European decision on data-sharing between Facebook and Whatsapp is coming
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on Saturday that the long-running investigation of Facebook and WhatsApp's conduct in the European Union, concerning transparency of data-sharing between the two platforms, is headed for a resolution.
In what many are saying is a significant...
Hackers use Covid-19 vaccine to spread malware
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that uses the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine news to spread malware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The attacks target people in businesses by pretending to be organizations involved in the manufacture of vaccines, the WHO, and DHL...
Threat detection startup MistNet acquired by LogRhythm
LogRhythm announced on Wednesday that it had bought the threat detection startup MistNet.IO. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. LogRhythm is a security intelligence firm, and MistNet deals with threat detection and prevention to minimize cybersecurity risks, making this a valuable deal.
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Google reports about complex Windows and Android hacking scheme
Google published a report in six parts, detailing how a complex hacking operation detected in early 2020 worked. The campaign targeted Android and Windows devices. The attacks were executed using two exploit servers that targeted different exploit chains, deploying watering hole-style attacks.
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Mimecast for Microsoft 365 hacked
Mimecast, a company dedicated to the management and security of Microsoft 365 products, has announced that one of its security certificates has been the target of a cyber attack.
The company said in a blog post that about 10 percent of its customers were using the compromised certificate. Less t...
100,000 United Nations employees exposed after a data breach
The United Nations was attacked, with details of more than 100,000 U.N. Environmental Program employees compromised. But there’s a twist; the breach was uncovered by White Hat hackers.
The ethical hacking and security research group Sakura Samurai, probed several U.N. databases after finding o...
Cybercriminals target top executives to force ransom payment
Ransomware gangs are now going after top executives, they aim to get access to their laptops and workstations to steal data from them, in the hope that what they find will be more valuable and hopefully pressure the companies involved to pay a ransom.
This trend is relatively new and operates on...
Attackers behind SolarWinds hack managed to guess passwords
According to the American Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the attackers behind the SolarWinds hack also attempted to guess passwords. Some of these attempts were successful.
In an update to its message about the SolarWinds hack, the CISA indicates that password guessing,...
Huawei appeals Swedish court on 5G network ban
Huawei appealed a court decision made in Sweden, which allowed the country's telecoms regulator PTS to continue with its auction of 5G spectrums while excluding the Chinese company from participating in Swedish 5G networks.
On December 16, a Swedish court backed an appeal by PTS that sought to r...
UK and Italy account for 59% of GDPR fines collected in 2020
The data in the GDPR Fines 2020 Report, shows that 171 million euros in GDPR fines were collected in European countries in 2020. The fines were issued between January 1st, 2020, and January 1st, 2021.
According to the report by Findbold, Italy accounts for the highest fines with 58.16 million eu...
NSA and FBI: Russia was behind SolarWinds hack
Several American security instances agree that Russia was behind the hack on SolarWinds' software. In doing so, they counter President Trump's claims that China is behind the hack.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office of the D...
SolarWinds hack infected hundreds of US government networks
As more research is conducted into the hack on SolarWinds' Orion software, the attack's apparent scale appears to be increasing. Hundreds of networks within the US government were affected.
According to The New York Times, the hack hit up to 250 networks within the US government. Initially, this...