Infosecurity News
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
US Sentences Money Launderer Linked to QQAAZZ
Russian who conspired to launder money stolen from cybercrime victims gets time served
Desjardins Proposes $155m Data Breach Settlement
Canadian financial company endeavors to settle class-action suit over long-running data breach
Escalation in Healthcare Data Breaches
2021 on track to become the worst year for health sector data breaches in US history
