Toyota confirms customer and employee data stolen, says breach at third party to blame

Last week, a cybercriminal using the handle ZeroSevenGroup dumped 240GB of data on the infamous stolen data site BreachForums, that they said came from a hack on the US branch of car manufacturer Toyota. ZeroSevenGroup claims the dump includes customer and Read More …

Selling Ransomware Breaches: 4 Trends Spotted on the RAMP Forum

The sale and purchase of unauthorized access to compromised enterprise networks has become a linchpin for cybercriminal operations, particularly in facilitating ransomware attacks. Underground forums are sharing guidelines on breaching networks and selling the access they obtain, leaving the exploitation Read More …

BVI Electricity Corporation suffers cyber attack

The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) announced on Monday, August 19, that it had fallen victim to a cyberattack. The power company stated that the attack has impacted both their internal and external operations. While the full details of the cyberattack Read More …

Amsterdam municipality bans Telegram on work phones over security concerns

The municipality of Amsterdam has banned its civil servants from using the messaging app Telegram on their work phones due to concerns over criminal activity and potential espionage, local media reported on Monday. The ban, which was implemented at the Read More …

Wichita airport still without Wi-Fi months after cyber attack

It’s been more than three months since a cyber attack on Wichita took the city’s computer systems offline, and one city service is still not completely back to normal. Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport was impacted by May’s attack. The Read More …

L.A. Courts Owe Public Full Accounting After July Ransomware Attack

The Los Angeles Superior Court has an enormous data and online system that for years remained too vulnerable to hackers. The court began stepping up its monitoring, defenses and response operations less than two years ago, and it belatedly brought Read More …

How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline

A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data breach, a “substantial proportion of Read More …

FBI: Ransomware Disruptions during Voting Periods Will Not Impact the Security and Resiliency of Vote Casting or Counting

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to inform the public that while ransomware attacks against state or local government networks or election infrastructure could cause localized delays, they Read More …

Unmasking Styx Stealer: How a Hacker’s Slip Led to an Intelligence Treasure Trove

In the shadowy world of cybercrime, even the most cunning hackers can make blunders that expose their operations. In this article CPR describes the discovery of Styx Stealer, a new malware variant derived from the notorious Phemedrone Stealer. Check Point Read More …