efani 11-year-old Son Hacked School’s Virtual System Shut Class
That feeling when you are told your child is some kind of evil genius/master criminal who has been sabotaging the school district’s network for months…. Jeroslyn Johnson reports: A mom recently went viral on TikTok after finally revealing all the trouble her 11-year-old son has been in due to his amazing tech skills. TikTok user […]
Tracking Hacks Congress Mulls Ban on Big Ransom Payouts Unless Victims Get Official Say-So
Lisa Vaas reports: A U.S. lawmaker has introduced a bill – the Ransomware and Financial Stability Act (H.R.5936) (PDF) – that would make it illegal for financial firms to pay ransoms over $100,000 without first getting the government’s permission. The legislation was introduced on Wednesday by the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, […]
Movistar Suffers Cyber Attack Exposes Customer Data
Movistar suffered last week a cyber attack that exposed the personal information of thousands of your customers. The company has informed Friday users affected by the “irregular access” to your computer systems by SMS, as elDiario.es has advanced and has been able to confirm El Periódico de Catalunya. That message indicates that security breach has […]
Data Breach Give Away your Life Savings? Press 1 | efani Partner TheNFG.com
Caller identity fraud I am sure each one of us will either have directly experienced a fraud attack or know somebody close who has been a target. Attacks of this nature can range from a single unrecognized transaction on a credit card or a dubious claim on an insurance policy, right through to a full-on […]
Zoom Data Breach Exposed Vulnerabilities | efani SAFE?
Flaws Enable Attackers To Intercept Data, Attack Customer … these solutions in their networks to prevent data leaks,” the researchers note. Cloud video conferencing provider Zoom has released patches for multiple vulnerabilities in its product that could have allowed criminals to intercept data from meetings and attack customer infrastructure. The now patched vulnerabilities could have […]
efani Coinbase hit with Class Action Hacked Accounts
The suit names Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) and up to 50 as-yet unnamed executives and employees as defendants over data breaches by Coinbase which the suit says led to consumers losing their digital assets to hackers. The plaintiff bringing the suit is Adam Alfia, a trader who was the victim of a hack […]
All the ways you’re being surveilled COVID-19 | efani Partner TheNFG.org
The days of working from home while lounging in your sweats and cuddling with your pandemic pet may be over. Now, employers want to ensure you’re as productive as possible — by using surveillance technology. Since the start of the pandemic, demand for employee surveillance measures jumped 54%, according to research by online privacy review […]
efani Lister Fertility Clinic Patients Exposed to Ransomware
Jay Jay reports: In a letter sent to about 1,700 patients, Lister Fertility Clinic said that a ransomware attack on Stor-a-file Limited, a firm that scans medical records for the clinic, compromised the sensitive information of patients. […] The document management firm said that the ransomware attack affected 13 organizations, six of them in the […]
RedDoorz fined $54k for 2020 data breach | efani Partner TheNFG.org
After the attack, RedDoorz amended its credential policy and implemented two-factor authentication for all developers’ tools and accounts. Millions of RedDoorz’s user records were sold on underground forums in September and October last year. The compromised data included the customers’ names, contact numbers, hashed passwords, and booking information, but the report noted that masked credit […]
Southern Ohio Medical Center hit by cyber-attack
Patients who had appointments at Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) facilities Thursday received notice that their appointments were canceled due to an emergency. Rumors quickly started circulating that the hospital and its facilities we unable to access their computers or phone lines due to the computer system being down. It was later announced on the […]