Russian Hackers Are Trying to Brute-Force Hundreds of Networks
Wired, Andy Greenberg
“This lengthy brute force campaign to collect and exfiltrate data, access credentials and more, is likely ongoing, on a global scale.” Read More
Salvation Army Hit by Ransomware Attack
Infosecurity Magazine, James Coker
“The Christian charity is thought to be negotiating with the attackers over the siphoned data. Thankfully, the charity said that none of its services for vulnerable people had been affected.” Read More
Data for 700M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale in Cyber-Underground
Threat Post, Tara Seals
“It is not uncommon to see such data sets being used to send personalized phishing emails, extort ransom or earn money on the Dark Web – especially now that many hackers target job seekers on LinkedIn with bogus job offers, infecting them with a backdoor trojan.” Read More
Hackers are investing in each other’s operations—just like VCs invest in startups
Fast Company, Steven Melendez
“Everybody’s trying to innovate, even the criminals.” Read More
Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers
Bleeping Computer, Ax Sharma
“The vendor who notified Mercedez-Benz of the data breach states that the exposed information included: self-reported customer credit scores, driver license numbers, Social Security numbers (SSNs), credit card numbers, and dates of birth.” Read More
