1 & 1 Telecom was fined after people calling the call center were able to get information about the clinics by giving only their name and date of birth. This information was provided by BfDI.
https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/gdpr-breach-german-privacy-regulator-fines-11-telecom-a-13482
Snatch distinguishes itself from other software, it is primarily a dangerous ransomware, but also a great tool for data theft. It includes a data module that allows attackers to embezzle a huge amount of information from specific organizations.
https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/snatch-ransomware-safe-mode.html
CIO, CISO ensures that Absolute Software’s self-healing endpoint protection technology is embedded in the internal software of over 500 million devices. Absolute is a leading platform that provides visibility and control to enterprises for manipulation attempts and protection.
Microsoft won in a tender valued at US $ 10 billion to provide cloud infrastructure for the US Department of Defense. The investment has in mind the extension of the US Department of Defense IT modernization plan and the construction of the JEDI cloud infrastructure. The huge project aroused a lot of controversy from the beginning, most of all the surprise was the choice of the concern, most observers bet that the contract will be won by the operator of the platform Amazon Web Services. It was also feared that awarding such a gigantic order to only one supplier (that was the assumption of the project) would make it gain a gigantic advantage over competitors in all future business contacts with the Pentagon. In the Pentagon statement informing about the selection of the contractor, it was explicitly taken into account that the tender settlement process was very transparent and all candidates were evaluated according to the same criteria. However, Amazon has doubts and has already complained about the whole case. The group’s representatives do not hide their surprise, and what is more – they suggest that if the decision-making process was based solely on a comparison of the terms of the bids submitted by the bidders, the result would certainly have been different.
New research shows that Chinese and Russian hackers are strengthening their position in online crime. Attacks during Black Friday increased by 60% percent in two years. This is shocking.
The article is addressed to both defenders who, on a daily basis, must or will have to deal with unknown malicious software. As well as technically knowledgeable practitioners who would like to add these tools and tactics to the range of their skills.
BMW has detected a hacker attack. Instead of closing the operation, however, they allowed them to stay online so that they could track their actions. Only access to confidential information was prevented. A similar story probably happened in Hyundai, unfortunately we do not know the details. The group attacking industry sectors is suspected to be located in Southeast Asian countries.
https://siliconangle.com/2019/12/08/report-bmw-hyundai-targeted-apt32-hacking-group/
Vinton Gray Cerf was born in 1943. He is considered one of the creators of the Internet. After graduating from Stanford University and the University of California, found employment at DARPA. He played a key role in creating the basic network protocol – TCP / IP, he also wrote the first commercial email program. In addition to scientific work, Vint Cerf was also a member of the board of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), awarded and standardized domain names, administering IP resources and managing DNS servers.
In New Mexico, researchers discovered a vulnerability in Linux that allows attack and take over TCP connections over VPN. The vulnerability has a colossal impact on the operation of Systemd, Google, Apple, OpenVPN and WireGuard.