ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 142.  It is Tuesday June 9th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Your Password is the Problem….Still

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Singapore’s Contact Tracing Wearable Causes Privacy Backlash

80% hacking attacks linked to bad password habits: Report

Maze Ransomware adds Ragnar Locker to its extortion cartel

CallStranger UPnP bug allows data theft, DDoS attacks, LAN scans

US energy providers hit with new malware in targeted attacks

Facebook sues companies for registering impostor domains

$107,000 Stolen from Kentucky Employees’ Health Plan Members in Two Recent Cyberattacks

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 141.  It is Monday June 8th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Both Campaigns Are Actively Being Targeted by Foreign Hackers

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Unpatched Microsoft Systems Vulnerable to CVE-2020-0796

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Fake ransomware decryptor double-encrypts desperate victims' files

US aerospace services provider breached by Maze Ransomware

FTC Slams Children’s App Developer for COPPA Violations

Trump and Biden campaigns were targeted by foreign hackers, Google says

St Joseph Health System Discovers Medical Record Storage Facility Improperly Disposed of Patient Records

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 140.  It is Thursday June 4th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and We’re Gonna Be Here For A Whilre

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Attackers Target 1M+ WordPress Sites To Harvest Database Credentials

Sophisticated Info-Stealer Targets Air-Gapped Devices via USB

Two Critical Flaws in Zoom Could've Let Attackers Hack Systems via Chat

Hospitals 'overwhelmed' by cyberattacks fuelled by booming black market

YouTube channel credentials in high demand on hacker forums

Ransomware gang says it breached one of NASA's IT contractors

Netwalker ransomware continues assault on US colleges, hits UCSF

Office 365 phishing baits remote workers with fake VPN configs

San Francisco retirement program SFERS suffers data breach

Patch SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise now to avoid takeover risk

Ransomware gangs team up to form extortion cartel

Kaiser Permanente Discovers 8-Year Employee HIPAA Breach

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 139.  It is Wednesday June 3rd 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Study Says You Don’t Change Your Passwords

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Firefox 77 rolls out WebRender to more Windows 10 laptops

Apple Releases Security Updates

Cisco Releases Security Updates for NX-OS Software

Microsoft fixes Outlook crashes in June Office 2020 updates

Two Critical Android Bugs Open Door to RCE

VMware Cloud Director flaw lets hackers take over virtual datacenters

REvil ransomware creates eBay-like auction site for stolen data

After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, study finds

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 138.  It is Tuesday June 2nd 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You?

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Minneapolis Police Department Hack Likely Fake, Says Researcher

Financial Services Sector Witnessing Increased Attacks

Joomla team discloses data breach

Google brings the Advanced Protection Program to Nest devices

Contact tracers concerned police tracking protesters will hurt COVID-19 aid

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 137.  It is Monday June 1st 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Is Anonymous Still Relevant?

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VMware Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

NSA Warns of Sandworm Backdoor Attacks on Mail Servers

New Mexico County Government Falls Victim to Ransomware

Amtrak resets user passwords after Guest Rewards data breach

Valak malware steals credentials from Microsoft Exchange servers

Anonymous Hackers Threaten To ‘Expose The Many Crimes’ Of Minneapolis Police

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 136.  It is Friday May 29th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and What Country Are the Majority of COVID-19 Phishing Attacks Coming From?

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Phishing attack impersonates Amazon Web Services to steal user credentials

Majority of COVID phishing attacks coming from US IP addresses, report finds

NSA Releases Advisory on Sandworm Actors Exploiting an Exim Vulnerability

Cisco hacked by exploiting vulnerable SaltStack servers

200K sites with buggy WordPress plugin exposed to wipe attacks

Minted discloses data breach after 5M user records sold online

Microsoft IIS servers hacked by Blue Mockingbird to mine Monero

Mat-Su Surgical Associates Suffers Ransomware Attack

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 135.  It is Thursday May 28th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Nearly 20% of Law Firms Show Signs of Compromise

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Apple Releases Security Updates

Hackers Sell Data from 26 Million LiveJournal Users on Dark Web

Michigan State University hit by ransomware

Real estate app leaking thousands of user records and sensitive private messages

Ransomware's big jump: ransoms grew 14 times in one year

$100 million in bounties paid by HackerOne to ethical hackers

Nearly One Fifth of Law Firms Show Signs of Compromise

Washington D.C. Significantly Overhauls its Data Breach Notification Law

23% of leading banks had an exposed database with potential data leakage

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 134.  It is Wednesday May 27th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Cybersecurity Help Needed

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New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack Apps

States plead for cybersecurity funds as hacking threat surges

Samsung develops new security chip for smartphones

New [F]Unicorn ransomware hits Italy via fake COVID-19 infection map

Russian cyberspies use Gmail to control updated ComRAT malware

Internet Giants unite to stop warrantless snooping on web histories

How to Stay HIPAA Compliant from Home

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 133.  It is Tuesday May 26th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Even Cyber Attacks Take a Day Off

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ThreatList: People Know Reusing Passwords Is Dumb, But Still Do It

70 Percent of Mobile, Desktop Apps Contain Open-Source Bugs

The DHS Prepares for Attacks Fueled by 5G Conspiracy Theories

Hacker extorts online shops, sells databases if ransom not paid