7/28/2022 July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment NKorean Kimsuky Use Google Chrome Extension to Steal Emails UndetectedU.S., Ukraine Sign Pact to Expand Cooperation in CyberspaceEU to Open San Francisco Office Focused on Tech RegulationHow Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian CensorshipGoogle Brings Street View Back to India Following 2016 BanUK Police Warn About Social Media Accounts Being Hijacked to Post Indecent ImagesEuropean Police Arrest 100 Suspects in BEC CrackdownJPMorgan, UBS, TradeStation Accused of Shoddy ID Theft ProtectionThreat Actors Pivot Around Microsoft’s Macro-Blocking in OfficeRansom Payments Fall as Fewer Victims Choose to Pay HackersKrebs: Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy ServiceHive Ransomware Group Demands £500,000 From Wooton Upper School in BedfordshireSt. Luke’s Health System (ID) Vendor Kay-Smith Data Breach Affects 31,573 PatientsClinivate (CA) Announces Data BreachGannon Associates Insurance Agency (PA) Announces Data BreachMalicious NPM Packages Steal Discord Users’ Payment Card InfoMicrosoft SQL Servers Hacked to Steal Bandwidth for Proxy ServicesAkamai Blocked Largest DDoS in Europe Against One of Its CustomersLibreOffice Addresses Security Issues With Macros, PasswordsGoogle Delays Blocking 3rd-Party Cookies in Chrome Browser Until 2024
7/27/2022 July 28, 2022July 28, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders Says Phone Likely Hacked With Israeli NSO Group’s Pegasus Spyware…Daughter of Imprisoned ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero to Testify on Spyware at House Hearing…We’re Likely Only Seeing ‘The Tip of the Iceberg’ of Pegasus Spyware Use Against the U.S.Moldova Plans Cyber Overhauls Amid War in Neighboring UkraineApple Network Traffic Takes Mysterious Detour Through RussiaWeak Data Protection Helped China Attack U.S. Federal Reserve, Report SaysKrebs: A Retrospective on the 2015 Ashley Madison BreachGoogle, Like Amazon, May Let Police See Your Video Without a WarrantSpain Arrests Suspected Hackers Who Sabotaged Radiation Alert SystemAverage Data Breach Costs Soar to $4.4M Globally & $9.4M in the U.S. in 2022Microsoft Says It Caught an Austrian Spyware Group ‘DSIRF’ Using Previously Unknown Windows Exploits…‘Subzero’New ‘Robin Banks’ Phishing Service Targets BofA, Citi, and Wells FargoKansas MSP Shuts Down Cloud Services to Fend Off CyberattackCybersecurity Vendor Entrust Tells Customers Data Was Stolen During June CyberattackThese Ransomware Hackers Gave up When They Hit Multi-Factor AuthenticationFileWave Fixes Bugs That Left 1,000+ Orgs Open to Ransomware, Data TheftGithub Introduces 2FA and Quality of Life Improvements for NPMFedora Ditches ‘No Rights Reserved’ Software Over Patent ConcernsProtestware on the Rise: Why Developers Are Sabotaging Their Own Code
7/26/2022 July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Doubles Reward for Tips on North Korean-Backed HackersHow Big Is the Risk That Someone Will Hack an EV Charging Network?Phishing Attacks Skyrocket with Microsoft and Facebook as Most Abused BrandsLinkedIn Phishing Target Employees Managing Facebook Ad Accounts…‘Ducktail’Poor Training and Communications Hindering Cybersecurity EffortsExperts Find Similarities Between New LockBit 3.0 and BlackMatter Ransomware…LockBit Claims Attack on Italian Tax AgencyNo More Ransom Helps Millions of Ransomware Victims in 6 YearsCrypto Exchange Kraken Reportedly Hunted by the Feds for Alleged Sanctions BustingSenate Panel Turns to Kids’ Online