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Canadian Cyberattacks in 2020: Most Organizations in Canada Affected

Work from Home Led to Security Threats: 2020 Canadian Cyberattacks Had a Great Impact on Companies.

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Gelsemium Cyberspies Linked to NoxPlayer Supply-Chain Attack

Researchers Believe That Gelsemium Is Responsible for the Supply-Chain Attack Against Bignox, Previously Reported as Operation Nightscout.

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A New Ransomware Group Claims it Breached Over 30 Organizations

Prometheus Ransomware, An Emerging Ransomware Operation Declared to Have Breached a Large Number of Companies.

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Tunbridge Wells Data Breach: Skinners' Kent Schools Closed Following Cyberattack

Cyberattack Wave against Educational Institutions Continues with Two New Hits in Tunbridge Wells.

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Meatpacking Organization JBS Pays $11 Million to REvil Ransomware Hackers

JBS Paid the Ransom in Cryptocurrency to Avert Further Disruptions.

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Cox Media Group Hit by Cyberattack

Streaming and Other Internal Operations of Dozens of Radio and Television Stations Were Crippled in A Suspected Ransomware Attack.

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A Series of Cryptomining Attacks Are Targeting Kubernetes clusters

Microsoft is Warning in Regards to an Ongoing Series of Attacks that are Compromising Kubernetes Clusters.

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FBI: BEC Scammers Now Impersonate Construction Companies

Since They Don’t Use Malware or Malicious URLs That Can Be Detected with Standard Cyber Defenses, these BEC Attacks Are Difficult to Trace.

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After Having Her Photos Published Online, a Student Receives Millions of Dollars from Apple

As a Result, the Employees Who Were Working at the Store Operated by the Apple Contractor Were Fired.

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The Ministry of Labor and Social Economy of Spain Became Victim of a Cyberattack

The Spanish Ministry of Labor and Social Economy Is Currently Trying to Restore Its Services After Recently Being Hit by a Cyberattack.

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Al Jazeera Media Network Exposed to Cyberattacks Endeavoring to Disrupt Its Services

Al Jazeera Censures These Cyberattacks and Affirms its Right to Go After Legal Recourse Against the Criminals.

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Ragnar Locker Ransomware Hits Electronics Maker ADATA

The Threat Actors Claim They Have Stolen 1.5TB Of Sensitive Data from the Company’s Network Before Deploying the Ransomware Payloads.

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Windows 10 Targeted by PuzzleMaker Hackers

A New Threat Actor Used a Chain of Google Chrome and Windows 10 Zero-Day Exploits in Attacks Targeted Against Multiple Companies Worldwide.

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Constituent Platform Used by Congress Affected by Ransomware Attack

Following the Attack, 60 Members from Both Parties Have Been Unable to Access Constituent Information for Weeks.

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Websites Around the World Were Affected by Fastly CDN Outage

Major Websites Around the World Were Completely Down or Not Loading Properly in What Seems to Have Been a Global Outage.

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FINRA Alerts US Brokerage Companies of a Phishing Operation in Progress with Penalty Threats

Hackers Send Bogus Emails Asking for Additional Details from Recipients to Confirm Their Company Name.

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US Truck and Military Vehicle Producer Navistar Reveals it Has Been Affected by Cyberattack

The Company Stated that it Received a Claim that Data Had Been Stolen from Its IT System.

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What Is a Feature Pack?

How Important Are Feature Updates? Why Install a Feature Pack?

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New Kubernetes Malware Backdoors Windows Containers

The Malware’s End Goal Is to Backdoor the Windows Containers and Prepare Them for Attackers to Abuse Them in Other Malicious Activities.

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Ransomware Attacks to Be Treated with Similar Priority as Terrorism, DOJ Announces

According to the Wall Street Journal, the Recent Wave of Ransomware Attacks Was Similar to What the U.S. Faced After 9/11.

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Spam Alert! Online Casino Users Receive Deceptive Emails

The Messages Say they Won the Big Award and Ask them to Confirm their Account.

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Feedzai’s Verdict: Banking Attacks Have Increased 159% Over the Past Year

While More and More People Choose to Buy from the Comfort of their Smartphones, Feedzai’s Report Discovered that Android Users are More Likely to Face Fraud.

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Brazilian Companies Are Lacking Much Needed Cybersecurity Teams

More Than Half of Brazilian Businesses Are Unprepared from a Cybersecurity Standpoint and Therefore Often Targeted by Cyberattacks.

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Accellion Data Breach Impacts NSW Health

New South Wales Health Is the Latest Australian Government Entity to Confirm Being Impacted by A Vulnerability in the FTA.

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Australians Have Spent AU$26.5m to Pay Scammers in 2020

The ACCC’s Scamwatch Received in 2020 Reports Regarding 216,087 Scams, Losing a Total of AU$156 Million.

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Signal App Safety Numbers Remain Unchanged

When Reinstalling the Signal App or Switching Over to a New Device, the Signal SN May Not Always Change.

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FreakOut Malware Adds New Functionalities

Windows and Linux Devices Are Now Being Targeted by A Multi-Platform Python-Based Malware That Has Been Upgraded to Worm Its Way into Internet-Exposed VMware vCenter Servers.

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A 55-year Old Latvian Woman Accused of Deploying Trickbot Malware

US Justice Department Accused Her of Developing Malicious Software that Infected Devices Globally and Robed Bank Accounts of Millions of Dollars.

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Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Lures Are Used in Phishing Attacks

The Ransomware Attack on Colonial Pipeline Helped a Threat Actor to Create a New Phishing Lure Able to Trick Victims Into Downloading Malicious Files.

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New Evil Corp Ransomware Bypasses OFAC Sanctions by Mimicking PayloadBin Gang

PayloadBIN Has Been Linked to the Evil Corp Cybercrime Gang Who Uses It to Avoid Sanctions Imposed by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

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