The organisations are Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Police, bKash, BRAC Bank, Islami Bank Bangladesh and Corona.gov.bd Kasablanca, a hacker group, has targeted cyberattacks on at least six well-known Bangladeshi financial and government organisations, says the e-Government Computer Incident Response Team (e-Gov CIRT), the state organisation responsible for securing the country’s cyberspace. […]
Breaches and Incidents
Finnish IT services giant TietoEVRY has suffered a ransomware attack that forced them to disconnect clients’ services. TietoEVRY is a Finnish software development and IT services company that employs 24,000 people throughout 80 countries. The company earned €2.95 billion in revenue for 2019. On Monday, TietoEVRY experienced technical issues for […]
Alert Comes Amid Recent Ransomware Attacks on Hospitals, Others Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • February 23, 2021 French authorities are warning the country’s healthcare sector of the discovery of a glut of stolen credentials, apparently belonging to hospitals workers, that were found for sale on the dark web. […]
The Clop ransomware gang claims to have stolen documents from aerospace giant Bombardier’s defense division – and has leaked what appears to be a CAD drawing of one of its military aircraft products, raising fears over what else they’ve got. Over on their Tor hidden service, the cyber-extortionists published what […]
Unknown actor accessed database illegally, the lender confirmed A data breach at a Filipino credit company has exposed customers’ sensitive personal details. Cashalo, a fintech company offering cash loans and other financial services to customers in the Philippines, confirmed that “illegal access” of a database has resulted in the leak […]
Ukraine ‘s government accused unnamed Russian traffic networks as the source of massive attacks on Ukrainian security and defense websites. Today Ukraine accused unnamed Russian internet networks of massive attacks that targeted Ukrainian security and defense websites. The Ukrainian officials did not provide details about the attacks either the damage […]
LISTEN TO ARTICLE SHARE THIS ARTICLE A week after popular audio chatroom app Clubhouse said it was taking steps to ensure user data couldn’t be stolen by malicious hackers or spies, at least one attacker has proven the platform’s live audio can be siphoned. An unidentified user was able to […]
Canadian undergraduate research university Lakehead has been dealing with a cyberattack that forced the institution earlier this week to cut off access to its servers. The school’s services, including its website, have been down since Tuesday, with personnel shutting down computers on the Thunder Bay and Orillia campuses to stop […]
Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Hackers Stole Patient and Employee Data of 2 Healthcare Organizations Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • February 19, 2021 A California-based eye care provider – which also handles billing and other administrative services for a separate local surgery […]
The New York Times His Lights Stayed on During Texas’ Storm. Now He Owes $16,752. SAN ANTONIO — As millions of Texans shivered in dark, cold homes over the past week while a winter storm devastated the state’s power grid and froze natural gas production, those who could still summon […]