30 Dec DHS orders federal agencies to update SolarWinds Orion platform The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered all US federal agencies to update the SolarWinds Orion platform to the latest version by the end of business hours on December 31, 2020. […]
30 Dec T-Mobile data breach exposed phone numbers, call records T-Mobile has announced a data breach exposing customers’ proprietary network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and call records. […]
30 Dec Emotet malware hits Lithuania’s National Public Health Center The internal networks of Lithuania’s National Center for Public Health (NVSC) and several municipalities have been infected with Emotet malware following a large campaign targeting the country’s state institutions. […]
30 Dec New worm turns Windows, Linux servers into Monero miners A newly discovered and self-spreading Golang-based malware has been actively dropping XMRig cryptocurrency miners on Windows and Linux servers since early December. […]
29 Dec Wasabi cloud storage service knocked offline for hosting malware Cloud storage provider Wasabi suffered an outage after a domain used for storage endpoints was suspended for hosting malware. […]
29 Dec Swatters hijack smart home devices to watch emergency responders Weak credentials and login protections come with the risk of swatting for owners of connected devices with video and voice capabilities, warns the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). […]
29 Dec Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers’ goal was the victims’ cloud data Microsoft says that the end goal of the SolarWinds supply chain compromise was to pivot to the victims’ cloud assets after deploying the Sunburst/Solorigate backdoor on their local networks. […]
29 Dec Voyager cryptocurrency broker halted trading due to cyberattack The Voyager cryptocurrency brokerage platform halted trading yesterday after suffering a cyberattack targeting their DNS configuration. […]
29 Dec US Treasury warns of ransomware targeting COVID-19 vaccine research The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) warned financial institutions of ransomware actively targeting vaccine research organizations. […]
28 Dec Aida Cruises cancels trips due to mysterious “IT restrictions” German cruise line AIDA Cruises is dealing with mysterious “IT restrictions” that have led to the cancellation of New Year’s Eve cruises embarking this past weekend. […]