
CyberSec Roundup – 31st January, 2022
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Qubit Pleads with Hackers The DeFi platform, Qubit Finance, was hit with a cyberattack last week and the hacker was able to make away with over $80 million in cryptocurrency. Qubit confirmed that they are tracking the stolen funds and are in contact with the[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 24th January, 2022
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Serious Exploit in Dark Souls 3 A serious RCE vulnerability has been discovered in the Dark Souls 3 game, which most likely affects all of FromSoftware’s other games when played on PC online. A hacker could use the vulnerability to take control of another player’s[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 17th January, 2022
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Omicron News Used to Spread Malware Cybercriminals are using Omicron’s dominance of the news cycle to distribute Redline malware. These threat actors have sent COVID-themed emails to people in at least 12 countries worldwide, which contain the malware. If opened, the malware steals all of[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 10th January, 2022
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Media Websites Under Attack The Portuguese Expresso newspaper and SIC TV stations were both the victims of a ransomware attack last week. The Lapsus$ group has taken credit for the attack, defacing the hacked websites with their ransomware demands. The Jerusalem Post of Israel also[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 3rd January, 2022
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Spidey Crypto Miners Spider-Man: No Way Home is still the number 1 movie in cinemas right now and is on its way to being one of the top all-time grossing movies in the US. Because demand to watch the movie is so high, some are[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 20th December, 2021
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News The Log4j Headache A year ago, almost to the day, we discussed the Solarwinds hack, which was rocking the cybersecurity landscape at the time. Sadly, this Christmas we are discussing the very serious Log4j vulnerabilities, which are also causing major headaches. 1st Vulnerability The vulnerability[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 13th December, 2021
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Volvo Hit with Ransomware Attack Volvo Cars confirmed that the company was the victim of a ransomware attack. The stolen data seems to be from Research and Development, and no customer information was accessed. The Snatch ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack and published[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 6th December, 2021
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Planned Parenthood Ransomed Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles revealed that they were the victim of a ransomware attack in October. Patient information from approximately 400,000 of their clients was stolen during the attack, but the identity of the threat actors remains unknown. Planned Parenthood LA[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 29th November, 2021
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News CISA Christmas Warning The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is reminding businesses that cyber criminals are not taking the Christmas holidays off. They have noticed that attacks are occurring on holidays and weekends when offices are normally closed. The FBI and CISA do not have[…]
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CyberSec Roundup – 22nd November, 2021
CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Rise in Cyber Attacks from Iran CISA and Microsoft are warning administrators to be on high alert following a recent spate of cyber-attacks launched by Iranian-backed hacking groups. The ATP groups are looking to exploit common vulnerabilities relating to older versions of Fortinet FortiOS and[…]
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