Robert Abel
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British Airways hit with record £183 million GDPR fine for last year’s breach
ICO hits British Airways with a record-breaking £183 million fine for last year’s data breach that compromised the personal data of half a million customers. → Read More
Silex bricks 2000 plus IoT devices| SC Media
A new malware dubbed Silex has bricked at least 2000 IoT devices in an ongoing campaign that is expected to intensify in the coming days. → Read More
Dell SupportAssist bug leaves millions of PC’s vulnerable
A vulnerability in Dell’s SupportAssist software, a software designed to protect users from vulnerabilities, has left millions of PC’s vulnerable to remote takeover. → Read More
Threat actors host malware and C2 servers on Microsoft Azure| SC Media
Cyber criminals are storing malicious content, including malware and C2 servers, on Microsoft’s Azure cloud services. → Read More
Undetectable HiddenWasp Linux malware linked to Winnti Umbrella
A sophisticated malware campaign dubbed “HiddenWasp” is targeting Linux systems with the goal of targeted remote control. → Read More
HawkEye malware campaigns upticks on business users
IBM X factor researchers detected an uptick in HawkEye version 9 keylogger infection campaigns targeting business around the world. → Read More
Transient devices require strict control measures as regulatory compliance requirements grow
TThe proliferation of BYOD and portable media devices is increasing the cybercrime attack surface exponentially. TechAdvisory.org reports that 25 percent → Read More
License plate reader firm breached, data leaked
A threat actor by the alias “Boris Bullet-Dodger” broke into the database of a company that provides license plate readers for the U.S. government to use → Read More
Linux variant of Winnti malware spotted in wild
Google’s Chronicle Security team discovered a Linux version of the Winnti malware was used in the 2015 hack of a Vietnamese Gaming company. → Read More
SilverTerrier cybergang evolving new techniques for BEC scams
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have actively monitored the evolution of SilverTerrier Nigerian Business Email Compromise (BEC) threat actors. The → Read More
Drupal core patches moderately critical vulnerability
Drupal core released a patch for a moderately critical vulnerability in third party libraries that could allow the by-passing of protection of Phar Steam Wrapper Interceptor. → Read More
Undisclosed number of TurboTax accounts breached
Intuit the company behind tax preparation software TurboTax alerted users their accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized party. → Read More
Looming retirement of legacy system custodians put global IT systems at risk
Government IT systems and critical infrastructure systems around the world are at risk due to legacy technology and its keepers pending retirements. → Read More
Ethical hacking growing in popularity as data breaches increase| SC Media
The year-end report from Bugcrowd found the top three reasons for bug hunting were for the challenge, professional development, and education. → Read More
ElasticSearch server exposed data of nearly 57M U.S. residents
An ElasticSearch server database containing the information of nearly 57 million U.S. residents was found to have been left exposed without a password. On → Read More
Drone vulnerability could compromise enterprise data
Check Point Researchers developed an attack to hijack DJI drone user accounts which may contain the user’s sensitive information as well as access to the device itself. → Read More
Oracle’s VirtualBox vulnerability leaked by disgruntled researcher
An independent researcher who was disgruntled with traditional bug bounty methods took it upon himself to leak the details of an exploit in Oracle’s → Read More
Sony TVs could allow attackers to hijack your living room
Sony TV’s can be remotely exploited without any authentication by attackers due to three vulnerabilities spotted by Fortinet researchers, with one of the → Read More
Zerodium announced Tor vulnerability on Twitter
The information security firm and exploit vendor Zerodium announced a vulnerability in the Tor browser that could allow an attacker to execute malicious → Read More
Bugcrowd announces free training platform
Bugcrowd crowdsourcing platform last week launched a free educational platform for security researchers called Bugcrowd University. → Read More