Data from 500 million LinkedIn accounts put up for sale
Mere days after news broke of a data leak that impacted more than half a billion Facebook users, another massive batch of people's personal information is being offered for sale on a hacking forum. This time around, the treasure trove of data originates from LinkedIn, although the social networking site says that the records don't come from a data leak or a breach of its systems. READ MORE...
623M Payment Cards Stolen from Cybercrime Forum
The Swarmshop cyber-underground "card shop" has been hit by hackers, who lifted the site's database of stolen payment-card data and leaked it online. That's according to researchers at Group-IB, who said that the database was posted on a rival underground forum. Card shops are online cybercriminal forums where stolen payment-card data is bought and sold. READ MORE...
No password required: Mobile carrier exposes data for millions of accounts
Q Link Wireless, a provider of low-cost mobile phone and data services to 2 million US-based customers, has been making sensitive account data available to anyone who knows a valid phone number on the carrier's network, an analysis of the company's account management app shows. Dania, Florida-based Q Link Wireless is what's known as a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, meaning it doesn't operate its own wireless network but rather buys services in bulk from other carriers and resells them. READ MORE...
Stuxnet sibling theory surges after Iran says nuke facility shut down by electrical fault
Iran has admitted that one of its nuclear facilities went offline over the weekend, and a single report claiming Israeli cyber-weapons were the cause has been widely accepted as a credible explanation for the incident. Iran on Sunday published this announcement that said an "accident" impacted the "electricity distribution network" at its Natanz enrichment facility. READ MORE...
Joker malware infects over 500,000 Huawei Android devices
More than 500,000 Huawei users have downloaded from the company's official Android store applications infected with Joker malware that subscribes to premium mobile services. Researchers found ten seemingly harmless apps in AppGallery that contained code for connecting to malicious command and control server to receive configurations and additional components. A report from antivirus maker Doctor Web notes that the malicious apps. READ MORE...
Texan's alleged Amazon bombing effort fizzles: Militia man wanted to take out 'about 70 per cent of the internet'
The US Justice Department on Friday announced the arrest of Seth Aaron Pendley, 28, for allegedly planning to blow up a single Amazon data center in Ashburn, Virginia, which he thought would knock out around 70 per cent of the internet. Pendley, the feds said, was arrested on Thursday after supposedly trying to buy explosives from an undercover agent in Fort Worth, Texas. READ MORE...
Fed Chair Says Cyberattacks Main Risk to US Economy
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said he was more worried about the risk of a large-scale cyberattack than another financial crisis like that of 2008. The risks of a 2008-like crisis with a need for government bailouts of banks were "very, very low," the head of the US central bank said during an interview aired Sunday on CBS's "60 minutes." Powell stressed that the Federal Reserve was considering different types of scenarios. READ MORE...
CISA Releases Tool to Detect Microsoft 365 Compromise
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a new tool to help with the detection of potential compromise within Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 environments. Dubbed Aviary, the new tool is a dashboard that makes it easy to visualize and analyze output from Sparrow, the compromise detection tool that was released in December 2020. READ MORE...
- ...in 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman assumes the Presidency after only 82 days as VP.
- ...in 1954, Bill Haley & His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock," widely credited as the song that brought rock and roll into the mainstream of popular culture.
- ...in 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to reach outer space and achieve Earth orbit, giving Russia a temporary lead in the Space Race.
- ...in 1996, early Internet giant Yahoo! has its initial public offering, selling 2.6 million shares at $13 each.
