B.C. regional government acknowledges cyber attack
A British Columbia municipality has acknowledged being the victim of a cyber attack just over two weeks ago. The admission made today comes after the LockBit ransomware gang listed the Sunshine Coast Regional District on its data breach website. “On Thursday, September 8 and for most of Friday, September 9, computer servers at the Sunshine
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for September 23, 2022
This episode includes a discussion on insider threat awareness month, the latest Uber hack and the $35 million fine to Morgan Stanley’s investmen
Cyber Security Today, Sept. 23, 2022 – How a lack of MFA contributed to a hack
This episode reports the value of multifactor authentication, news about new security patches for Red Hat Linux and Windows, an update on the BlackCat ransomware gan
U.S. Senate committee passes bill to facilitate better negotiations on content use
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a bill that would allow news organizations to team up to negotiate higher revenues with Google and Facebook. The law aims to give news and broadcast organizations more leverage after years of scrutiny of how big technology companies use their content to attract traffic and ad revenue […]
Hackers compromise Microsoft Exchange servers to deploy malicious OAuth apps
Microsoft has confirmed the breach that allowed a threat actor to gain access to cloud tenants hosting Microsoft Exchange servers. “The investigation revealed that the threat actor launched credential stuffing attacks against high-risk accounts that didn’t have multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled and leveraged the unsecured administrator accounts to gain initial access. The unauthorized access to […]
Rural American communities with limited or no broadband now have better access
Rural and Native American communities, which have traditionally had lower mobile and broadband connectivity than urban areas, are now benefiting from U.S. federal funds being spent on new black fiber-optic cables to address their plight, which will provide service to at least 4,500 homes, businesses, and institutions over the next five years. Mel Yawakie, vice […]
Meta sued for tracking iPhone users despite Apple’s privacy policy
Meta will face a proposed class-action lawsuit accusing it of tracking and collecting personal information from iPhone users and violating Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which requires apps to obtain users’ consent before they can be tracked across apps and websites of other companies. According to the lawsuit, Meta hijacks, recognizes and documents the interactions […]
Facebook whistleblower sets up NGO to tackle social media harms
Frances Haugen, a former product manager and Facebook whistleblower is launching a nonprofit organization called Beyond the Screen to develop answers to the dangers posed by social media. Haugen circulated internal Facebook documents last year detailing the social media company’s failings to protect teenage girls on Instagram and crack down on vaccine misinformation, Beyond the […]
Hackers stole about 10 million Australian customer data from Optus
Optus, an Australian telecommunications company owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., said an elaborate hack had stolen personal information from up to 10 million customers, but no corporate customers were affected. It also stated that it will contact the affected customers. Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin expressed outrage and regret that an offshore entity had infiltrated […]
Instagram back after brief outage
Instagram announced that the issues that led to a multi-user outage of its platform on Thursday had been fixed. According to the outage tracking website Downdetector.com, up to 24,000 people reported difficulties accessing the social network, causing users around the world to complain about malfunctioning feeds, problems checking DMs, and other issues. Some users experienced […]
