Following the news that a website operated by the U.S. government has been hacked by a group claiming to represent the government of Iran, security experts have warned that these cyber attacks could be part of Iran’s retaliation for the US airstrike on friday that killed Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, a top official in Iran and beloved there. A message from the hackers left on the website read: ‘in the name of god. >>>>> Hacked By Iran Cyber Security Group HackerS … ;)<<<<<. This is only small part of Iran’s cyber ability ! We’re always ready.’
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Landry’s Inc., a restaurant and hospitality corporation that owns popular eateries such as McCormick and Schmick’s, Rainforest Cafe and Del Frisco’s, was infected by malware that infected its order-entry systems to steal customer payment card information. The malware was able to infiltrate Landry’s systems despite having end-to-end encryption enabled.
Police forces across the UK have seen a 43 per cent increase in reports of crimes involving social networking site Instagram, according to official data. The findings, obtained by the Parliament Street think tank using Freedom of Information (FoI) legislation show that reports of Instagram related crimes in the most recent financial year (FY 18-19) stood at 8,905, a sharp increase on the previous year of 6,238. Police notes from the 23 forces which responded to the request for information suggest that the site is being used by paedophiles, stalkers, burglars and drug dealers to commit crimes. Surrey Police reported the…
As reported by Variety, Adam Sandler’s Twitter account has been hacked, with hackers retweeting posts from several accounts. The ‘Chuckling Squad’ group, who are responsible for the attack, have also previously been linked to the hacking of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account. The attack on Dorsey was reportedly carried out using SIM-swapping, where hackers trick a wireless provider like T-Mobile or Verizon into giving control of a phone number.
A computer virus forced a US maritime base offline for more than 30 hours, the country’s coast guard has revealed. Ransomware interrupted cameras, door-access control systems and critical monitoring systems at the site. The agency did not reveal the name or the location of the facility targeted by the attack. Officials said they believed the ransomware was sent in a malicious email link, clicked by an employee, the BBC reported yesterday.
Travelex has been forced to take down its website after a cyber attack, a decision that has affected other services that use its services, including Tesco Bank. The foreign-currency seller has been working on the issue since the software virus attack on New Year’s Eve.
Recently, the Twelve Security blog reported that Wyze Labs, makers of a line of popular affordable security cameras, had suffered a huge breach in which the company’s production databases were left entirely open to the internet. This exposed the personal data of 2.4 million users, including usernames and emails, WiFi information, and health information. This is not the first time Wyze has been breached, and the last occurred just six months ago.
BBC News reported yesterday that websites and mobile apps for Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, the three companies, part of Lloyds Banking group, had all become unavailable.
The Zeppelin ransomware gang has joined the ranks of ransomware strains (Maze, REvil (Sodinokibi), Snatch, and the now-defunct Merry Christmas) that collect and steal a victim’s data before encrypting files. https://twitter.com/RSSFeedsCloud/status/1211985000721211392
The DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol is used for increased security on the network and provides additional confidentiality, but could be tracked according to a SANs researcher.* https://twitter.com/xavitron/status/1209849990249627648