It has been reported that the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) was alerted by a “partner organisation” that an attacker had gained access to the network of a 50-person aerospace engineering firm that subcontracts to the Department of Defence. The attack was said to have happened in November 2016.
It has been reported that there are secret hard-coded accounts in thermal security cameras manufactured by FLIR Systems, Inc., one of the largest vendor of such products. Depending on the FLIR camera version, the following username-password combos will grant an attacker access over the device.
News broke this morning that a new variant of the BTCware ransomware is currently targeting victims and appending the .[email]-id-id.payday extension to encrypted files. This family of ransomware targets its victims by hacking into poorly protected remote desktop services and manually installing the ransomware.
Today Neustar released its bi-annual Global DDoS Attacks and Cyber Security Insights Report, affirming DDoS attacks continue to be an effective means to distract and confuse security teams while inflicting serious damage on brands.
Security researchers have discovered that over 47GB worth of sensitive medical records belonging to an estimated 150,000 Americans were inadvertently left exposed in an unsecured Amazon server. Kromtech Security Researchers said the exposed documents were associated with healthcare firm Patient Home Monitoring (PHM), which provides in-home monitoring and disease management services for patients in the US.
Hyatt is alerting customers about another credit card breach at some of its hotels – 41 hotels in 11 countries. This is the second major incident with the hospitality chain in as many years. Hyatt said its cybersecurity team discovered signs of unauthorised access to payment card information from cards manually entered or swiped at the front desk of certain Hyatt-managed locations between March 18, 2017 and July 2, 2017.
It has been revealed that the number of financial scams have doubled in the past year on social media to almost 450,000.
News broke this morning that 47GB of sensitive medical records, including the results of blood tests, have been exposed due to a cloud storage error. The records relating to approximately 150,000 Americans, and are associated with the PHM healthcare firm who provide in-home services for patients.
News broke this morning that 47GB of sensitive medical records, including the results of blood tests, have been exposed due to a cloud storage error. The records relating to approximately 150,000 Americans, and are associated with the PHM healthcare firm who provide in-home services for patients.
MOSCOW, October 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ —