ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Android SDKs taking Twitter and Facebook user data and selling it. Windows 10 1909 update causing file explorer issues for some. HP Warns that some SSD drives will fail at exactly 32768 hours. List of impacted SSD drives:. VO0480JFDGT

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NYPD hit with Ransomware but respond quickly. NYC Restaurant Chain's POS's hacked exposing customer credit card numbers. Trickbot targeting OpenSSH and OpenVPN. Microsoft Windows 10 will not update if you're using an older version of Avast or AVG. And the October 2019 HIPAA round up.

Fairly quiet weekend but One Plus smartphone maker reports data breach, Open VNC Software has multiple vulnerabilities (for over 20 years), and a 110 Nursing Homes hit with Ransomware.

TMobile prepaid accounts breached. IRS Tax fraud awareness week is coming. Update Outlook on Android. HIPAA fines increase with inflation. Multiple HIPAA breaches reported this week.

Bitdefender reports ransomware attacks have continued to rise (in ransom amounts too). High Severity Windows UAC enables privilege escalation. Hackers Dump 2.2 million gaming and crytocurrency passwords online. 400 Vetenarians hit with Ransomware. Unprotected PACS servers lead to leak of 1.19 billion medical images.

Louisiana State Services hit by ransomware. Fake Windows Update Ransomware attacks. Google discloses Android's Google Camera has a Vulnerability. Fake McDonald's ads lead to banking trojan. Wordfence advises of high severity vulnerability in WP Maintenance plugin.

An update to the Penmex ransomware attack, WhatsApp mp4 exploit, Disney+ was NOT hacked, NextCry and our #TechTuesdayTip

Two School districts hit with ransomware attacks, Chinese Hacking competition leads to hacks of Google Chrome, Safari, D Link, Office365. 100,000 malicious websites posing as retailers and an active Phishing campaign targeting office365 admins.

Today's topics include impersonating the USPS, Checkm8 Vulnerability in iOS, Qualcomm vulnerabilities in Android, just how many records have been exposed so far this year and a misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket leads to 93 million healthcare records exposed.

Updates on the Pemex Ransomware attacks and Google Collecting PHI. MegaCortex Ransomware changes passwords, Purelocker Ransomware also targets Mac OSX and Linux, and IT Failures at Infotrax result in $1,000,000 fine.