ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 342. It is Tuesday April 20th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and 15 Minutes Could Expose Your Driver's License Number

Malware That Spreads Via Xcode Projects Now Targeting Apple's M1-based Macs

Drinks giant C&C Group subsidiary shuts down IT systems following security incident

Google Alerts continues to be a hotbed of scams and malware

Microsoft disables Google's FLoC tracking in Microsoft Edge, for now

Rogers is down: Canadian users report voice and data outages

Geico data breach exposed customers' driver's license numbers

March 2021 Healthcare Data Breach Report

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 341. It is Monday April 19th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and The Next Supply Chain Hack?

WordPress Releases Security and Maintenance Update

Google Project Zero Cuts Bug Disclosure Timeline to a 30-Day Grace Period

WordPress to automatically disable Google FLoC on websites

Twitter is suffering from another worldwide outage today

Microsoft fixes Windows 10 bug that can corrupt NTFS drives

Major BGP leak disrupts thousands of networks globally

U.S. Federal Investigators Are Reportedly Looking Into Codecov Security Breach, Undetected for Months

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 340. It is Friday April 16th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and What the Russians Are Using to Hack

Attackers Target ProxyLogon Exploit to Install Cryptojacker

US Sanctions Russia and Expels 10 Diplomats Over SolarWinds Cyberattack

A Casino Gets Hacked Through a Fish-Tank Thermometer

Windows Terminal released with new settings UI and more

Celsius email system breach leads to phishing attack on customers

Microsoft Edge's new Kids Mode is now rolling out to everyone

NSA: Top 5 vulnerabilities actively abused by Russian govt hackers

Montefiore Medical Center Fires Employee for Unauthorized Record Access

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 339. It is Thursday April 15th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and The Electrical Grid is Under Attack

Google Chrome 90 released with HTTPS as the default protocol

Threat Actors Targeting Cybersecurity Researchers

100,000 Google Sites Used to Install SolarMarket RAT

New WhatsApp Bugs Could've Let Attackers Hack Your Phone Remotely

Risk startup LogicGate confirms data breach

Cracked copies of Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop steal your session cookies, browser history, crypto-coins

Second Google Chrome zero-day exploit dropped on twitter this week

Vivaldi, Brave, DuckDuckGo reject Google's FLoC ad tracking tech

Experts see 'unprecedented' increase in hackers targeting electric grid

HHS Information Blocking and Interoperability Regulations Now in Effect

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 338. It is Wednesday April 14th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and It’s the April Post Patch Tuesday Roundup

Adobe Patches Slew of Critical Security Bugs in Bridge, Photoshop

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

SAP Releases April 2021 Security Updates

Chrome Zero-Day Exploit Posted on Twitter

Apply Microsoft April 2021 Security Update to Mitigate Newly Disclosed Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities

Man Arrested for AWS Bomb Plot

New NAME:WRECK Vulnerabilities Impact Nearly 100 Million IoT Devices

FBI nuked web shells from hacked Exchange Servers without telling owners

Capcom: Ransomware gang used old VPN device to breach the network

Microsoft April 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 108 flaws, 5 zero-days

PHI of More than 200,000 Washington D.C. Health Plan Members Stolen by Hackers

221,000 Total Health Care Members Impacted by Email Account Breach

Adventist Health Physicians Network Fined $40,000 for Privacy Breach

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 337. It is Tuesday April 6th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Microsoft Winning the Browser War?

LinkedIn Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets Job Hunters

Criminals send out fake “census form” reminder – don’t fall for it!

Asteelflash electronics maker hit by REvil ransomware attack

Adult content from hundreds of OnlyFans creators leaked online

New Microsoft Edge grew 1,300% this year, overtaking Firefox

PHI from Multiple Covered Entities Published on GitHub

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 336. It is Monday April 5th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Eight States Can’t Do Vehicle Inspections Due to Malware

VMware Releases Security Update

FBI: APTs Actively Exploiting Fortinet VPN Security Holes

533 Million Facebook Users' Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online

Brown University hit by cyberattack, some systems still offline

Capital One notifies more clients of SSNs exposed in 2019 data breach

Ubiquiti cyberattack may be far worse than originally disclosed

Ransomware gang leaks data from Stanford, Maryland universities

Microsoft outage caused by overloaded Azure DNS servers

Malware attack is preventing car inspections in eight US states

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 335.  It is ThursdayApril 1st 2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Tick Tock, No, Not the App

Nearly 20% of Ransomware Victims that pay the ransom do not get their data back

Citrix Releases Security Updates for Hypervisor

VMware Releases Security Updates

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

DMV: CT emissions testing program having 'technical issues'

Child Tweets Gibberish from U.S. Nuke Account

APT Charming Kitten Pounces on Medical Researchers

800Gbps DDoS extortion attack hits gambling company

Microsoft kills off the Cortana app for Android and iOS

CISA gives federal agencies 5 days to find hacked Exchange servers

Lexington Medical Center and CalViva Health Affected by Third-Party Data Breaches

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 334.  It is Wednesday March 31st 2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Wanna Cry?

VMware fixes bug allowing attackers to steal admin credentials

SolarWinds Attackers Accessed DHS Emails, Report

US govt warns that buying fake COVID-19 vaccine cards is a crime

Scammers target universities in ongoing IRS phishing attacks

Microsoft Exchange attacks increase while WannaCry gets a restart

Ransomware: Home Health Firm Reports 2nd Cloud Vendor Incident

University of Miami Health and Mott Community College Data Compromised in Ransomware Attacks

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 333.  It is Tuesday March 30th 2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and A Ransomware Refund?

Hades Ransomware Gang Exhibits Connections to Hafnium

PHP Infiltrated with Backdoor Malware

Windows 10 KB5000842 cumulative update fixes freezing issues

Docker Hub images downloaded 20M times come with cryptominers

Harris Federation hit by ransomware attack affecting 50 schools

Ransomware admin is refunding victims their ransom payments

New Jersey Plastic Surgery Practice Pays $30K to OCR to Settle HIPAA Right of Access Case