ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 372. It is Thursday June 3rd 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and What’s Next for Microsoft Windows?

Mozilla Releases Security Updates for Firefox

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products

DoJ Charges Rhode Island Woman in Phishing Scheme Against Politicians

FBI: REvil cybergang behind the JBS ransomware attack

WhatsApp caves in: Won't limit features if you reject privacy changes

FUJIFILM shuts down network after suspected ransomware attack

Microsoft to announce Windows 10's successor on June 24

Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center Pays $5,000 to Resolve HIPAA Right of Access Case

More than 3.2 Million Individuals Affected by 20/20 Hearing Care Network Data Breach

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 371. It is Wednesday June 2nd 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Is Cyber Liability Insurance Causing an Uptick in Ransomware Attacks?

US seizes domains used by APT29 in recent USAID phishing attacks

US: Russian threat actors likely behind JBS ransomware attack

Critical WordPress plugin zero-day under active exploitation

Windows 10's package manager flooded with duplicate, malformed apps

Cyber-Insurance Fuels Ransomware Payment Surge

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 370. It is Tuesday June 1st 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Your Package Was Not Delivered

Hackers Exploit Post-COVID Return to Offices

HPE Fixes Critical Zero-Day in Server Management Software

Your Amazon Devices to Automatically Share Your Wi-Fi With Neighbors

Joint CISA-FBI Cybersecurity Advisory on Sophisticated Spearphishing Campaign

Food giant JBS Foods shuts down production after cyberattack

Interpol intercepts $83 million fighting financial cyber crime

Beware: Walmart phishing attack says your package was not delivered

Ransomware Attacks Affect Community Access Unlimited and CareSouth Carolina Patients

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 369. It is Friday May 28th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Japanese Government Breached after Fujitsu Hack

Drupal Releases Security Updates

Updates to Alert on Pulse Connect Secure

Google Chrome now 23% faster after JavaScript engine improvements

Canada Post hit by data breach after supplier ransomware attack

FBI: APT hackers breached US local govt by exploiting Fortinet bugs

HPE fixes critical zero-day vulnerability disclosed in December

Japanese government agencies suffer data breaches after Fujitsu hack

4 More Healthcare Organizations Announce Patients Affected by Recent Ransomware Attacks

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 368. It is Thursday May 27th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Is it a HIPAA Violation to Ask for Proof of Vaccine Status?

‘Privateer’ Threat Actors Emerge from Cybercrime Swamp

BazaLoader Masquerades as Movie-Streaming Service

PDF Feature ‘Certified’ Widely Vulnerable to Attack

Cybercriminals Exploiting API Keys to Steal Cryptocurrency

Office 365 bug: Exchange Online, Outlook emails sent to junk folder

ZocDoc Says Programming Error Resulted in Exposure of Patient Data

Clinical Laboratory Settles HIPAA Security Rule Violations with OCR for $25,000

Is it a HIPAA Violation to Ask for Proof of Vaccine Status?

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 367. It is Wednesday May 26th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and Another Pulse Secure Vulnerability...

Google Chrome 91 released with new features, security improvements

VMware warns of critical bug affecting all vCenter Server installs

Walmart apologizes for offensive, racist registration emails

Iranian hacking group targets Israel with wiper disguised as ransomware

Pulse Secure VPNs Get Quick Fix for Critical RCE

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 366. It is Tuesday May 25th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and North Korea behind Cryptocurrency Thefts

American Express Fined for Sending Millions of Spam Messages

Restaurant Reservation System Patches Easy-to-Exploit XSS Bug

Audio maker Bose discloses data breach after ransomware attack

'Dearthy Star' pleads guilty to selling info of 65K health care employees

Apple fixes three zero-days, one abused by XCSSET macOS malware

Bluetooth flaws allow attackers to impersonate legitimate devices

North Korean hackers behind CryptoCore multi-million dollar heists

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 365. It is Monday May 24th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and FBI Says Conti hit 16 US Healthcare & First Responder Organizations

DarkSide Getting Taken to ‘Hackers’ Court’ For Not Paying Affiliates

FBI Analyst Charged With Stealing Counterterrorism and Cyber Threat Info

Windows 10X on hold, features coming to Windows 10 instead

Microsoft Exchange admin portal blocked by expired SSL certificate

FBI: Conti ransomware attacked 16 US healthcare, first responder orgs

New England Dermatology Discovers Specimen Bottles Disposed of Incorrectly for 10 Years

Health Plan of San Joaquin Email Security Breach Affects 420,433 Individuals

Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services Notifies Patients about February 2021 Ransomware Attack

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 364. It is Friday May 21st 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and a Malware Campaign with FAKE Ransomware??

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products  

23 Android Apps Expose Over 100,000,000 Users' Personal Data

Conti ransomware gives HSE Ireland free decryptor, still selling data

Irish High Court issues injunction to prevent HSE data leak

Comcast now blocks BGP hijacking attacks and route leaks with RPKI

Microsoft releases SimuLand, a test lab for simulated cyberattacks

Slack is down, massive outage blocks user logins and messages

Microsoft: Massive malware campaign delivers fake ransomware

PHI of up to 50,000 Patients of Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute Exposed Online

Good Morning and Welcome to the ProactiveIT Cyber Security Daily number 363. It is Thursday May 20th 2021. I am your host Scott Gombar and The April HIPAA Breach Report is Here

Microsoft, Google Clouds Hijacked for Gobs of Phishing

Windows PoC Exploit Released for Wormable RCE

DarkSide Ransomware Gang Extorted $90 Million from Several Victims in 9 Months

Recent Windows 10 update blocks Microsoft Teams, Outlook logins

Qlocker ransomware shuts down after extorting hundreds of QNAP users

May Android security updates patch 4 zero-days exploited in the wild

Hackers scan for vulnerable devices minutes after bug disclosure

UHS Data Breach Lawsuit Allowed to Proceed but only for Patient Whose Surgery was Cancelled

April 2021 Healthcare Data Breach Report