SafetyNPM Users Can Now Connect a Twitter Account as a Recovery MethodHackers Steal $6 Million From Blockchain Music Platform AudiusNew Android Malware Apps Installed 10 Million Times From Google PlayArhaus (OH) Confirms Data Breach Affecting Employee InformationLuca Stealer Malware Spreads Rapidly After Code Handily Appears on GithubHackers Increasingly Using WebAssembly Coded Cryptominers to Evade DetectionCosmicstrand UEFI Malware Found in Gigabyte, ASUS MotherboardsMicrosoft: IIS Extensions Increasingly Used as Exchange BackdoorsDiscord, Telegram Services Hijacked to Launch Array of CyberattacksCritical FileWave MDM Flaws Open Organization-Managed Devices to Remote HackersCritical Vulnerabilities Exposed Nuki Smart Locks to a Plethora of Attack OptionsHackers Scan for Vulnerabilities Within 15 Minutes of Disclosure
7/25/2022 July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship MachineFormer Google Executive Camille Stewart Gloster to Join White House Cyber OfficeDems Fume at Disney’s Hulu for Blocking Ads on Abortion, Guns, Jan. 6Crypto Firms Make Thieving Hackers an Offer: Keep a Little, Give Back the RestUK Seizes Nearly $27m in Crypto-AssetsHow to Require Strong Passwords That Are Not Easily Cracked by Bad Guys on Your Shared Windows PC DevicesMicrosoft Adds Default Protection Against RDP Brute-Force Attacks in Windows 11T-Mobile Pitches $4-Per-Customer Settlement for Data Leak Impacting 80M PeopleAnti-Vax Dating Site ‘Unjected’ That Let People Advertise ‘mRNA Free’ Semen Left All Its User Data ExposedVista Bank (TX) Reports Data Breach Affecting Social Security NumbersToronto Symphony Orchestra Customer Names and Emails Potentially Compromised in Ransomware AttackAustralia’s Mount Gambier Prison Hit in Cyber AttackA ‘Top Tier’ Hacking Gang Is Likely to Be Behind Entrust Ransomware AttackHackers Exploited PrestaShop Zero-Day to Breach Online StoresExperts Uncover New ‘CosmicStrand’ UEFI Firmware Rootkit Used by Chinese HackersSource Code for Rust-Based Info-Stealer Released on Hacker Forums
7/22-24/2022 July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Bolsters Cyber Alliance to Counter Rising Iran ThreatN.Korea Denounces U.S. Over Washington’s Remarks on Cryptocurrency StealingNorth Korean Hackers Attack EU Targets With Konni RAT MalwareHacked Ukrainian Radio Stations Broadcast Fake News About President Zelensky’s HealthThai Minister Backtracks on Spyware Admission as Government Denies Pegasus UseChrome Use Subject to Restrictions in Dutch Schools Over Data Security ConcernsMalware-as-a-Service Creating New Cybercrime EcosystemHow to Safely Lend Someone Else Your PhoneKlobuchar Asks FTC to Investigate Amazon’s $3.9 Billion Move to Acquire One MedicalT-Mobile Agrees to $350 Million Settlement Over Its Massive 2021 Data BreachMy Big Coin Founder Is – You Guessed It – A $6M Crypto-FraudsterSt. Marys, Ontario, Canada Is Being Extorted by LockBit Global Ransomware GangHacker Selling Twitter Account Data of 5.4 Million Users for $30KOnline Insurer PolicyBazaar Says Customer Data Was Exposed by ‘Unauthorized Access’British Columbia LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group Qmunity Hit With CyberattackSmithsonian Statement: WordFly Data Security IncidentPayPal Used to Send Malicious “Double Spear” InvoicesQBot Phishing Uses Windows Calculator Sideloading to Infect DevicesAmadey Malware Pushed via Software Cracks in SmokeLoader CampaignSonicWall Issues Patch for Critical Bug Affecting its Analytics and GMS ProductsAtlassian: Confluence Hardcoded Password Was Leaked, Patch Now!Google Bringing the Android App Permissions Section Back to the Play Store
