Infosecurity News

Microsoft Fixes New Year's Day Exchange Server Bug
Issue led to empty inboxes on first day back at work

Albania's Prime Minister Issues Data Leak Apology
Personal data of hundreds of thousands of Albanian citizens leaked on social media

Russia Fines Google $100m Over "Illegal" Content
Moscow slaps American tech giant with largest ever penalty relating to banned content

NY Makes Falsifying Vaccination Cards a Crime
Falsifying COVID-19 vaccination card data is now a Class D felony in the state of New York

Hellmann Warns Customers They Could Face Malicious Communications Following Attack
Hellmann confirmed that data was extracted from its systems during the ransomware attack earlier this month

Former Uber CSO Faces New Charge for 2016 Breach
US feds accuse Joe Sullivan of using bug bounty to conceal 2016 hack and breach

Unique Cyber-Attacks Fall for First Time Since 2018
The researchers recorded a 4.8% decline in unique attacks in Q3 compared to Q2 2021

Russian Hacker’s $1.7M Restitution Order Overturned
Ninth Circuit rules Yevgeniy Nikulin will not have to compensate tech companies for 2012 data breach

Army Recruiter Cyber-Stalked by Wannabe Soldier
US Army recruiter digitally harassed for two years by man who failed army entrance exam

Texas Convicts BEC Scammer
Houston resident convicted of scamming Teton School District out of $785,000

Consumers Warned of Surging Delivery Text Scams Ahead of Christmas
New figures show that over half of smishing texts so far in Q4 2021 impersonated parcel and package delivery firms

Alibaba Suffers Government Crackdown Over Log4j
Chinese tech giant was first to discover and report the bug

CISA Releases Free Scanner to Spot Log4j Exposure
Tool will help security teams root out unpatched instances

Up to 120,000 Cops May Have Legal Claim Over 2019 Breach
Lawyers are seeking compensation from Police Federation

Cyber-Attack on Belgium’s Military
Belgian defense ministry confirms cyber-attack involving exploitation of Log4j software

Cybercrime Cops Arrest NHS Workers
Metropolitan police investigating suspected fake COVID-19 vaccination records arrest NHS employees

BEC Attack on Monongalia Health System
Cyber-thieves steal from West Virginia-based healthcare provider by impersonating vendor

Russian Cyber Exec Extradited After Alleged Trading Conspiracy
The quartet is said to have made tens of millions after hacking SEC filing firms

Ubisoft Reveals Player Data Breach Came from User Error
IT misconfiguration enabled attackers to access network

US Returns $150m to Sony After Employee BEC Attack
The $150m embezzled from a Sony subsidiary was converted into bitcoin



