In 2019, lawyers representing the former political advisor Paul Manafort filed a response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s claims that Manafort violated his cooperation agreement by repeatedly lying to prosecutors. Specific sections of this response were redacted before it was released to the public due to the sensitive nature of some of the content. Or at least that’s what they thought. This trial put PDF redaction in a whole new light, showcasing the importance of doing it right. Although parts of the public version of this filing appeared to be redacted by black bars at first glance, it quickly became…
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It has been reported that consumer advocacy organisation Which? has issued a warning over the security of wireless camera brands made by China-based HiChip and urged the owners of more than 100,000 devices thought to be active in the UK to stop using their cameras immediately. The flaws affect both the devices themselves and their accompanying CamHi smartphone app, said Which?. The organisation worked to verify the flaw alongside security researcher and camera specialist Paul Marrapese, and found it in five cameras from OEM brands Accfly, Elite Security, ieGeek, Genbolt and SV3C. It may also exist in over 30 other brands that have been, at one time or another, sold…
US based jewelry and accessory giant Claire’s, and its subsidiary Icing, were compromised in April and have allowed hackers to gain access to customer’s credit cards. In a new report by cybersecurity firm Sansec, Claire’s website was compromised by attackers who attempted to steal customer’s payment information when purchasing from the site.
There are few certainties in 2020 given the global geo-political, social and economic landscape. What in January looked like an already complicated year changed immeasurably as Covid-19 spread around the globe. The global response by nation states to the pandemic, unprecedented in the modern era, brought the privacy of citizens to the fore yet again as governments sought to use smart devices to track the spread of the virus by collecting and processing data about the user’s movements and behaviour. It is timely to reflect on the impact of the GDPR on the increasing spread and impact of privacy laws…
The tech giants – which includes Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter – have committed to work with each other to keep the content off social networks and other distribution platforms, they claim. The firms, speaking as part of the existing Technology Coalition of digital firms, have announced Project Protect – which it says will improve the cross-industry approach to stopping child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) content appearing online. https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1271008848829128704
Earlier this year, Cybereason launched its latest honeypot to analyze the tactics, techniques, and procedures used by state-sponsored groups and cyber crime actors to target critical infrastructure providers. This honeypot was a follow up to a previous successful honeypot launched two years ago in 2018 looking at the same industry. The honeypot was built to look like an electricity company with operations in North America and Europe. In this new research, the Cybereason team identified multiple attackers executing ransomware operations involving data theft, the stealing of user credentials, and lateral movement across the victims network to compromise as many endpoints as possible. This…
Knoxville, Tennessee was hit with a ransomware attack that took place between June 10 and June 11. In response to the attack, IT staff shut down affected servers and took down the city’s network from online, resulting in downtimes for the city’s internal IT network, public website, and more. Emergency services such as the police and fire department were unaffected. The city officials are still investigating the incident.
Babylon Health suffered a data breach where users of the GP remote consultation service were able to access videos of other patients’ appointments with their doctor. The issue came to light on 9 June 2020, when a user announced on Twitter that he was able to access about 50 videos of other patients’ appointments. Babylon Health has since issued a statement confirming that they had resolved the ‘software error’ rather than a malicious attack. The company later confirmed that their investigation showed, “three patients, who had booked and had appointments, were incorrectly presented with recordings of other patients’ consultations through…
Lion, Australia’s largest beer brewer, has confirmed it has been forced to shut down production after being hit by a cyber-attack on Monday, according to ABC Online. The company is working to measure the impact of the attack but has admitted it is affecting customers, suppliers and the whole supply chain. They have been forced to adopt manual systems to take orders and ship products across the country. This attack may have come at the worst time possible, as the company have that it will severely impact pubs and clubs trying to restock as coronavirus restrictions begin to ease.
Vulnerabilities affect non-standalone 5G networks, putting industrial equipment, smart homes, and city infrastructure at risk Positive Technologies has published its Vulnerabilities in LTE and 5G networks 2020 report, the fourth in its four-part series on the greatest threats and vulnerabilities in the mobile ecosystem. Based on the findings gathered by Positive Technologies’ experts testing on mobile networks, the report highlights the cyber security risks to networks that originate with the GTP protocol – which is used to transmit user data and control traffic on 2G, 3G, and 4G networks.[1] Non-standalone 5G networks are also vulnerable. Every tested network was vulnerable to denial of service…