U.S. city dismisses IT employee after paying ransomware-discharge money
Officials from Lake City in the state of Florida dismissed an IT employee after the city was forced to approve a large ransom demand due to a ransomware attack. Almost $500,000 was paid.
The employee was fired last Friday, writes ZDNet. The city's IT manager also wants to modify the entire city's IT... Read more
Large increase in cyber incidents at financial service providers’.
There has been a significant increase in the number of cyber incidents that financial service providers report to the UK watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Last year there were 819 incidents, compared to 69 incidents in 2017.
Phishing and ransomware attacks are the most reported forms of c... Read more
Trend Micro blocked five million IoT camera hack attempts
Trend Micro security researchers have blocked five million attempts to hack Internet or Things (IoT) cameras. Many cameras are easy to hack because users are not asked to change a default password.
Internet-connected cameras have become an important target for hackers. By being able to look into som... Read more
“Chinese hackers steel data from dozens of telecom companies.
A group of hackers has broken into the systems of dozens of telecom companies worldwide. In doing so, they sampled large amounts of data from the past seven years. The cybercriminals are linked to the Chinese government by security company Cybereason.
The hack campaign is now called Operation Soft ... Read more
“U.S. and Russia are trying to hack into each other’s electricity networks.
The US and Russia are accusing each other of hacking into the other's electricity networks or trying to do so. According to the other, both countries are trying to inject malware, either directly or via state-sponsored hackers, into networks that can partially or completely shut down the other's ele... Read more
Design tool Canva victim of proud hacker
At the end of last week, the design and marketing tool Canva became the victim of a hack. The service now advises users to change their password as a precaution.
Last weekend, Canva discovered a security problem. A hacker entered the system, and ran off with usernames and email addresses. Canva imme... Read more
Hackers steal data from 113,000 other hackers
A group of hackers has attacked a popular forum among a community of its rivals. Nearly 113,000 forum users - including email addresses, hacked passwords, IP addresses and private messages - were stolen.
This is the OGUser.com forum, knows IT Pro. That forum is popular among a community of cybercrim... Read more
European Union can take action against cybercriminals
The European Union has agreed to new regulations that will allow action to be taken against individuals responsible for cyber-attacks that pose a significant threat to the Union.
The European Union can impose travel bans and freeze the assets of these people, writes Bloomberg. The new rules came in... Read more
Stack Overflow victim of hack, customer data not affected
Stack Overflow, the website where developers can share their knowledge and ask questions, was the victim of a hack last weekend. The company states that user data has not been compromised. That's what TechCrunch reports.
Mary Ferguson, vice president of engineering, announced in a very short message... Read more
Hackers collect payment data and passwords from 4,600 websites
Hackers are said to have broken into the analytical service of Picreel and the open source project Alpaca Forms. The hackers would have adapted JavaScript files on the infrastructure of the two companies to add malicious code to over 4,600 websites.
The attack is still active, security researchers o... Read more