The Egyptian bus-hailing company, SWVL, revealed this week that its platform was exposed to a security breach that targeted the data of some customers. It is believed that names, email addresses and phone numbers were accessed by the attackers. SWVL stated, that as soon as the breach was discovered, the information technology team dealt with it, adding that the breached vulnerability was secured, and the site was fully secured.
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Congress is once more trying its hand at national cybersecurity regulation as Lawmakers have just advanced a new bill, the “Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act,” which calls for an end to “warrant-proof” encryption that’s disrupted criminal investigations. This means that if passed, the bill will require tech companies to give legislators lawful access to encrypted data when requested. This new bill may open up the door for hackers and cybercriminals to gain access to encrypted data as well.
According to ZDNet US Secret Service says hackers are breaching MSPs to orchestrate ransomware attacks, point-of-sale intrusions, and business email compromise (BEC) scams. The US Secret Service sent out a security alert last month to the US private sector and government organisations warning about an increase in hacks of managed service providers (MSPs). MSPs provide remote management software for companies. MSPs can be simple services like file-sharing systems to complete solutions that manage a customer’s entire computer fleet. Most MSP services are built around a server-client software architecture. The server part can be remotely hosted with the MSP inside a cloud…
As internet traffic continues to surge, Adam Davenport, director of interconnection strategy at GTT, explores the steps that must be taken to better protect consumers and businesses against route leaks and hijacks. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people have relied on the internet to stay connected while keeping their distance. As a result, internet traffic has surged by around 30% since March. Putting that into context, it’s a volume of growth we’d typically expect for an entire year. Managing this explosion in traffic and transporting it throughout the world without compromising delivery speeds or the user experience is…
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) confirmed a Ragnar Locker ransomware attack that affected its parent corporation’s systems, the Portuguese multinational energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP).
As reported by The Register, more than 240 website subdomains belonging to organizations large and small, including household names, were hijacked to redirect netizens to malware, X-rated material, online gambling, and other unexpected content. These big names are said to include Chevron, the Red Cross, UNESCO, 3M, Getty Images, Hawaiian Airlines, Arm, Warner Brothers, Honeywell, Autodesk, Toshiba, Xerox, the NHS, Siemens, Volvo, Clear Channel, Total, and more. And it’s all due to the way they were hosted in Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
As reported by NBC, the U.S. is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News on Monday. His comments come amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China and as scrutiny on TikTok and Chinese technology firms continues to grow. When asked in a Fox News interview if the U.S. should be looking at banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo said: “We are taking this very seriously. We are certainly looking at it.” “We have worked on this very issue for a long time,” he said. “Whether it…
It was reported over the weekend that breaches occurred in five dating apps, leaking PI on more than 1 million users, attributed to misconfigurations of various servers: Amazon buckets, ElasticSearch, and MongoDB.
Employers who have suddenly shifted a large percentage of their workforce to remote due to Covid-19 no doubt will shudder by the findings of a new Frauhofer Institute study that concluded no home router was without security vulnerabilities. The German tech think tank analyzed 127 home routers from seven manufacturers sold in Europe and found that 46 of them hadn’t a security update within 12 months, and some hadn’t been updated for more than five years. The lion’s share (91 percent) of the routers use Linux OS, but many manufacturers don’t integrate fixes when they’re available from Linux kernel maintainers. Vendors can…
Today, new research has been released revealing the truth that for a least a year, North Korean hackers have been stealing card information from large retailers’ customers in the U.S and Europe. And according to researchers, such a fraudulent scheme directs to the Lazarus (Hidden Cobra), a group of nation-state hackers. In the act of exfiltrating the stolen credit card data and hiding the operation, legitimate websites have been used. In the past years, this credit card information stealing incident from customers of online stores is becoming a threat. These are what we commonly known as the MageCart attacks from…