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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification to highlight ransomware initial access trends and encourage organizations to implement the recommendations in the “Mitigations” section to reduce the likelihood and impact of ransomware incidents. Threat As Read More …
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 …
MGM Resorts sent a letter to customers regarding the recent cyber incident that took place on Sept. 11. MGM Resorts stated that on or around Sept. 29, it determined that an unauthorized third party obtained the personal information of some Read More …
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed the personal information of 6,791 former and current employees was exposed as part of a cyber-attack in June. According to a report the data breach was carried out by the Clop ransomware group. Sony is Read More …
Although the claims of a data breach are still unverified, Sony has publicly acknowledged the situation and issued a statement to IGN which simply reads, “We are currently investigating the situation, and we have no further comment at this time.” Read More …
The gaming industry is experiencing a surge in cyber attacks because of its vast reservoirs of sensitive customer information, financial transactions, and interconnected operations. Zscaler’s ThreatLabz threat research team reported earlier this year that ransomware attacks had grown 37% overall Read More …
Hackers who breached casino giants MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment in recent weeks also broke into the systems of three other companies in the manufacturing, retail, and technology space, a security executive familiar with the matter said. David Bradbury, Read More …
Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team, a part of Broadcom, recently observed the Syssphinx (aka FIN8) cyber-crime group deploying a variant of the Sardonic backdoor to deliver the Noberus ransomware. While analysis of the backdoor revealed it to be part of the Read More …
Cyber criminals have targeted yet another Australian small business by stealing and leaking the data of 10,000 people. Last month, the data of a little-known company called Event Secretary was published on an online forum. Unfortunately, Event Secretary was the Read More …
OurMine is in headlines once again—this time for breaching the popular video streaming service Vevo. After hunting down social media accounts of HBO and defacing WikiLeaks website, the infamous self-proclaimed group of white hat hackers OurMine have hacked Vevo and leaked about 3.12 TB Read More …