New low… Ransomware gang publishes sensitive documents online, after crippling Hackney Council systems in October last year
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Russia Behind SolarWinds Hack – US Intelligence
Russia was the likely culprit of the damaging SolarWinds supply chain compromise, multiple US intelligence agencies declare
Ticketmaster Pays $10m DoJ Fine For Accessing Rival’s Computer
Criminal computer intrusion fine imposed on Ticketmaster by the US DoJ, after it repeatedly accessed computer system of a rival
SolarWinds Compromise May Have Started Earlier Than First Thought
US Senator on Intelligence Committee warns that Russian hack of US government departments may have begun earlier than first thought
SolarWinds: Dozens Of US Treasury Email Accounts Hacked
Scale of SolarWinds compromise continues to be revealed, as US Senator confirms dozens of email accounts at US Treasury were compromised
NSO Group Spyware Used To ‘Hack’ Al Jazeera Journalists
Apple iPhones belonging to 36 Al Jazeera journalists were hacked by NSO spyware, claim Canadian security researchers at Citizen Lab
Microsoft Finds Malicious Code In Its Systems After SolarWinds Compromise
Fallout from the significant SolarWinds attack by suspected Russian hackers continues, with Microsoft admitting it has been impacted
People’s Energy Data Breach Impacts 270,000 Customers
Entire customer database of People’s Energy stolen, compromising names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and energy meter IDs
US Treasury, Commerce Departments Hacked
Russian hackers allegedly spied on US government departments, as US issues emergency order to halt use of compromised system
Hackers Steal Covid-19 Vaccine Documents From EU Agency
European Union’s medicine regulator has been hacked, and documents concerning the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine have been stolen
US Security Firm FireEye Hacked By ‘Nation-State’ Attacker
Security firm admits company tools used to test customers’ security have been stolen by a “highly sophisticated threat actor”
Hackers Target Covid-19 Cold Chain, Warns IBM
Firms involved with the specialist “cold chain” infrastructure required for several Coronavirus vaccines, have been targetted by hackers
Canon Finally Confirms August Attack Exposed Staff Data
Three months after the media reported Canon had 10TB of data stolen, the firm finally confirms staff data has been compromised
North Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid Vaccine
North Korean hackers pose as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp, to send job offer documents laden with malware to AstraZeneca staff
Hackney Council Confirms Hack Still Causing ‘Significant Disruption’
London Hackney council confirms that a ‘serious cyberattack’ in October is still causing ‘significant disruption’ to services
World’s Worse Passwords Revealed By NordPass
Oh dear, Despite persistent cyber threats, research from NordPass reveals the most commonly used password is still ‘123456’
UK To Create National Cyber Force, Amid £16.5bn Defence Rise
UK’s biggest defence investment since Cold War, to combine cyber operations of UK military and intelligence in one unified command
President Trump Fires CISA Cyber Boss Chris Krebs
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) boss Chris Krebs has been ‘terminated’ by Trump after he contradicted President’s claims
Twitter Appoints Famed Hacker As Security Head
Peiter Zatko, otherwise known by hacker handle ‘Mudge’ will report directly to CEO Jack Dorsey after conducting review of Twitter operations
ICO Hits Ticketmaster With £1.2m Data Breach Fine
Data breach on website in 2018, results in the ICO data protection watchdog hitting Ticketmaster with a hefty £1.25 million fine
Focus On Cyber Defence Rather Than Cyber Attack – Former NCSC Head
‘Don’t weaponise the net’. Former head of UK’s NCSC urges governments to focus on cyber defence than cyber offensive capabilities
Japanese Nuclear Regulator Suffers Cyber Attack – Report
Nuclear agency in Japan (the Nuclear Regulation Authority) reportedly suffers a cyber attack and switched off its email systems
NCSC Report Reveals Scale Of Coronavirus Cyber Threats
British online defender outlines what cyber threats it has encountered over past year, with Covid-19 featuring prominently
UK Watchdog Fines Marriott £18.4m For Data Breach
UK data protection watchdog ICO lowers fine for Marriott data breach to £18.4m, down from a £99 million fine issued last year
Trump Campaign Website Defaced Briefly By Hackers
Security breach for Donald Trump re-election website, but campaign officials deny there was any exposure of sensitive information
Finnish Therapy Patients Blackmailed After Data Breach
New low. Confidential records of thousands of psychotherapy patients in Finland compromised, with some patients now being blackmailed
McAfee Raises $620 Million With Wall Street Return
Security vendor McAfee has returned to the public markets with an IPO that raised $620 million, below the $740 million it had hoped to gain
Iran, Russia, Have Obtained US Voter Data, US Warns
Russia and Iran have obtained some US voter registration data and are attempting to influence Presidential election, Trump official warns
Microsoft President Warns Of Cyberattack ‘Onslaught’
Brad Smith tells attendees at security event that democracies at risk from cyber onslaught from the likes of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea
US DoJ Charges Six Russian GRU Officers For Cyberattacks
Hackers also targeted this year’s delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo says UK, as the US DoJ charges six Russian military intelligence officers