ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 282.  It is Wednesday January 13th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and It’s the January Post Patch Tuesday Episode

SAP Releases January 2021 Security Updates

Adobe Fixes 7 Critical Flaws, Blocks Flash Player Content

Mozilla Releases Security Update for Thunderbird

Microsoft January 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 83 flaws, 1 zero-day

Capcom: 390,000 people may be affected by ransomware data breach

Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online

Mimecast discloses Microsoft 365 SSL certificate compromise

Intel adds hardware-based ransomware detection to 11th gen CPUs

HITECH Act Amendment Creating Cybersecurity Safe Harbor Signed into Law

LSU Health Discovers Additional Hospital Affected by September 2020 Email Account Breach

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 281.  It is Tuesday January 12th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and SolarWinds Attackers Were Lurking for More than a Year

Microsoft Releases Security Updates for Edge

Millions of Social Profiles Leaked by Chinese Data-Scrapers

70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

SolarWinds Hack Potentially Linked to Turla APT

Microsoft Sysmon now detects malware process tampering attempts

Mac malware uses 'run-only' AppleScripts to evade analysis

DarkSide ransomware decryptor recovers victims' files for free

United Nations data breach exposed over 100k UNEP staff records

Networking giant Ubiquiti alerts customers of potential data breach

Third malware strain discovered in SolarWinds supply chain attack

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 280.  It is Monday January 11th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and What to expect from Microsoft and Windows 10 in 2021

CISA Releases New Alert on Post-Compromise Threat Activity in Microsoft Cloud Environments and Tools to Help Detect This Activity

SolarWinds Hires Chris Krebs, Alex Stamos in Wake of Hack

New Attack Could Let Hackers Clone Your Google Titan 2FA Security Keys

New Zealand Reserve Bank suffers data breach via hacked storage partner

Dassault Falcon Jet reports data breach after ransomware attack

Nissan NA source code leaked due to default admin:admin credentials

What to expect from Microsoft and Windows 10 in 2021

Lake Region Healthcare Recovering from Ransomware Attack

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 279.  It is Friday January 8th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Another Chain Link in the Attack?

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox, Firefox for Android, and Firefox ESR

Hacker sells Aurora Cannabis files stolen in Christmas cyberattack

Windows PsExec zero-day vulnerability gets a free micropatch

SEO scammer extorts site owners using porn backlinks threat

US Judiciary adds safeguards after potential breach in SolarWinds hack

JetBrains denies involvement in the SolarWinds supply-chain hack

Fired Healthcare Exec Stalls Critical PPE Shipment for Months

Email Breaches Reported by Mattapan Community Health Center and Prestera Center for Mental Health Services

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 278.  It is Thursday January 7th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and The SolarWinds Hits Keep Coming

RCE ‘Bug’ Found and Disputed in Popular PHP Scripting Framework

Cybercriminals Ramp Up Exploits Against Serious Zyxel Flaw

A COVID-19 shot for $150? Online scams surge as slow vaccine rollout frustrates

CISA Updates Emergency Directive 21-01 Supplemental Guidance and Activity Alert on SolarWinds Orion Compromise

WhatsApp: Share your data with Facebook or delete your account

Windows 10 WSL now can run Linux commands on startup

SolarWinds hackers had access to over 3,000 US DOJ email accounts

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 277.  It is Wednesday January 6th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Ryuk is the Top Threat for the Healthcare Sector

Microsoft Office January updates fix Outlook crash issues

Major Gaming Companies Hit with Ransomware Linked to APT27

Telegram Triangulation Pinpoints Users’ Exact Locations

Google Warns of Critical Android Remote Code Execution Bug

ElectroRAT Drains Cryptocurrency Wallet Funds of Thousands

Vodafone's ho. Mobile admits data breach, 2.5m users impacted

Babuk Locker is the first new enterprise ransomware of 2021

Hacker posts data of 10,000 American Express accounts for free

Ryuk ransomware is the top threat for the healthcare sector

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 276.  It is Tuesday January 5th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and China Backed APT Group Now Using Ransomware

Rumors of SolarWinds N-Central being impacted be SolarWinds Orion Breach

Researcher Breaks reCAPTCHA With Google’s Speech-to-Text API

British Court Rejects U.S. Request to Extradite WikiLeaks' Julian Assange

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to allow testing without setup

TransLink confirms ransomware data theft, still restoring systems

Citrix adds NetScaler ADC setting to block recent DDoS attacks

Slack suffers its first massive outage of 2021

China's APT hackers move to ransomware attacks

Breaches Reported by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Apex Laboratory, and Five Points Eye Care

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 275.  It is Monday January 4th  2021.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Happy New Year

 

Ticketmaster To Pay $10 Million Fine For Hacking A Rival Company

Beware: PayPal phishing texts state your account is 'limited'

Wasabi cloud storage service knocked offline for hosting malware

Google Chrome fixes antivirus 'file locking' bug on Windows 10

Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products

Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Some of Its Source Code

More Than 114,000 Patients Affected by Wilmington Surgical Associates Ransomware Attack

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 274.  It is Wednesday December 30th  2020.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Is WFH Here to Stay?

Japanese Aerospace Firm Kawasaki Warns of Data Breach

A Google Docs Bug Could Have Allowed Hackers See Your Private Documents

Swatters hijack smart home devices to watch emergency responders

Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers' goal was the victims' cloud data

US Treasury warns of ransomware targeting COVID-19 vaccine research

2020 Work-for-Home Shift: What We Learned

Two Florida Healthcare Providers Attacked with Ransomware

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 273.  It is Tuesday December 29th  2020.  I am your host Scott Gombar and Revil Threatens to Release Intimate Pictures of Celebs

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Multi-platform card skimmer found on Shopify, BigCommerce stores

Aida Cruises cancels trips due to mysterious "IT restrictions"

Home appliance giant Whirlpool hit in Nefilim ransomware attack

One in ten shopping ads promoted on Google potentially lead to phishing sites

REvil gang threatens to release intimate pictures of celebs who are customers of The Hospital Group

484,000 Aetna Members Impacted by EyeMed Phishing Incident