Bleepingcomputer – Cisco hacked by Yanluowang ransomware gang, 2.8GB allegedly stolen
“The attacker convinced the Cisco employee to accept multi-factor authentication (MFA) push notifications through MFA fatigue and a series of sophisticated voice phishing attacks initiated by the Yanluowang gang that impersonated trusted support organizations.”
These ransomware hackers gave up when they hit multi-factor authentication
“A ransomware attack was prevented just because the intended victim was using multi-factor authentication (MFA) and the attackers decided it wasn’t worth the effort to attempt to bypass it.”
TikTok Engaging in Excessive Data Collection
“TikTok has been engaging in excessive data collection and connecting to mainland China-based infrastructure, Internet 2.0 has claimed in a new white paper.”
Belgium says Chinese hackers attacked its Ministry of Defense
“Belgium assesses these malicious cyber activities to have been undertaken by Chinese Advanced Persistent Threats (APT).”
US Government Picks Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithms
“The American government agency that’s also a global trendsetter for cryptographic standards today selected four algorithms designed to withstand a decryption attack mounted by a quantum computer.”
Fake copyright infringement emails install LockBit ransomware
“The recipients of these emails are warned about a copyright violation, allegedly having used media files without the creator’s license. These emails demand that the recipient remove the infringing content from their websites, or they will face legal action.”
De Tijd – Miko slachtoffer van hackers
“De beursgenoteerde koffiespecialist Miko is het slachtoffer geworden van een cyberaanval. Dat bevestigt de woordvoerder van de groep via een vanop zijn privéadres gestuurde e-mail. “
Bleepingcomputer – Morgan Stanley client accounts breached in social engineering attacks
“The account breaches were the result of vishing (aka voice phishing), a social engineering attack where scammers impersonate a trusted entity (in this case Morgan Stanley) during a voice call to convince their targets into revealing or handing over sensitive information such as banking or login credentials.”
NWS – Hogeschool VIVES slachtoffer van cyberaanval: “Data van studenten en docenten zijn veiliggesteld”
“Sinds vrijdag proberen hackers data te pakken te krijgen van de hogeschool en daarom werd er besloten om alle systemen tijdelijk plat te leggen. “
HIPAA Journal – Poor Employee Cyber Hygiene Is Putting Healthcare Cybersecurity at Risk
“While many of the security problems associated with passwords can be solved by using a password manager, only 31% of respondents used one.”