$800,000 recovered from Business Email Compromise attack
We take a look at a business email compromise attack which nearly resulted in a very costly loss for one US based business. We continue…
Month: February 2023
CISA Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting Fortra MFT, TerraMaster NAS, and Intel Driver Flaws
Feb 11, 2023Ravie LakshmananThreat Response / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added three flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Unleashing the Power of ChatGPT in Cybersecurity: Savior or Threat?
By Dr. Tan Kian Hua, renowned cybersecurity and data privacy leader, technology author Have you heard about the latest sensation in town? I’m talking about…
Beware fake Facebook emails saying “your page has been disabled”
Facebook users need to be on their guard for bogus emails claiming they’ve breached Facebook Community Standards. Facebook users need to be on their guard…
Microsoft says Intel driver bug crashes apps on Windows PCs
Microsoft says apps using DirectX are crashing on Windows systems with outdated Intel drivers after installing November 2022 cumulative updates. On affected systems, users will…
Reddit breached, here’s what you need to know
In an admirably transparent notification, Reddit announced that one of its employees was phished. On Thursday, February 9, 2023, Reddit reported that it had experienced…
Clop ransomware claims it breached 130 orgs using GoAnywhere zero-day
The Clop ransomware gang claims to be behind recent attacks that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the GoAnywhere MFT secure file transfer tool, saying they…
Austrian ‘mobile concierge’ app Gustaffo leaking 100k customers’ data
Gustaffo was alerted about the data leak last week, but the company did not respond. Meanwhile, the misconfigured database is being updated with new and…
CyberData Pros and Ketch help companies build modern privacy programs
CyberData Pros has partnered with Ketch to provide data security and compliance services for clients worldwide. CyberData Pros specializes in data security, compliance, consulting, and…
KillNet hits healthcare sector with DDoS attacks
According to CISA, the pro-Russian KillNet group is actively targeting the US and European healthcare sectors with DDoS attacks. At the end of January, the…
The Week in Ransomware – February 10th 2023
From ongoing attacks targeting ESXi servers to sanctions on Conti/TrickBot members, it has been quite a busy week regarding ransomware. The worldwide ESXiArgs ransomware attacks continued to…
City of Oakland systems offline after ransomware attack
The City of Oakland was hit by a ransomware attack on Wednesday night that forced it to take all systems offline until the network is…