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The penalties for a personal data breach (PDPC) are huge; since 2016, this sum is (~ USD 1.5 million). Personal data is the priority of every company with which we sign a contract; we must feel safe. Many corporations do not feel the need to protect our information; hence we have leaks from applications with personal data, hacker access to systems with the ability to view profiles, ransomware attack, or lack of protection of personal data. The companies that incurred costs are significant telecommunications companies.

https://cyware.com/news/seven-organizations-including-singtel-fined-for-violation-of-data-protection-laws-481c45bb

A considerable number of patients from the South-Central Medical System in Iowa have informed that the breach may have resulted in unauthorized access to the health information on December 19, 2019. Investigators are still monitoring and reviewing infected accounts. In connection with the email violation, access was made to patient names, dates of birth, addresses, insurance, and clinical information (such as the reason for the visit). All MCHC employees have reset their email account passwords and underwent cybersecurity training.

https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2020/02/17/monroe-iowa-county-hospital-patients-data-breach-victims/4790481002/

Cyber ​​Security Researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar of vpnMentor have discovered a severe violation when using the US PhotoSquared photo printing application. Abuse in using the application has revealed that not only the photos were personalized but also orders, delivery address, invoice amount, and more.

https://www.cisomag.com/photosquared-app-exposes-100000-customer-photos/

Update the plugin if you are the owner of a WordPress site that uses commercial themes through ThemeGrill. The WebARX report, which deals with Word Press security, states that older versions are vulnerable to attacks by unauthorized persons.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/bug-in-wordpress-plugin-can-let-hackers-wipe-up-to-200000-sites/

Equifax hackers for a long time remained unnoticed on the network, skilfully used administrative tools, which made detecting perpetrators by researchers extremely difficult. Timo Steffens described this method as “modern identity change with growing beard and dyeing hair.”

https://www.techradar.com/news/heres-how-the-equifax-hackers-avoided-detection

MalwareHunterTeam has discovered a new phishing campaign that has been attacked by thirteen companies via email, specially fabricated and claiming to be the company’s producers or customers.

A full table of affected companies click below.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/targeted-phishing-attack-aims-for-well-known-corporate-brands/

Cybersecurity Group-IB has detected that the Indian dark bank has a huge number of payment cards for sale. At risk data is information about the card number, expiry date, CVV / CVC, card holder name, personal data. The attack could probably have been threatened on the Internet by phishing, malicious software or sniffers.

https://www.cisomag.com/group-ib-finds-half-a-million-credit-cards-of-indian-banks-on-darknet/

Artificial Intelligence covers many different topics and can be used in many different industries. This can be a type of danger. AI in malicious software is a terrifying thought, action is different from Skynet from “The Terminator” there is disturbing tendencies that are harder to identify and stop with AI. The type of this malicious software is adapted to normal existing rules, but unfortunately artificial intelligence allows faster infection of computers and increased attacks.

https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/the-malware-of-the-future-will-be-independent-and-adaptable/

The attack on the police may seem incomprehensible to us, we may feel some fear. Our data should be super protected in such units, and unfortunately they are not.

Police Chief Kevin Bishop of Southwick, Mass announced Thursday that the department’s official website was removed due to an attack by malicious software. The US Army pays hackers for detecting security flaws, but after a failed attempt by Police Chief Kevin Bishop decided to pull the plug.

https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Hackers-Target-Massachusetts-Police-Department-Website.html

HIDDEN COBRA is what the US government calls the malicious actions of North Korea. In the MARs report, the FBI and CISA warn against malware. US agencies have provided organizations with detailed information on the analysis of malicious software, and reports have been issued to help detect and limit the malicious activities of the North Korean government.

https://www.techradar.com/news/fbi-warns-over-fresh-malware-from-north-korea