Swedish Public Health Agency Says Disease Database Targeted in Cyberattacks

Endpoint Security , Governance & Risk Management , Internet of Things Security Low-Bandwidth Network Can Share Internet Connections Among Amazon Devices Doug Olenick (DougOlenick) • June 3, 2021     Devices such as Amazon’s Ring cameras will be part of the company’s Sidewalk low-bandwidth network. Internet of things security professionals are expressing concern over Amazon’s…

The Russian, Chinese and Cuban Embassies in Washington did not immediately return messages seeking comment. The Iranian mission to the United Nations and the Venezuelan Ministry of Information also did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Moscow, Beijing and Tehran routinely deny allegations of cyberespionage and subterfuge. The new report said Putin knew of…

Endpoint Security , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware But the Key Appears to Only Unlock Files Encrypted in the Kaseya Attack Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk) • August 11, 2021     Someone posted a link to this image that contains a decryption key for files encrypted in the Kaseya attack. There’s yet another twist in…

Facebook said Tuesday that hackers “scraped” personal data of some half-billion users back in 2019 by taking advantage of a feature designed to help people easily find friends using contact lists. A trove of information about more than 530 million Facebook users was shared over the weekend at a hacker forum, prompting the leading social…

Federal agencies are warning of potential ransomware attacks targeted at U.S. organizations ahead of Labor Day weekend following cyberattacks during previous holidays this year.  The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday issued an alert outlining their concerns, noting that while there was no intelligence around specific threats, other holiday weekends…

Geico has filed a data breach notice with the California attorney general’s office, admitting that fraudsters had stolen customers’ driver’s license numbers from its website. In the notice, discovered by TechCrunch, the American auto insurance titan said that from January 21st to March 1st this year, bad actors infiltrated its website using information on its…