Hackers recently released a list of nearly half a million Fortinet VPN usernames and passwords onto the Dark Web. The group behind the attack claims that all the credentials were scraped from exploitable devices last summer. The group also claims that while the vulnerability that made the hack possible has been patched many of the …
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American fashion retailer Guess recently became the latest in a seemingly unending parade of big-name companies to suffer a data breach. The company\’s breach notification letter was mailed to all customers whose data was compromised. The letter states that an unidentified party gained access to Guess\’ systems between February 2nd and February 23rd of this …
Hacks continue to evolve as the hackers themselves get increasingly sophisticated. One of the most recent victims is investment banking giant Morgan Stanley. Their network was breached after the attackers stole personal information belonging to their customers by hacking into an Accellion FTA server belonging to a third-party vendor, then using that information to breach …
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Government officials and some internet security researchers have been saying for quite some time now that the nation\’s (and the world\’s) core infrastructure is at risk. Some examples include the flow of water into cities, the flow of electricity, and the traffic lights that keep city streets relatively organized. All of these depend on the …
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Do you own, or have you recently test-driven a Mercedes? If so, or if you\’ve created an account on their website for some other purpose, be advised that the company recently disclosed that they had been hacked. They say that the attackers made off with personal and financial information belonging to more than 1.6 million …
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If your business has regular dealings with the Education sector of the market, be aware that the PYSA ransomware gang has a new trick up their sleeves. Recently, they\’ve been using a RAT called ChaChi to create back doors in a wide range of education-oriented organizations and steal data or mass lock files with ransomware …
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Hackers around the world have been busy this year, with Intuit being the latest company to fall victim to their attacks. The TurboTax company recently announced that their network was breached following a series of account takeover attacks, and that as a consequence, an undisclosed number of Turbo Tax customers had their personal data compromised. …
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The Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA), a subsidiary of the German Volkswagen Group, recently disclosed a large scale data breach that exposed the personal data of more than three million VW customers. The incident came about because between August of 2019 and May of 2021, one of VWGoA\’s vendors left unsecured data exposed on the …
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McDonalds is the latest major corporation to fall victim to a hacking attack. The fast-food giant does business in more than 100 countries and has nearly 40,000 locations globally with more than 14,000 in the United States alone. Recently, they disclosed that hackers found a way into their network and stole information belonging to both …
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Bose is the latest in an unending parade of major companies to disclose that they\’ve been the victim of a ransomware attack. In the company\’s breach notification letter, they indicated that they first detected the incursion on March 7th, 2021, with the attack itself having occurred on April 29th. Additionally, as is quite common in …
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