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Eggfree Cake Box Data Breach: Hackers Steal Payment Info

2020 Cyberattacks Did Not Miss the Food Retail Industry. The Eggfree Cake Box Data Breach Led to Stealing of Credit Card Customer Information.

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The Stolen Data of Audi and Volkswagen Is Being Sold on a Hacking Forum

According to the Company, Over 95% of the Sensitive Data Consists of Driver’s License Numbers.

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We Are Witnessing a Wave of Credential Stuffing Attacks

Travel and Retail Are the Industries Facing a Wave of Credential Stuffing Attacks.

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South Korean Company HMM Reveals It Had Suffered a Cyberattack on Its Email Servers

The Organization Said the E-mail Server in All Areas Except for America and Europe Remains Impacted.

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Macquarie Uni’s Experts Reveal New Statistics: Increased Health Apps Data Oversharing

A Study Published by Australian Macquarie University’s Researchers Indicates a Raise in the Sharing of Private Data in the Health Apps on Google Play.

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Scammers Are Mailing Fake Ledger Devices to Steal Cryptocurrency

The Company Warns Users to Not Connect the Device to the Computer and Never Share the Recovery Phrase with Anyone.

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Fitness Machines, Cyberattack Victims Too: Peloton Bike Plus System Vulnerability Detected

McAfee Has Recently Reported the Discovery of a Peloton Bike Plus System Vulnerability by Simulating a Cyberattack.

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Microsoft Adds Support for Detecting Jailbroken iOS Devices to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

If it’s Detected that a Device is Jailbroken, a Warning is Surfaced to the Security Team in Microsoft 365 Defender.

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The Source Code of Paradise Ransomware Released on a Hacking Forum

Paradise Ransomware Is a RaaS Typically Delivered Through a Malicious Zip Attachment in Phishing Emails.

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AmeriGas Discloses 8-Second Data Breach

Although the Attack Lasted Briefly, It Managed to Impact 123 Company Employees.

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Two Companies Have to Pay $43,000 Over Private Information Breaches Impacting SAF and Mindef Employees

Nothing Indicates that Any of the Affected Data Was Eventually Disclosed.

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Western Australia Might Be Quarantining COVID Check-in Info

The Australian Hard Border State Began the Process of Protecting COVID Contact Tracing Information from Law Enforcement.

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Scammers Bypassed Office 365 MFA in BEC Attacks

Microsoft 365 Defender Researchers Disrupted Cloud-Based Infrastructure Used by Scammers in a Large-Scale BEC.

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Attackers Use SEO Poisoning to Infect Victims with SolarMarker Malware, Microsoft Warns

According to Microsoft, SolarMarker Is a Backdoor Virus that Steals Information and Credentials from Browsers.

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G7 Demands Russia to Hedge Against Domestic Ransomware Gangs

On Sunday, G7 Leaders Urged Russia Take Action Against Threat Actors Conducting Cyberattacks and Using Ransomware from Within Its Borders.

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Audi and Volkswagen Involved in a Massive Data Breach

Audi And Volkswagen Suffered a Data Breach that Affected 3.3 Million Customers After a Vendor Exposed Unsecured Data on the Internet.

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Intuit Clients Warned of Hacked TurboTax Accounts

The TurboTax Accounts Have Been Hacked Employing Reused Credentials.

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Nuclear Contractor Sol Oriens Hit by REvil Ransomware Attack

The Company Refused to Say if It Paid a Ransom to the Cybercriminals.

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Codecov Changes the Bash Uploader for a NodeJS executable

Codecov Has Recently Introduced a Cross-Platform Uploader Meant to Replace Its Former Bash Uploader, Available as a Static Binary Executable.

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A Linux System Service Bug Allows the Root on Modern Distros

Malicious Attackers Are Now Able to Get a Root Shell by Exploiting an Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the Polkit Auth System Service.

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Business Closed and Decryption Keys Released: Avaddon Ransomware Group Is Gone

2934 Decryption Keys Were Released and Sent to Bleeping Computers by Avaddon Ransomware Group after Shutting Down Business.

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McDonald’s Suffers Security Breach

The Hackers Stole Sensitive Data from the Company’s Systems in Markets Including the U.S., South Korea, and Taiwan.

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Network Security Organization COO Accused of Cyberattack on Medical Center

The Chief Operating Officer of a Network Security Company Organized a 2018 Cyberattack on Gwinnett Medical Center, According to the Prosecutors.

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Watch Out! Emerging Malware is Skulking in Steam Profile Pictures

Concealing Malware in a Picture File’s Metadata is Not a New Practice, but Using a Gaming Platform is Something Unique.

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Ransomware Attack Hits Foodservice Distributor Edward Don

The Attack Forced the Company to Shut Down Some of Its Operations to Prevent the Infection’s Spread.

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Was the RockYou2021 an Actual Data Breach?

RockYou2021 Is a List Revealed on a Hacker Forum That Allegedly Contains 8.4 Billion Password Entries.

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Hackers Are Tampering with Pre-Installed Apps to Spy on Samsung Users

The Threat Actors Can Watch Users, and Even Take Complete Control of the Entire System.

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CD Projekt Data Breach: Ransomware Attack Makes Internal Data Public

Data Stolen During the CD Projekt Data Breach in February is Now in Plain Sight on the Internet.

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Gaming Giant Electronic Arts Got Breached

Hackers Breached the Network of Gaming Giant Electronic Arts (EA) and Claimed to Have Stolen Over 750 GB of Data, Which Includes Game Source Code and Debug Tools

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The Largest Marketplace for Stolen Logins Slilpp Disrupted by International Law Enforcement

Stolen Account Login Credentials for Over 1,400 Account Providers Were Available for Sale, According to Experts.

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