Another Indictment A second round of indictments by the US Department of Justice charged hacker group “Apt41” with using Anvisoft antivirus software with hacking. The report from safety leaders KnowBe4 lists the details. The Chinese based group is said to have infected over 100 of their customers. Some of the victims were through “supply chain […]
A hacking experiment leads to surprising results A few days ago, The Washington Post (WaPo) held an interesting experiment. With the help of an automotive technology expert, they hacked into a Chevy Volt to see how much information the car was collecting on its driver. The results were pretty alarming. A technology enhanced car should
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Hackers Arrested for Massive Cyber Attack Almost a year ago, PC Pitstop reported on a ransomware attack that took out 123 surveillance cameras days before President Trump’s inauguration. After determining the cameras were infected with malware, it was determined Dharma and Cerber ransomware were also on the systems. Beyond infecting the systems with ransomware, there
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143 Million Equifax Consumer Files Breached Equifax, a provider of consumer credit scores, was just confirmed as a victim of a data breach. The incident resulted in 143 million customer files being compromised. Therefore, this is one of the biggest breaches in U.S. history, and the largest reported in 2017. The hackers were infiltrating the
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Russian Hackers Believed to Cause Major Threat It is believed, Russian hackers are behind the recent breach of the UK national power grid. Although, no outages were reported, there are major concerns the hackers took critical information to implement a future attack. Without knowing what information, if any, was taken, it is difficult to determine
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Hackers Breach the Buckle Stealing Payment Data for Approximately Six Months The national retail store, The Buckle, recently disclosed they were the victims of a security breach. The store’s point-of-sales (PoS) systems were compromised with malware, leaving consumer payment data up for grabs. It is unknown how many credit and debit cards were impacted by
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130,000 Spyware Customer Records Leaked According to Motherboard, two companies that sell spyware to direct customers, Retina-X and FlexiSpy, have suffered a major breach. Between the two companies, it is believed over 130,000 records were compromised. Along with customer records, company records were allegedly exposed, as well as photos and text messages acquired by Retina-X.
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Investigation into Chipotle Breach Continues On April 25, 2017, Chipotle made a public statement explaining their payment systems had been breached. Since it is early into the investigation, the entire impact of the breach remains unknown. According to WTKR News, this is what had been confirmed, Unauthorized activity was found within the restaurant’s network, which
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Vermont Job Link Breach Impacts Thousands An estimated 200,000 Vermont residents and businesses could be impacted by a major breach that just went public. Vermont Job Link, a web service contracted by the state, was recently hacked. The website is used for residents to apply for state jobs. According to WCAX News, the state knew of the
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Select Restaurants Inc. Breached A little over a month ago, Select Restaurants Inc. was notified by their point-of-sales (PoS) system that there had been a breach. The breach compromised the credit and debit card data held by the company. Select Restaurants Inc. is not releasing the number of payment files that have been breached, nor
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