Major IPS in New Zealand hit by massive DDoS, Internet outages reported

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…

The European Banking Authority (EBA), a key EU financial regulator, said hackers have compromised its Microsoft Exchange servers as part of a global cyberattack, which is affecting thousands organizations worldwide. Following the cyberattack, the agency took offline its email systems as a security measure. “The Agency has swiftly launched a full investigation, in close cooperation…

Monday’s NATO summit meeting of 30 leaders is short, with one 2.5-hour session after an opening ceremony, leaving just five minutes for each leader to speak. The main issues will be topical — how to manage Afghanistan during and after the withdrawal of United States troops, Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia, Xi Jinping’s China and Aleksandr…

Microsoft stands to receive nearly a quarter of Covid relief funds destined for US cybersecurity defenders, angering some lawmakers who don’t want to increase funding for a company whose software was recently at the heart of two big hacks. Congress allocated the funds at issue in the Covid relief bill after two enormous cyber attacks…

Critical Infrastructure Security , Cybercrime , Cybercrime as-a-service Researchers Believe NEW Cooperative Targeted By BlackMatter Gang Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) , Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • September 20, 2021     (Source: NEW Cooperative’s Facebook Page) NEW Cooperative Inc., an Iowa-based farm services co-op, has reportedly been targeted by the BlackMatter ransomware gang, which is demanding a…

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency , Cryptocurrency Fraud , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Security Experts Praise Desire to Regulate Market, Cite Complexity Dan Gunderman (dangun127) • August 30, 2021     Sen. Pat Toomey, ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr) Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the ranking member of the U.S. Senate…