7/21/2022 July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment The 2022 US Midterm Elections’ Top Security Issue: Death ThreatsSenators Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill to Improve Defenses Against Quantum Computing Data BreachesHow Conti Ransomware Hacked and Encrypted the Costa Rican GovernmentOutlook Email Users Alerted to Suspicious Activity From Microsoft-Owned IP AddressMicrosoft Starts Blocking Office Macros by Default, AgainGoogle Erroneously Blocks Site of Largest Computing Society, ACM, for Being ‘Harmful’Hackers for Hire: Adversaries Employ ‘Cyber Mercenaries’Krebs: Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’Former Coinbase Employee Charged in Alleged Insider-Trading SchemeHackers Breached the Neopets Virtual Pet Community, Exposing Personal Data of 69 MillionHackers Use Evilnum Malware to Target Cryptocurrency and Commodities PlatformsNew Redeemer Ransomware Version Promoted on Hacker ForumsThe Kronos Ransomware Attack: What You Need to Know So Your Business Isn’t NextChrome Zero-Day Used to Infect Journalists With Candiru SpywareNew Linux Malware ‘Lightning Framework’ Lets Attackers Install Rootkit on Targeted SystemsWindows 11 Now Blocks RDP Brute-Force Attacks by DefaultThe Market Is Teeming: Bargains on Dark Web Give Novice Cybercriminals a Quick Start
7/20/2022 July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Data-Hosting in China Hampers U.S. Law Enforcement -ProsecutorThe DHS Bought a ‘Shocking Amount’ of Phone-Tracking DataSecurity Chiefs Warn Bloated Cyber Market Must Learn to Work TogetherBoffins Release Tool to Decrypt Intel Microcode. Have at It, X86 Giant SaysI Found a Fraudulent Amazon Charge on My Account After Prime Day. Here’s How to Protect YourselfLinkedIn Remains the Most Impersonated Brand in Phishing AttacksGoogle Calendar Provides New Way to Block Invitation PhishingSingapore Distances Itself From Local Crypto CompaniesThailand Admits to Using Phone Spyware, Cites National SecurityPro-Russia Hack Campaigns Are Running Rampant in UkraineConvincing ‘YouTube’ Google Ads Lead to Windows Support ScamsGas South (GA) Confirms Unauthorized Access to Its Network, Leading to Consumer Data BreachAllOne Health (PA) Discovers Breach After Accidentally Wiring Money to a Fraudulent AccountNew Luna Ransomware Encrypts Windows, Linux, and ESXi SystemsMagecart Serves Up Card Skimmers on Restaurant-Ordering SystemsCisco Fixes Bug That Lets Attackers Execute as RootAtlassian Fixes Critical Confluence Hardcoded Credentials VulnerabilityGoogle Play Adds Support for DNS-over-HTTP/3 in Android Designed to Keep DNS Queries Private
7/19/2022 July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment A Russian-Backed Malware Group Is Spoofing Pro-Ukraine Apps, Google FindsRussian SVR Hackers Use Google Drive, Dropbox to Evade DetectionEU Warns of Russian Cyberattack Spillover, Escalation RisksRussian Threat to U.S. Elections Persists Even Amid War in Ukraine, Officials SayBelgium Says Chinese Hackers Attacked Its Ministry of DefenseChinese Regulator to Fine Didi More Than $1 Billion Over Data-Security BreachesInstagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s GroupsAmazon Sues Thousands of Facebook Group Administrators Over Fake ReviewsTwitter-Musk Trial Set for October in Lawsuit Over Stalled $44 Billion TakeoverU.S. Seizes $500,000 in Ransom Paid to North Korean Hackers, Official SaysRomanian Man Extradited to U.S. On