USB stick sold in Yukon pawn shop had personal data from Health ministry
Health minister says a former employee copied data onto USB key, then ‘abandoned’ with other belongings in a st
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
This episode features a discussion on a common mistake in using email, the risks of using real customer data when testing applications and the latest cyber incident statistics
Most Canadian firms hit by ransomware tell StatsCan they didn’t pay up. Experts are skeptical
Two experts we talked to think more firms are paying to get data back or decryption keys, but are afraid t
Leaked police notes may have warned missing Cryptoqueen of planned arrest
Ruja Ignatova, 42, a Bulgarian-born woman wanted for her alleged role in the fraud involving the cryptocurrency OneCoin, may have received police information about an investigation into her $4 billion (£3.5 billion) cryptocurrency fraud before her disappearance. She disappeared on October 25, 2017, after being tipped off about intensifying police investigations into her cryptocurrency, OneCoin, […]
Instagram releases safety features to protect users from trolls
Instagram has unveiled a new set of safety features designed to protect users from abusive internet trolls and help users block the accounts of abusers and trolls. Users can now block all existing accounts of a person, extending a feature introduced last year that only allowed new accounts to be blocked. For example, if a […]
Meta Oversight Board plans to introduce Warning Screens on Facebook Posts this month
Earlier this month, Meta’s independent oversight board announced it would be able to add warning screens and labels to posts on Facebook and Instagram, labeling content as “disturbing” or “sensitive.” The body, which has the power to consider removal requests, said the labels would be used when “leaving up or restoring qualifying content,” including photos […]
Crypto thieves sentenced to more than two years in prison
Eric Meiggs and Declan Harrington, both from Massachusetts, were sentenced to more than two years in prison for stealing cryptocurrency in SIM swapping attacks and hijacking their victims’ social media accounts. Eric Meiggs, 24, of Brockton was sentenced to two years and one day in prison, while Declan Harrington, 22, of Beverly was sentenced to […]
Health system breach exposes the personal data of 3 million patients
Advocate Aurora Health (AAH), a health care system with 26 hospitals in Wisconsin and Illinois, has confirmed a data breach caused by the improper use of Meta Pixel on AAH’s websites. The data breach exposed the personal information of 3,000,000 patients. Meta Pixel is a JavaScript tracker that helps website operators understand how visitors interact […]
Broken fiber cables in France affect internet connection worldwide
The internet connection has recently been affected worldwide due to fiber optic cable damage in the south of France and the Shetland Islands, affecting subsea cable connections to Europe, Asia and the United States. The incident led to data packet losses and slow website responses. According to cloud security firm Zscaler, three French routes were […]
Cyber Security Today, Oct. 21, 2022 – Microsoft storage misconfiguation, data tracker leads to another data breach, and more
This episode reports on an arrest in Brazil allegedly related to the Lapsus$ gang. two convictions in the US for SIM card swappin
