ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 82.  It is Monday March 16th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar. Toilet Paper Anyone?

This podcast is brought to you by Nwaj Tech, a Client Focused and Security Minded IT Consultant based in Central Connecticut.  You can visit us at nwajtech.com 

Researchers Discover New PXJ Ransomware Strain

Exploring Various Ways in Which Hackers Are Milking the COVID-19 Scare

Hackers find new target as Americans work from home during outbreak

Browser vendor leaks data via open server

Litigation Case Claims Violation of CCPA Under Statutory Private Right of Action

BlackWater, a malware that uses Cloudflare Workers for C2 Communication

COVID-19 Testing Center Hit By Cyberattack

US Govt Shares Tips on Securing VPNs Used by Remote Workers

Slack Bug Allowed Automating Account Takeover Attacks

The EARN IT Bill Is the Government’s Plan to Scan Every Message Online

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 81.  It is Friday March 13th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Life Changes Rapidly

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HACKERS ARE USING CORONAVIRUS MAPS TO SPREAD MALWARE

Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Updates for SMB RCE Vulnerability

Phishing Attack Skirts Detection With YouTube

WordPress Plugin Bug Allows Malicious Code Injection on 100K Sites

New CoronaVirus Ransomware Acts as Cover for Kpot Infostealer

Advanced Russian Hackers Use New Malware in Watering Hole Operation

Hackers Get $1.6 Million for Card Data from Breached Online Shops

Office 365 ATP To Block Email Domains That Fail Authentication

Data of millions of eBay and Amazon shoppers exposed

Analytics firm’s VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly grabbing user data

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 80.  It is Thursday March 12th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Say Whaaaat?

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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Phishing Attacks

Intel Patches High Severity Flaws in Windows Graphics Drivers

Bugs in Avast AntiTrack expose users to cyber attacks

SECURITY ALERT: New LinkedIn OneDrive Phishing Campaign Detected by Heimdal™ Security

Microsoft Releases the March 2020 Security Updates for Office

No HIPAA breaches for the 2nd consecutive day.

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 79.  It is Tuesday March 10th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Google’s Watching, Amazon is Researching

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Firefox Bug Opens iPhone AirPods to Third-Party Snooping

Microsoft Hijacks Necurs Botnet that Infected 9 Million PCs Worldwide

New Variant of TrickBot Being Spread by Word Document

Microsoft March 2020 Patch Tuesday Fixes 115 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Leaks Info on Wormable Windows SMBv3 CVE-2020-0796 Flaw

Entercom Radio Giant Says Data Breach Exposed User Credentials

Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime

Meet Project Gesundheit: Amazon’s secret project to cure the common cold

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 78.  It is Tuesday March 10th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Just Reboot.  That Fixes Everything

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HHS finalizes interoperability rules: 7 things to know

AMD Downplays CPU Threat Opening Chips to Data Leak Attacks

Microsoft Exchange Server Flaw Exploited in APT Attacks

CISA Warns Against COVID-19 Cyber Scams and Provides Security Tips

Fake Tech Support Company Dupes 40K Victims Out of $8m

Intricate Phishing Scam Uses Support Chatbot to ‘Assist’ Victims

99% of compromised Microsoft enterprise accounts lack MFA

One billion Android smartphones racking up security flaws

University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare Impacted by Month-Long Cryptominer Attack

53% of Healthcare Organizations Have Experienced a PHI Breach in the Past 12 Months

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 77.  It is Monday March 9th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and It’s Your Lucky Day.

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Virgin Media Data Leak Exposes Details of 900,000 Customers

This Unpatchable Flaw Affects All Intel CPUs Released in Last 5 Years

More than 600 Microsoft Subdomains Pose Threat to Users

Zoho Releases Security Update on ManageEngine Desktop Central

Ryuk Ransomware Behind Durham, North Carolina Cyberattack

New US Bill Aims to Protect Researchers who Disclose Govt Backdoors

Ransomware Threatens to Reveal Company's 'Dirty' Secrets

Relation Insurance and Rainbow Hospice Care Experience Email Security Breaches

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 76.  It is Friday, March 6th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Where Do I Start?

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Critical Netgear Bug Impacts Flagship Nighthawk Router

Let’s Encrypt Pushes Back Deadline to Revoke Some TLS Certificates

High-Severity Cisco Webex Flaws Fixed

Hackers Compromise T-Mobile Employee' Email Accounts and Steal User' Data

A Massive U.S. Property and Demographic Database Exposes 200 Million Records

Cisco Releases Security Updates

Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon Vulnerability

Google Releases Security Updates for Chrome

Microsoft Releases March 2020 Office Updates With Fixes, Improvements

Ryuk Ransomware Attacked Epiq Global Via TrickBot Infection

Carnival Cruise Line Operator Discloses Potential Data Breach

J.Crew Disables User Accounts After Credential Stuffing Attack

Ransomware Attackers Use Your Cloud Backups Against You

6 Healthcare Organizations Discover PHI Has Potentially Been Compromised

HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Announces First HIPAA Penalty of 2020

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 75.  It is Thursdayday, February 27th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Just Another Day in the Hood.

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Six suspected drug dealers went free after police lost evidence in ransomware attack

Smart speakers mistakenly eavesdrop up to 19 times a day

Iranian APT Targets Govs With New Malware

Stalkerware Attacks Increased 50 Percent Last Year, Report

Unpatched Security Flaws Open Connected Vacuum to Takeover

New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices

Sodinokibi Ransomware May Tip NASDAQ on Attacks to Hurt Stock Prices

Hackers Scanning for Vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers, Patch Now!

18 Sniffers Steal Payment Card Data from Print Store Customers

Medical Records of 156,400 Personal Touch Home Care Patients Compromised in Ransomware Attack on EHR Hosting Company

Data Breaches Reported by Rady Children’s Hospital, Aveanna Healthcare and Endeavor Energy Resources

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 74.  It is Wednesday, February 26th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and You Just Never Know.

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DoppelPaymer Ransomware Launches Site to Post Victim's Data

Multiple WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Actively Being Attacked

Firefox enables DNS-over-HTTPS by default (with Cloudflare) for all U.S. users

OpenSMTPD Releases Version 6.6.4p1 to Address a Critical Vulnerability

Microsoft Wants to do Away with Windows 10 Local Accounts

Credit Card Skimmer Running on 13 Sites, Despite Notification

Maze Ransomware Attack on Accounting Firm Impacts Patients of New York Medical Group

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 73.  It is Tuesday, February 25th 2020. I am your host Scott Gombar and Poor PayPal

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Apple Takes Heat Over ‘Vulnerable’ iOS Cut-and-Paste Data

PayPal Users Hit With Fraudulent Target Charges via Google Pay

New Mozart Malware Gets Commands, Hides Traffic Using DNS

Malvertising in Govt, Enterprise Targets Old Software, Macs

Racoon Malware Steals Your Data From Nearly 60 Apps

Windows 10 Gets Temp Patch for Critical Flaw Fixed In Buggy Update

UW Medicine Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over 974,000-Record Data Breach