Hacking Charges Over Virus That Hit NASAWHO Rushed In New Security Steps After 2020 CyberattackCyber Companies and Universities Are Building ‘Cyber Talent Hub’Software Supply Chain Concerns Reach C-SuiteWalmart-Controlled Flight Booking Service Cleartrip Suffers Substantial Data LeakBuilding Materials Giant Knauf Hit by Black Basta Ransomware GangHackers Steal 50,000 Credit Cards From 300 U.S. RestaurantsNorthcentral University Announces Data Breach Affecting Sensitive Student InfoBlue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Announces Data BreachAmerican Dental Association Reports Breach After RansomwareMalicious Android Apps With 300K Installs Found on Google PlayNew MacOS Backdoor ‘CloudMensis’ Communicates Via Public CloudHacking Group ‘8220’ Grows Cloud Botnet to More Than 30,000 HostsFormer Conti Actors Remain Active in Cybercrime UnderworldNew Air-Gap Attack Uses SATA Cable as an Antenna to Transfer Radio SignalsAuthentication Risks Discovered in Okta PlatformPopular Vehicle GPS Tracker Gives Hackers Admin Privileges Over SMSOngoing UK Heat Wave Causes Google and Oracle Cloud Outages
7/18/2022 July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Pegasus Phone Spyware Used to Target 30 Thai Activists, Cyber Watchdogs SayRussia Fines Google $358 Million for Not Removing Banned InfoTikTok Engaging in Excessive Data Collection, According to New White PaperCISA Announces Launch of London BureauAdvocacy Groups Seek Federal Ban on Cyber Ninjas BusinessNew Study Finds Most Enterprise Vendors Failing to Mitigate Speculative Execution AttacksWhy Cybersecurity Frameworks Alone Won’t Stop The Next Major BreachKrebs: A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’DCMS Sets Out Proposal For New AI RulebookFlipkart’s Cleartrip Confirms Data Breach After Hackers Put Data for SaleAnonymous Mental Health App Feelyou Accidentally Exposed 70,000 Personal EmailsSixt Rent-A-Car Breach Appears to Affect Employees, Dependents, and CustomersLawson Products Reports Data Breach Affecting a Large Number of Data TypesColorado Police Investigating Ransomware Attack on Town of FrederickFBI Warns of Fake Cryptocurrency Apps Used to Defraud InvestorsRoaming Mantis Hits Android and iOS Users in Malware, Phishing AttacksMicrosoft’s Latest Security Patch Troubles Windows 11 Users
7/15-17/2022 July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Ukraine Leans on Elon Musk’s Starlink in Fight Against RussiaChinese Authorities Grill Alibaba Executives in Data Leak of 1 Billion PeopleHouse Republicans Press TikTok on Data SharingKrebs: Why 8kun Went Offline During the January 6 HearingsGoogle Removes “App Permissions” List from Play Store for New “Data Safety” SectionThe Matrix Messaging Network Now Counts More Than 60 Million UsersAverage American Accesses Suspicious Sites 6.5 Times a DayTor Browser Now Bypasses Internet Censorship AutomaticallyRansomware Reduces Costa Rica to Pen and PaperAlbania Shuts Down Digital Services and Government Websites after Cyber AttackSouthern Environmental Reports Data Breach Affecting Current and Former EmployeesMore Than 1,400 Plymouth (UK) Households Hit by Clarion Housing Cyber AttackPassword Recovery Tool Infects Industrial Systems With Sality MalwareHackers Targeting VoIP Servers By Exploiting Digium Phone SoftwareThousands of Websites Run Buggy WordPress Plugin That Allows Complete TakeoverNew Netwrix Auditor Bug Could Let Attackers Compromise Active Directory DomainCISA Pulls the Fire Alarm on Juniper Networks BugsHow Can I Get a Job in Cybersecurity?
