CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News Bose Hacked The Bose Corporation recently disclosed that they were the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack in March. Ransomware was deployed on some of their systems which disrupted their network. During a forensic investigation of the incident, Bose discovered that the attackers accessed some employee information[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Conti Ransomware targeting Healthcare The FBI released a flash alert last week, where they disclosed that Conti ransomware operators have been targeting US healthcare and first responder networks during the last year. However, the group has been busy worldwide, compromising over 400 networks around the[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Vaccines and Vaccination Cards for Sale on the Dark Web As there has been a high demand for COVID-19 vaccines, there are some vaccines of questionable repute being offered for sale on the dark web. Darknet has listings for Moderna and Pfizer at various prices,[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   DarkSide Hits Colonial Pipeline Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline system in the U.S, disclosed last week that they temporarily paused operations due to a ransomware attack. Cybersecurity firm FireEye’s is assisting the company with the investigation into the incident, where the DarkSide ransomware[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Passwordstate under a series of attacks The Australian software developer, Click Studios, had their enterprise password manager hacked in late April. User passwords were exposed for 28 hours before Click Studio fixed the exploit but advised all users to reset their passwords. But then the[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   CISA Issues directive for unpatched PCS devices Pulse Connect Secure VPN devices are being exploited with a zero-day vulnerability, according to a report by the cybersecurity firm FireEye. As many organizations in the US have been affected, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   FBI cleans up infected Exchange Servers The FBI received a court order from the DOJ to remove any existing backdoors which were still up on compromised Microsoft Exchange Servers belonging to Americans. They specifically targeted Hafnium shells, and successfully removed shells from thousands of machines[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   SAP Apps under attack Hackers have been setting their sights on unsecured SAP applications. This was revealed in a report by SAP and Onapsis, where they divulged that 300 targets out of 1500 were compromised over the last few months. Applications that were targeted include[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Facebook User Data Leaked A serious vulnerability in Facebook’s website caused data from over 500 million Facebook user accounts to be accessed by hackers in 2019. The information has likely been sold within hacker communities since then, but it was recently released for free within[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Android Spyware Disguised as System Updates Most malware on Android devices resemble other apps, but there is a new form of spyware that appears as a system update. If the user is fooled by the malware, it connects the phone to a command-and-control server, where[…]