Volkswagen has revealed that information about 3.3 million customers and prospective buyers was exposed after a supplier left the data unsecured online, TechCrunch has reported. The automaker gathered the information for sales and marketing purposes and most of the exposed data included names, addresses, emails and phone numbers. However, around 90,000 individuals (related to potential…
A new cyber espionage group named Gelsemium has been linked to a supply chain attack targeting the NoxPlayer Android emulator that was disclosed earlier this year. The findings come from a systematic analysis of multiple campaigns undertaken by the APT crew, with evidence of the earliest attack dating back all the way to 2014 under…
Softpedia News / Security 14. June 2021 This article has been indexed from Softpedia News / Security According to the head of cybersecurity at GCHQ, ransomware is the biggest cybersecurity threat to most people and organizations in the UK, says The Guardian. Lindy Cameron, CEO of National Cyber Security Center, points out that the…
Italy announced the creation of the national cybersecurity agency, a move aimed at increase the level of cyber security of its infrastructure The Italian government has announced the creation of a new agency focused on cybersecurity, Prime Minister Mario Draghi provided its strong commitment to the creation of the agency that is tasked to protect…
Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Incident & Breach Response , Ransomware Report: After Ransomware Attack, Japanese Conglomerate Restored Operations Using Backups Rashmi Ramesh • June 14, 2021 Photo: Shutterstock Japanese conglomerate Fujifilm, which earlier this month was the victim of a ransomware attack, reportedly refused to pay a ransom. See Also: Live Webinar:…
Biden Opposes Conditional Handover of Cyber-criminals The possibility of a deal allowing for the conditional handover of cyber-criminals between the United States and Russia has been extinguished by American president Joseph Biden. Russian president Vladimir Putin said on June 13 that he would be willing to make an arrangement with the United States whereby the two…
McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, recently revealed that it was the target of a security breach. What Happened? On Friday, the burger chain said it hired external consultants to investigate unauthorized activity on an internal security system, prompted by a specific incident in which the unauthorized access was cut off a week…
Volkswagen America said that a data breach at a third-party vendor it was using for sales and marketing purposes exposed the personal details of more than 3.3 million of its customers, most of which were Audi car owners. The breach took place between August 2019 and May 2021, Volkswagen said in a letter to the Maine…
The cyberattack on SITA that impacted multiple airlines around the world was orchestrated by a Chinese nation-state threat actor tracked as APT41, security researchers at detection and prevention firm Group-IB say. Codenamed ColunmTK and disclosed in early March 2021, the attack affected airlines such as Air India, Air New Zealand, Finland’s Finnair, Singapore Airlines, Malaysia…
Cybersecurity Executive Order 2021: What It Means for Cloud and SaaS Security | IT Security News 14. June 2021 This article has been indexed from The Hacker News In response to malicious actors targeting US federal IT systems and their supply chain, the President released the “Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (Executive Order).”Although directed…