7/14/2022 July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment State-Sponsored Cyberespionage Campaigns Continue Targeting Journalists & MediaDHS Review Board Says It Could Take Years to Fix Gov’t Log4j Software VulnerabilityTrump’s 2020 Outrage Drives Fear of ‘Insider’ Election ThreatsFewer Fall Victim to Data Breaches as Attackers Switch to Business in 2022European Police Aim to Keep Young Hackers From Slipping Into CybercrimeIs Cryptocurrency’s Crash Causing Headaches for Ransomware Gangs?Amazon Handed Doorbell Cam Ring Data to U.S. Police 11 Times So Far in 2022Pakistani Hackers Targeting Indian Students in Latest Malware CampaignHoly Ghost Ransomware Operation Linked to North Korean HackersMantis Botnet Behind the Record-Breaking DDoS Attack in JuneBlackCat Ransomware Group Deploys Brute Ratel Pen Testing KitPayPal Phishing Kit Added to Hacked WordPress Sites for Full ID TheftLenovo Issues Firmware Updates After Researchers Disclosed UEFI VulnerabilitiesWhat These Two Companies Learned From Their Cyberattack Experiences
7/13/2022 July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. FTC Vows to Crack Down on illegal Use and Sharing of Citizens’ Sensitive DataSCOTUS Justices ‘Doxxed’ After Overturning Roe v. WadeMergers and Acquisitions Put Zero Trust to the TestMicrosoft Releases Tweet-Size Exploit for macOS Sandbox Escape BugInternet Searches Reveal Surprisingly Prevalent RansomwareWhy Do Hacks Happen? Four Ubiquitous Motivations Behind Cybersecurity AttacksNew Lilith Ransomware Emerges With Extortion Site, Lists First VictimEx-CIA Engineer Convicted for Sending Classified Hacking Tools and Info to WikiLeaks$8 Million Stolen in Large-Scale Uniswap Airdrop Phishing AttackBandai Namco Confirms Hack After ALPHV Ransomware Data Leak ThreatColorado Springs Utilities Experiences Data Breach, Customer Data CompromisedAfni (IL) Announces Data BreachNew Android Malware ‘Autolycos’ on Google Play Installed 3 Million TimesMGA Sounds Alarm on Growing “BazarCall” Ransomware AttacksNew UEFI Firmware Vulnerabilities Impact Several Lenovo Notebook ModelsKrebs: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2022 Edition
7/12/2022 July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Experts Say U.S. Must Not Let EU Lead on CybersecurityMicrosoft: Phishing bypassed MFA in attacks against 10,000 orgsCybersecurity Is A Journey, Not A Destination, And It’s For EveryoneA Privacy Panic Flares Up in India After Police Pull Payment DataTikTok Postpones Privacy Policy Update in Europe After Italy Warns of GDPR BreachHow Elon Musk’s Twitter Feud Could Unfold in CourtCyber Insurers Looking for New Risk Assessment ModelsFraud Protection Efforts Target Fake Corporate Identities Online and OfflineHackers Can Unlock Honda Cars Remotely in Rolling-PWN AttacksMicrosoft 365 Patches for Windows 7 to End in 2023Lithuanian Energy Firm Disrupted by DDOS AttackHackers Posing as Merkel Target European Central Bank’s LagardeVCU Health Data Breach Exposes Private Information of Thousands of PatientsNew ‘Luna Moth’ Hackers Breach Orgs via Fake Subscription RenewalsOlder AMD, Intel Chips Vulnerable to Data-Leaking ‘Retbleed’ Spectre VariantVMware Patches vCenter Server Flaw Fisclosed in NovemberMicrosoft’s July Patch Tuesday Fixes Actively Exploited BugMicrosoft Fixes Dozens of Azure Site Recovery Privilege Escalation BugsCISA Orders Agencies to Patch New Windows Zero-Day Used in Attacks
7/11/2022 July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment U.S. Defense Firm L3Harris Ends Talks to Buy Israeli Spyware From Controversial Firm NSO GroupKrebs: Experian, You Have Some Explaining to DoTwo Ransomware Gangs Now Let You Search Their Stolen DataPopular NFT Marketplace Axie Phished by North Korean APT Earlier This Year with Fake Job OfferNew Phishing Attacks Shame, Scare Victims into Surrendering Twitter, Discord CredentialsBrazen Crooks Are Now Posing as Cybersecurity Companies to Trick You Into Installing MalwareFlorida Man, CEO of Dozens of Companies, Charged in Scheme to Traffic an Estimated $1BN in Fake Cisco DevicesDefense Contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Pays $9M to Settle Whistleblower’s Cybersecurity AllegationsMassive Rogers Outage Caused by a Maintenance UpdateRansomware Attack Hits French Telecoms Firm La Poste MobileElden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco Reportedly Targeted in an Alphv Ransomware Attack, Claims GroupATC Healthcare Services (NY) Announces Data BreachCloud-based Cryptocurrency Miners Targeting GitHub Actions and Azure VMsHavanaCrypt Ransomware Sails in as a Fake Google UpdateMicrosoft Says Decision to Unblock Office Macros Is TemporaryHow to Auto Block Macros in Microsoft Office Docs From the Internet
