Security.nl – Salaris Zwitserse universiteitsmedewerkers gestolen via phishingaanval
“Criminelen zijn erin geslaagd om door middel van phishingaanvallen de salarissen van Zwitserse universiteitsmedewerkers te stelen.”
AP – German hospital hacked, patient taken to another city dies
“The woman’s death appeared to be the first resulting from a ransomware attack, even if indirectly so. “
Hackread – Ex-employee hacked Cisco’s AWS Infrastructure; erased virtual machines
“Employee malcontent can lead to dire consequences. Something that worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions company, Cisco learned the hard way.”
Nakedsecurity – Porn blast disrupts bail hearing of alleged Twitter hacker
“Instead, the courtroom was hooked up to a Zoom meeting that was, it seems, not adequately secured against – how shall we put this? – external interference…”
Cuberscoop.com – Zero-day flaw found in Zoom for Windows 7
“A previously unknown flaw in the videoconferencing software Zoom could allow a hacker to remotely commandeer computers running old versions of the Microsoft Windows operating system, security researchers said Thursday.”
ThreatPost – TikTok To Stop Clipboard Snooping After Apple Privacy Feature Exposes Behavior
“A new privacy feature in Apple iOS 14 sheds light on TikTok’s practice of reading iPhone users’ cut-and-paste data, even though the company said in March it would stop.”
BBCNews- How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
“A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation witnessed by BBC News.”
Nakedsecurity – United States wants HTTPS for all government sites, all the time
“As well as saying all dot-gov sites should be available over HTTPS, the government wants to get to the point that all of its web servers are publicly committed to use HTTPS by default.”
BBCNews – Honda’s global operations hit by cyberattack
“Honda can confirm that a cyber-attack has taken place on the Honda network,” the Japanese car-maker said in a statement. It added that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computer servers, use email and otherwise make use of its internal systems. “There is also an impact on production systems outside of Japan,” […]
Bleepingcomputer – European supercomputers hacked in mysterious cyberattacks
“Several high-performance computers (HPCs) and data centers used for research projects have been shut down this week across Europe due to security incidents.”