City of Riviera Beach, Florida Pays Ransom to Regain Access to Encrypted Files
Ransomware attacks are intensely targeting local governments around the US, shutting down their systems. And most of the government appear to ignore the FBI’s warning against giving in to hacker demands. With a population of only 35,000 residents, Riviera Beach in Florida has just adopted the same tactic, writes CNN ... Read More
Companies Deploy IoT Solutions but Are Confused about Achieving Goals
Organizations are ever more enthusiastic about IoT opportunities and what they could achieve through automation. But this exuberance is tempered by concerns such as how to reach company goals and which solutions would take them there, according to research by Informa Engage for Longview IoT, a Carnegie Technologies company ... Read More
Aircraft Component Maker ASCO Hit by Ransomware, Shuts Down Global Production
Belgian company ASCO Industries, a key leader in manufacturing components for both civilian and military planes, fell victim to a ransomware attack on June 7 that shut down production around the world, writes ZDNet. With all IT systems incapacitated, some 1,000 of 1,400 employees were sent home. “Employees of the ... Read More
Radiohead Releases Music Online Instead of Giving in to Blackmailer Demands
Radiohead was breached but, instead of paying ransom, the English rock band decided to release a collection of 18 hours of unheard music on Bandcamp for charity, the band’s guitarist Jonny Greenwood announced on Twitter on Tuesday. According to Greenwood, someone “stole Tom’s [York] minidisk archive from around the time ... Read More
Cyberattack Compromises US Customs and Border Protection Photo Database
Photos of people crossing the US border, taken over a month and a half, including images of their faces and vehicle numbers, were compromised in a malware attack on a subcontractor working with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), writes the Washington Post. The agency was alerted to the ... Read More
UK Tax Department Investigated over 2.6 Million Phishing Attacks in Three Years
UK’s HMRC (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) has been investigating taxpayer complaints about a surge in phishing attacks. After implementing DMARC for extra email protection in 2016, the tax collection service intercepted and blocked 300 million phishing emails, Infosecurity reports. According to a report from UK think tank Parliament Street, ... Read More
Russia Wants Access to Tinder Photos and Conversations
Russian intelligence wants to take a closer look at your Tinder photos and conversations. After Tinder and 175 other companies agreed to comply with Russian legislation asking companies to store data on Russian servers for six months, the Russian government now wants Tinder to release the information it collects from ... Read More
China Allegedly Hacked Australian National University to Recruit Informants
Cybercriminals sponsored by the Chinese government allegedly infiltrated the Australian National University’s (ANU’s) systems in 2018 and were probably roaming freely until two weeks ago when the breach was detected, writes The Sydney Morning Herald. “While it is understood there is no clear evidence yet that Beijing is behind the ... Read More
CISO Hesitancy about Public Cloud Leaves Data Centers to Run Most Workload by 2021
Enterprise privately-owned data centers form the core of IT infrastructure, but they are getting overcrowded and could soon be looking at major efficiency issues ... Read More
Data of Nearly 12 Million Patients Leaked Online
Personal and medical data of almost 12 million patients may have been compromised in a breach at American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a bill collector for medical companies including lab testing center Quest Diagnostics and insurer UnitedHealth Group, Quest Diagnostics said in a press release on Monday. The billing collection ... Read More
