Air India Hack Exposes Credit Card and Passport Info of 4.5 Million Passengers

Image: Pete Linforth, Pixabay Joint Cyber Unit could ensure coordinated international response to attacks Print Print Pro Read More: cyber security European Commission security The European Commission has proposed the setting up of a new Joint Cyber Unit to tackle the rising number of serious cyber incidents impacting public services, as well as the life of businesses…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has identified at least 16 attacks linked to the Conti ransomware group. The agency stated that the attacks target healthcare and first responder organizations, aiming to disrupt their operations and networks. Targets include 911 dispatch carriers, law enforcement agencies, and emergency medical services. These entities have been attacked over…

Today, T-Mobile’s CEO Mike Sievert said that the hacker behind the carrier’s latest massive data breach brute forced his way through T-Mobile’s network after gaining access to testing environments. The attacker could not exfiltrate customer financial information, credit card information, debit or other payment information during the incident. However, T-Mobile says that he stole records belonging to 54.6 million…

By Asheer Malhotra and Justin Thattil. Cisco Talos is tracking an increase in SideCopy’s activities targeting government personnel in India using themes and tactics similar to APT36 (aka Mythic Leopard and Transparent Tribe). SideCopy is an APT group that mimics the Sidewinder APT’s infection chains to deliver its own set of malware. We’ve discovered multiple…

In February, security experts from Check Point disclosed a critical flaw to Amazon that may allow an attacker to take control of Kindle devices and collect personal information, according to Threat Post. The issue made Kindle devices vulnerable to malicious eBooks and currently, there is no way to tell if the flaw was exploited. The company…

On August 16, 2021, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Order announcing that it had imposed a civil penalty of $1 million on Pearson plc, a London-based multinational educational publishing and services company, for misleading investors about a 2018 data breach that involved the theft of millions of student records. Compromised…