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National Safety Council data leak: Credentials of NASA, Tesla, DoJ, Verizon, and 2K others leaked by workplace safety organization

Security Affairs

The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations.

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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT targets the COVID-19 research

Security Affairs

The attacks aimed at a Ministry of Health and a pharmaceutical company involved in the development of the COVID-19 vaccine. The systems at the pharmaceutical company were targeted with the BookCode malware, while in the attack against a Ministry of Health the APT group used the wAgent malware. . ” continues Kaspersky.

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Half of EDR Tools, Organizations Vulnerable to Clop Ransomware: Researchers

eSecurity Planet

TA505 is well-known for its involvement in global phishing and malware dissemination. Their victims include hundreds of companies worldwide, and they engage in various illegal activities, including providing ransomware-as-a-service, acting as an initial access broker, and orchestrating large-scale phishing assaults and financial fraud.

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Three APT groups have targeted at least seven COVID-19 vaccine makers

Security Affairs

“The targets include leading pharmaceutical companies and vaccine researchers in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States. Strontium hackers launched password spraying and brute-force attacks to break into victim accounts and steal sensitive information. ” reads the post published by Microsoft.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

Ransomware. million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc.

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MY TAKE: Cyber attacks on industrial controls, operational technology have only just begun

The Last Watchdog

And by compromising activities on the IT side, stealing credentials, deploying phishing emails, and infecting websites with drive-by malware, criminals can infiltrate the OT network. Devices are hardly ever patched, plus they often have other vulnerabilities, like only being protected by plain text passwords. Managing vulnerabilities.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in August 2020 – 36.6 million records breached

IT Governance

Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Cyber attacks. million) CO-based Mental Health Partners says an employee’s account was hacked (unknown) Sumitomo Forestry Co., Hitachi Chemical Co. Data breaches.