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The personal data of 665,000 Marina Bay Sands customers was accessed in a data security breach in October. The “unauthorised access” took place on Oct 19 and Oct 20 and involved the data of some Sands LifeStyle rewards programme members, Read More …
The government has announced that it has never paid a ransom demanded by cybercriminals – and pledged that it never will. The announcement – made to tie in with last week’s meeting of members of the international Counter Ransomware Initiative Read More …
Okta has revealed details about a recent breach which exposed files belonging to customers. As Malwarebytes explained in their article about 1Password being a victim of this breach, it’s normal for Okta support to ask customers to upload a file Read More …
The gaming industry continues growing. The Newzoo report for 2023 reveals that two in five – more than three billion – across the globe are gamers, which is 6.3 percent more than last year. Globally, gaming revenue amounts to an Read More …
As of November 5, 2023, Rapid7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) is observing exploitation of Atlassian Confluence in multiple customer environments, including for ransomware deployment. We have confirmed that at least some of the exploits are targeting CVE-2023-22518, an improper Read More …
Unit 42 researchers have investigated a series of destructive cyberattacks beginning in January 2023 and continuing as recently as October 2023, targeting the education and technology sectors in Israel. The attacks are characterized by attempts to steal sensitive data, such Read More …
A security researcher said he discovered millions of Chinese citizen identity numbers spilling online after an e-commerce store left its database exposed to the internet. Viktor Markopoulos, a security researcher working for CloudDefense.ai, said he found the database belonging to Read More …
The former IT commissioner for the Suffolk County Clerk’s department did not alert county officials that the computer network in the clerk’s office was responding to a “radical malware attack” until eight hours after he was alerted, the Press has Read More …
The U.S. government has sanctioned a Russian national for allegedly laundering millions of dollars’ worth of victim ransom payments on behalf of individuals linked to the notorious Ryuk ransomware group. According to an announcement from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Read More …
On October 30, APA experienced a cybersecurity incident referred to by the union as a ransomware attack. In a statement, the Allied Pilots Association explained, “Upon discovery of the incident, we immediately took steps to secure our networks. Our IT Read More …