7/8-10/2022 July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Security Warning After Sale of Stolen Chinese DataChinese Cyber Espionage Groups Increasingly Targeting RussiaWeb3 Projects Have Lost More Than $2 Billion to Hacks This YearLawyers Urged to Stop Advising Clients to Pay Ransomware DemandsLeaked Documents Reveal Uber’s Secretive Relationship With Top PoliticiansElon Musk Seeks to Abandon $44 Billion Twitter Deal…Elon Musk Faces a Long Legal War With TWITTER, Which Has the Upper Hand…Twitter Faces ‘Worst Case Scenario’ as Elon Musk Terminates PurchaseGoogle Offers Concessions to Fend Off U.S. Antitrust LawsuitHouse Oversight Opens Probe Into Handling of Reproductive Health DataMicrosoft Makes Major Course Reversal, Allows Office to Run Untrusted MacrosMangatoon Data Breach Exposes Data From 23 Million AccountsAon Hack Exposed Sensitive Information of 146,000 CustomersRogers Network Down Across CanadaCyber-Attack on India: Over 2,000 Indian Websites Hacked Says Ahmedabad PoliceNapa Valley College Suffers Ransomware Attack Over the WeekendMaastricht University Wound up Earning Money From Its Ransom PaymentNew 0mega Ransomware Targets Businesses in Double-Extortion AttacksExperts Uncover 350 Browser Extension Variants Used in ABCsoup Adware CampaignHackers Exploiting Follina Bug to Deploy Rozena BackdoorFree Decryptor Released for AstraLocker, Yashma Ransomware VictimsPyPI Mandates 2FA for Critical Projects, Developer Pushes Back
7/7/2022 July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Russian Info Ops Ramp Up Effort to Divide West on UkraineChinese Police Database Was Left Unsecured Long Before Hackers Seized It…Exposes China’s Vast Surveillance StateOnline Programming IDEs Can Be Used to Launch Remote CyberattacksFake Copyright Complaints Push IcedID Malware Using Yandex FormsI Sent My Yoga Studio a Web Form, and All I Got Was This Lousy Malware AttackVulgar Posts Fill Disneyland Instagram Account After HackTech World May Face Huge Fines in UK if It Doesn’t Scrub CSAM From Encrypted ChatsFive Accused of Trying to Silence China Critics in U.S.Cybersecurity Has a Talent Shortage & Non-Technical People With Analytical Skills Have a Way Into the GamePort Phillip Prison (Australia) Is Hit With a Sophisticated Cyber AttackAmerican Marriage Ministries Acknowledges Data Exposure After Earlier Incident Reported to FBICollege of the Desert (CA) Knocked Offline in CyberattackEast West Family (CO) Announces Data Breach Involving Sensitive Employee InfoHack Allows Drone Takeover Via ‘ExpressLRS’ ProtocolOver 1200 NPM Packages Found Involved in “CuteBoi” Cryptomining CampaignNew Stealthy OrBit Malware Steals Data From Linux DevicesQNAP Warns of New Checkmate Ransomware Targeting NAS DevicesCisco Releases 10 Security Patches For Expressway Series and TelePresence VCS Products
7/6/2022 July 6, 2022July 7, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Heads of FBI, MI5 Issue Joint Warning on Chinese SpyingFederal Agencies Warn Health Sector Against North Korean ‘Maui’ RansomwareSenators Call On FTC Chair Khan to Investigate TikTok’s Data Security as Skepticism GrowsHuman Error Blamed for Leak of 1 Billion Records of Chinese CitizensHow a Fake Job Offer Took Down the World’s Most Popular Crypto GameBeing Hit With a Cyber-Attack Is Bad. Not Having a Recovery Plan Is Much WorseHive Ransomware Upgraded to Rust to Deliver More Sophisticated EncryptionApple’s New Feature Adds ‘Extreme’ Protection to Your Devices: Lockdown ModeHighflying Cyber Firms