Data-Scrape Victims Already Being Targeted by AttackersHacked Data for 69K LimeVPN Users Up for Sale on Dark WebHundreds of One Medical Patients’ Emails ExposedTrickbot Cybercrime Group Linked to New Diavol RansomwareBabuk Ransomware Is Back, Uses New Version on Corporate NetworksMicrosoft Adds Second CVE for PrintNightmare Remote Code ExecutionCISA: Disable Windows Print Spooler on Servers Not Used for PrintingGoogle Chrome Will Get an HTTPS-Only Mode for Secure BrowsingInfosec Community Posts Solidarity Bikini Pics After Twitter Troll Outburst
6/30/2021 July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment White House Sees Electric Grid as Blueprint for Post-Colonial Pipeline Cyber PushNew Bipartisan Cybersecurity Bill Aims to Attract Top Talent Into Government, Co-Authors SayFeds Told to Better Manage Facial Recognition, Amid Privacy ConcernsAmazon Requests FTC Chair Recuse Herself From Antitrust InvestigationsFacebook Sues Hackers Who Hijacked Advertising Agencies’ AccountsKrebs: We Infiltrated a Counterfeit Check Ring! Now What?CISA Releases New Ransomware Self-Assessment Security Audit ToolWhat Do Most Companies Think When Hackers Demand Ransom? Time to PayLorenz Ransomware Decryptor Recovers Victims’ Files for FreeIsraeli Charged in Global Hacker-for-Hire Scheme Wants Plea DealPolice Bust $15 Million European Fraud RingAnalyst Steals Millions by Spoofing DirectorSentinelOne Closes up 21% In NYSE Debut as Highest-Valued Cybersecurity IPO EverUK Arm of International Charity the Salvation Army Hit by Ransomware AttackUniversity Medical Center (NV) Hit in Cyberattack, Data StolenIndian Tech Startup Exposed Byju’s Student DataGermany Thwarts Cyberattack, Denies Impact on Banking SystemLinkedIn Denies Exposure of 700 Million User Records Is a Data BreachPenn Foundation Says Ransom Not Paid in Cyber Attack; No Indication PII MisusedIndexsinas SMB Worm Campaign Infests Whole EnterprisesLeaked Babuk Locker Ransomware Builder Used in New AttacksPoC Exploit Circulating for Critical Windows Print Spooler BugMicrosoft Finds Netgear Router Bugs Enabling Corporate BreachesMajor Linux RPM Problem UncoveredWindows 11 Makes TPM Diagnostics Tool Its First Optional FeatureFour in Ten Americans Use Embarrassing Passwords