The world’s largest meat processor said on Wednesday that it paid an $11 million ransom in Bitcoin to the hackers behind an attack that forced the shutdown last week of all the company’s U.S. beef plants and disrupted operations at poultry and pork plants. The company, JBS, said in a statement that the decision to…
McDonald’s, the world’s largest burger chain, said on Friday that a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer and employee information, making it the latest global company to be targeted by cybercriminals. The attackers accessed e-mails, phone numbers, and delivery addresses, but the breach did not include customer payment information, the…
Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Cybercrime Market Traded Banking and Payment Credentials Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • June 11, 2021 The U.S. Justice Department has shut down the Slilpp cybercrime marketplace, which sold stolen credentials related to bank accounts and other payment mechanisms, in a multinational operation. See Also: Live…
Cybercrime , DDoS Protection , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Proofpoint Reports Group Rebrands as Fancy Lazarus, Lowers Ransom Amount Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 11, 2021 Traditional ransomware attacks may have taken over the news cycle, but Proofpoint researchers say the malicious actors who presents themselves as the North Korean-backed Lazarus advanced persistent…
World Health Organization (WHO) special envoy on Covid-19, Dr David Nabarro, has called on G7 leaders to take responsibility, “beyond positioning”, and form a worldwide coronavirus response programme. The issue needs to be dealt with as a global challenge, Dr Nabarro told BBC World News, with a adequate finance, vaccines, diagnostics, treatment and political support….
Regular and strenuous exercise increases the risk of motor neurone disease (MND) in people who are genetically vulnerable, scientists have said. One of the researchers at the University of Sheffield, Dr Johnathan Cooper-Knock, told BBC World News that in the future they hoped to be able to work out the risk on an individual basis…
Famed chef Adam Handling will be serving world leaders traditional favourites like Dover sole and cream teas, as well as more unusual dishes over the course of the G7 Summit. The environmentally conscious chef is highlighting how we can all eat more sustainably during the summit. On Thursday he took a break from the kitchen…
BBC Click’s LJ Rich looks at the best technology news stories of the week.
Cybercrime , Data Loss Prevention (DLP) , Endpoint Security 1.5 Million Facebook Passwords Among Leaked Data; Raccoon Infostealer Suspected Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • June 10, 2021 A control panel for the Raccoon infostealer botnet, where subscribers can browse data stolen from compromised computers (Source: Hold Security) There’s such a surfeit of stolen data…
3rd Party Risk Management , Active Defense & Deception , Critical Infrastructure Security Senators Asked Chris Inglis and Jen Easterly About Cyberthreats Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • June 10, 2021 John “Chris” Inglis is nominated to become the nation’s first national cyber director, while Jen Easterly has been asked to lead CISA. President Joe…