Cut Staff After Raising Hundreds of Millions of DollarsNJ-Based IT Services Giant SHI Hit by “Professional Malware Attack”APT Hacker Group Bitter Continues to Attack Military Targets in BangladeshBillionaire’s Jeweler Pays $7.5 Million Crypto Ransom to HackersCloud Misconfig Exposes 3TB of Sensitive Airport Data in Amazon S3 Bucket: ‘Lives at Stake’Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc. Announces Data BreachSecurity Advisory Accidentally Exposes Vulnerable SystemsHackers Abusing BRc4 Red Team Penetration Tool in Attacks to Evade DetectionRansomware, Hacking Groups Move From Cobalt Strike to Brute RatelOpenSSL Releases Patch for High-Severity Bug that Could Lead to RCE Attacks
7/5/2022 July 5, 2022July 25, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Pro-China Group Uses Dragonbridge Campaign to Target Rare Earth Mining CompaniesCalls for UK Bans on Chinese CCTV Makers Hikvision, Dahua ExpandHamas Attempts to Hack IDF Soldiers’ PhonesSmaller Companies Are Urged to Adopt Multifactor AuthenticationNIST Acknowledges First Four Quantum-Resistant Encryption ToolsResearchers Share Techniques to Uncover Anonymized Ransomware Sites on Dark WebBattle Over Big Tech Bills Goes Down to the WirePentagon: We’ll Pay You if You Can Find a Way to Hack UsMarriott Confirms Latest Data Breach, Possibly Exposing Info on Guests, EmployeesRansomware on Professional Finance Company Affects 600 Hospitals, PracticesCyber Attack at Cedar Rapids Schools (IA) Shuts Down Summer ProgrammingResearchers Uncover Malicious NPM Packages Stealing Data from Apps and Web FormsNew RedAlert Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux VMware ESXi ServersMicrosoft Quietly Fixes ShadowCoerce Windows NTLM Relay BugThe Cybersecurity Threats of Tomorrow That You Should Be Thinking About Today
7/4/2022 July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment Rising Threats Spark U.S. Scramble for Cyber WorkersIs Your New Car a Threat to National Security?NATO to Develop Rapid Cyber Response CapabilitiesWhat to Do About Inherent Security Flaws in Critical Infrastructure?The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2022… So FarAstraLocker Ransomware Shuts Down and Releases DecryptorsLeaked Personal Data of 1 Billion People Spotted for Sale on the Dark Web…Hacker Claims to Have Stolen Data on 1 Billion Chinese CitizensWeWork India Exposed Visitors’ Personal Information and SelfiesGoogle Patches New Chrome Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in AttacksDjango Fixes SQL Injection Vulnerability in New Releases
7/1-3/2022 July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 ~ The Cyber Beat ~ Leave a comment North Korea Suspected of Plundering Crypto to Fund Weapons ProgramsBritish Army’s YouTube and Twitter Accounts Were Hacked to Promote Crypto ScamsVerified Twitter Accounts Hacked to Send Fake Suspension NoticesPhishing Scam Poses as Canadian Tax Agency Before Canada DayTikTok Assures U.S. Lawmakers it’s Working to Safeguard User Data From Chinese StaffThreat Actor Claims Responsibility For IBM and Stanford University HackRogue HackerOne Employee Steals Bug Reports to Sell on the Side‘Cryptoqueen’ Is Now on FBI’s 10 Most Wanted ListPrivacy Protection Agency Seizes Servers of Hacked Travel CompanyGoogle Location Tracking to Forget You Were Ever at That Medical ClinicFree Smartphone Stalkerware Detection Tool Gets Dedicated HubCyberattack Shuts Down Unemployment, Labor Websites Across the U.S.Polygon and Fantom Services Restored After Phishing Attack Researchers Warn of Teen Hacking Group on DiscordDragonForce Malaysia Releases LPE Exploit, Threatens RansomwareToll Fraud Malware Disables Your WiFi to Force Premium SubscriptionsMicrosoft Finds Raspberry Robin Worm in Hundreds of Windows NetworksMicrosoft Spots Updated Cryptomining Malware Tool Targeting Linux SystemsZoho ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Bug Gets Public RCE ExploitCISA Orders Agencies to Patch Windows LSA Bug Exploited in the WildMicrosoft Defender Adds Network Protection for Android, iOS DevicesMicrosoft Updates Azure AD With Support for Temporary Passcodes