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26-Aug-2024: Cyber Attacks Surge at Sea-Tac, Patelco CU, and Prasarana Malaysia


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Welcome to "Hacked Daily," the FIRST AI-Driven Cybersecurity Podcast, brought to you by Cytadel Cyber. Every day, we dive into the latest cyber threats, breaches, and security updates from around the globe.
In today's episode:
1. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport faced a significant cyber attack early Saturday morning that disrupted its website and phone systems. The IT teams are striving for a full recovery by Monday after identifying a possible cloud misconfiguration.
2. Patelco Credit Union reports a massive breach affecting 726,000 members, with a ransomware gang threatening to auction the stolen data. This incident has triggered a major security overhaul and a collaboration with law enforcement to protect member information.
3. Malaysian public transport firm Prasarana has been hit by a RansomHub ransomware attack with over 316GB of data stolen. They are working with national cybersecurity agencies to respond to the threat and ensure operational continuity.
In other news, BlackSuit ransomware was used to compromise a network, gathering sensitive data through tools like Cobalt Strike and executing ransomware attacks on key endpoints.
And finally, Chinese hackers identified as Velvet Ant exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Cisco systems to deploy custom malware, prompting an urgent response from Cisco to patch the security flaw.
Stay vigilant and join us daily for your essential cybersecurity briefing on "Hacked Daily."This episode is sponsored by Cytadel Cyber. Specialist in Ransomware Readiness Assessments, Threat Intel-Led Red Teaming, AI DeepFakes, AI Voice Cloning and AI Vishing Simulations.
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