Hackers infiltrated Collabera, based in New Jersey, which offers companies IT services and staff. They deleted employees’ personal data.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/14/collabera_ransomware/
Cybercrime is still evolving; cybercriminals are developing and carrying out increasingly sophisticated attacks also using artificial intelligence. The most frequently chosen are fearful and inexperienced victims. One should not be afraid because we are not helpless. It is essential to practice good cyber hygiene, keep up with the latest threat information, and implement recommendations to become more robust and more agile.
https://threatpost.com/helping-remote-workers-remote-attacks/156467/
A new sophisticated group of threats attacks organizations without implementing DMARC and extracting as much money from victims as possible, based on compromise in business emails.
https://threatpost.com/a-new-age-of-sophisticated-business-email-compromise-is-coming/157332/
Microsoft warns that remote work extends the problem of using applications that are used for collaboration. It enables attackers to intensify application-based attacks using the OAuth 2.0 protocol.
https://threatpost.com/microsoft-warns-oauth-attacks-cloud-app/157331/
The report prepared after collecting advertisements from dark internet markets from the period of 2.5 years reveals how confidential banking data and social media data are currently sold on the Dark Web.
https://www.hackread.com/dark-web-15-billion-credentials-100000-data-breaches/
Beware of Netgear, Linksys, D-Link, and similar devices; it turns out that they contain dangerous security holes that even updates do not fix.
https://threatpost.com/report-most-popular-home-routers-have-critical-flaws/157346/
The threat of corporate networks attack by Conti Ransomware is coming. It has new features through which it performs faster and more targeted attacks.
Google will update its headquarters to ban spyware and surveillance advertising globally.
The problem is that with such programs, we have no control over where the victims’ data goes. It can be assumed with a high probability that they will become not only the property of the “attacker” but also the application developers who use those interested in this type of tool to infect victims themselves. Imagine – it’s an ideal form of infection.
Railway systems have recently become more digital; this is the most open way for sophisticated bad actors and the possibility of malicious cyber attacks.
https://threatpost.com/podcast-securing-railway-systems-against-hacks/157149/
The problem with identity theft is enormous, but unfortunately, a user in the UK may feel threatened because his online activity is not very well protected from criminals.
https://www.itproportal.com/news/brits-need-to-up-their-identity-fraud-protection/