Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
Online Services Are Offline Hard disk drive maker Western Digital disclosed a hacking incident the company says likely resulted in data theft. Online services offered by the California company - including personal and enterprise cloud storage and email and push notifications - are down as of publication.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 3, 2023
John Clifton Davies , a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies’ newest invention appears to be “ CodesToYou ,” which purports to be a “full cycle software development company” based in the U.K.
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The Last Watchdog
APRIL 3, 2023
Modern cyber attacks are ingenious — and traditional vulnerability management, or VM, simply is no longer very effective. Related: Taking a risk-assessment approach to VM Unlike a typical cyber attack that exploits a software vulnerability, recent cyber attacks exploit other security risks, such as misconfigurations, security deviations, and posture anomalies.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
Popular Budget App Was Suspended From Play Store in March Days after Google suspended the popular budget e-commerce application Pinduoduo from its Play Store, researchers are alleging that the Chinese app can bypass phones' security and monitor activities of other apps, including accessing private messages and changing settings.
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WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 3, 2023
An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse.
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IT Governance
APRIL 3, 2023
Welcome to our March 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified exactly 100 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 41,970,182 breached records. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, including our new feature in which we delve into the month’s biggest incidents in a little more detail.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
Popular Budget App Was Suspended from Play Store in March Days after Google suspended the popular budget e-commerce application Pinduoduo from its Play Store, researchers are alleging that the Chinese app can bypass phones' security and monitor activities of other apps, including access to private messages and changing settings.
KnowBe4
APRIL 3, 2023
The Cyber Police of Ukraine have arrested twelve alleged members of an organized cybercrime group that’s stolen approximately $4.3 million from users across Europe, the Hacker News reports.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
A 3-month-old federal law meant to future-proof federal computers from quantum computer decryption will have an effect on healthcare sector entities, too, says Mac McMillan, founder and CEO emeritus of privacy and security consulting firm CynergisTek.
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Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
KnowBe4
APRIL 3, 2023
Using the lure of ChatGPT’s AI as a means to find new ways to make money, scammers trick victims using a phishing -turned-vishing attack that eventually takes victim’s money.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
$100M SoftBank Cash Infusion Coincides With First-Ever CEO Change at Cybereason For the first time in its 11-year history, endpoint security vendor Cybereason will have a new leader. Upon receiving a $100 million cash infusion from SoftBank, the Boston-based firm announced that longtime SoftBank executive Eric Gan will take over as CEO to replace co-founder Lior Div.
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
Proxyjacking is an emerging, low-effort and high-reward attack for threat actors, with the potential for far-reaching implications.
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2023
Western Digital disclosed a security breach, according to the company an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. Western Digital has shut down several of its services after discovering a security breach, the company disclosed that an unauthorized party gained access to multiple systems. “Western Digital is currently experiencing a service outage impacting the following products: My Cloud, My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, My Cloud OS5, SanDisk ibi, SanDisk Ixpand Wireless Cha
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
KnowBe4
APRIL 3, 2023
Looks like Latitude Finance is trying to give consumers more "latitude" in their exposure to cyber risks. The Australian finance company admittedly fell victim to an attack that has exposed customer data and Latitude Financial has been forced to stop adding new customers from clients such as Apple, Harvey Norman and JB Hi-Fi as it tries to contain the damage from criminals, who still appear to be active in its computer systems.
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2023
UK outsourcing services provider Capita confirmed that the outage suffered on Friday was caused by a cyberattack. Capita, the UK outsourcing giant, confirmed that its staff was locked out of their accounts on Friday after a cyber incident. Capita is one of the government’s biggest suppliers, with £6.5bn of public sector contracts, reported The Guardian.
KnowBe4
APRIL 3, 2023
New global data shows that those government employees that work solely in the office are the new minority, IT lacks visibility, and user actions put the government at risk.
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2023
The Moobot botnet is actively exploiting critical vulnerabilities in Cacti, and Realtek in attacks in the wild. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed an ongoing hacking campaign targeting Cacti ( CVE-2022-46169 ) and Realtek ( CVE-2021-35394 ) vulnerabilities to spread ShellBot and Moobot malware. The ShellBot , also known as PerlBot, is a Perl-based DDoS bot that uses IRC protocol for C2 communications.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
If companies prioritize communications and make the DevOps process more transparent, team members will better know what vulnerabilities to look for.
Security Affairs
APRIL 3, 2023
Microsoft addressed a misconfiguration flaw in the Azure Active Directory ( AAD ) identity and access management service. Microsoft has addressed a misconfiguration issue impacting the Azure Active Directory (AAD) identity and access management service that exposed multiple Microsoft applications, including the Bing management portal, to unauthorized access.
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
"Gopuram" is a backdoor that North Korea's Lazarus Group has used in some campaigns dating back to 2020, some researchers say.
KnowBe4
APRIL 3, 2023
Mid-sized businesses – those with 250 to 2000 employees – don’t appear to have what they need to fend off attacks in a number of critical ways.
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Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
They rake in millions, but now, as much as zero-days and ransoms, cybercriminals are dealing with management structures and overhead.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 3, 2023
Brian Krebs is reporting that the UK’s National Crime Agency is setting up fake DDoS-for-hire sites as part of a sting operation: The NCA says all of its fake so-called “booter” or “stresser” sites - which have so far been accessed by several thousand people—have been created to look like they offer the tools and services that enable cyber criminals to execute these attacks. “However, after users register, rather than being given access to cyber crime t
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
The company behind digital storage brand SanDisk says its systems were compromised on March 26.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 3, 2023
Mullvad Browser, a collaboration between the nonprofit and Mullvad VPN, offers an anti-tracking browser designed to be used with a VPN.
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Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
Whether protecting a financial institution or a hospital, everyone needs an effective strategy for fending off slippery threats like those that hide in memory.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 3, 2023
North Korean hackers appear to have used the corrupted VoIP software to go after just a handful of crypto firms with “surgical precision.
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
Authorities claw back funds from six crypto accounts they say were linked to a "pig-butchering" cybercrime ring.
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