We will soon be functioning in reality quantum computers. The largest global technology companies are working on it. Today, quantum computing is the domain of scientists, but slowly the possibilities of a new era of computing are noticed by market players.
Beware of aggressive scammers impersonating the IRS and emailing potential victims to pay fabricated amounts of payments. You may end up with many targets paying off as they are frightened by fraudsters who threaten them with Credit Bureau reports and legal action.
Shopping and grocery company BigBasket experienced a data breach, and more than 20 million customers were affected.
https://www.myce.com/news/bigbasket-suffers-from-data-breach-compromises-20m-customers-95114/
“The smishing campaign is concerning as it employs multiple HMRC phishing domains and tactics, with new domains added every day as older ones get flagged by spam filters.”
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hmrc-smishing-tax-scam-targets-uk-banking-customers/
A social housing provider from England has been hit by Ransomware.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/06/revil_sodinokibi_ransomware_gang_flagship_group_housing/
“A newly discovered worm and botnet named Gitpaste-12 lives on GitHub and also uses Pastebin to host malicious code.”
Another attack and more and more fear among similar industries. The Italian company Campari has been hit by ransomware and is in the ransom demand.
“Federal regulators have imposed a $202,400 fine on the City Health Department in New Haven, Connecticut, for potentially violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).”
https://cisomag.eccouncil.org/u-s-city-new-haven-fined-200k-over-former-employees-hipaa-violation/
“A critical vulnerability has been detected in SonicWall VPN networks that affect 800K firewalls; they should be patched immediately. “Given the increase in remote workforce and dependence on corporate VPNs, easily exploitable vulnerabilities like these relate to security.”
