CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Beware of Crypto Romance Scams The Federal Trade Commission revealed that romance scams yielded $1.3 billion in 2021. These are scams where a fake love interest will target a victim, and after gaining their trust, ask them to contribute to an investment opportunity. With the[…]

CyberSec Roundup A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News   Cyber Espionage at News Corp News Corp, the company that owns the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and the Dow Jones, confirmed in an SEC filing that they were hit with a cyberattack in January. One of their cloud-based systems from a third-party[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]