Genetics testing firm 23andMe is investigating a data leak of ancestry DNA information for certain customers whose usernames and passwords were previously hacked on other websites. The company suspects a massive credential stuffing attack on individual accounts using recycled passwords and no MFA.
Israeli intelligence is considered one of the best, yet it failed to anticipate a major attack launched by Hamas over the weekend. Harvard professor Chuck Freilich said this oversight has had a profound impact on the Israeli people, "shattering what was very deep faith in the intelligence agencies."
How did Israeli intelligence fail to spot and stop the deadly assault on Saturday by Hamas militants? Experts suggest planners used offline tactics and extreme compartmentalization to prevent leaks and evade well-known Israeli cyberespionage and digital surveillance capabilities.
Israeli cybersecurity leaders reacted Saturday with shock, defiance and resolve to an unprecedented land, sea and air assault by Palestinian militants from Gaza. Much of the Israeli cybersecurity community's anger stems from the deliberate targeting of children and the elderly by Hamas militants.
Tens of thousands of knockoff Android products manufactured in China including TV streaming boxes reached consumers infected with malware, say cybersecurity researchers. Human Security says it uncovered a related operation that earned millions per month in an online advertising fraud scheme.
Being an independent firm under TPG's ownership will allow Forcepoint G2CI to invest in defense-grade cyber tools such as insider threats and content disarm and reconstruction. Separating Forcepoint's government security practice will allow it to focus on secure remote access to classified networks.
In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors examine policies in the U.S. and Europe that could regulate AI, recent developments within the EU cybersecurity and privacy policy arena, and the disparities between the perspectives of business leaders and cybersecurity leaders on the security landscape.
The government of a Caribbean nation was the target of a cyberespionage campaign that has indicators of Chinese origin. Cybersecurity firm Eset says attackers used a previously undocumented backdoor as well as traditional hacking tools to target an unidentified "governmental entity" in Guyana.
Government-sponsored cyberespionage campaigns and information operations are on the rise - and not just due to efforts by Russia and China, Microsoft warns in its latest Digital Defense Report review of top nation-state and cybercrime attack trends.
Hotel and casino giant MGM Resorts says the recent hack attack against it cost $110 million in lost revenue and mitigation expenses. The publicly traded company expects to recoup losses and costs to date via cyber insurance. MGM Resorts says that its investigation remains ongoing.
Clorox said Wednesday an August cyberattack had caused a drop in the bleach manufacturing giant's sales and profits in the quarter ended Sept. 30. The company said organic sales will drop between 21% and 26% due to widespread disruption, order processing delays and product outages after the hack.
Hackers have weaponized a zero-day in a popular workspace collaboration tool to create administrator accounts and gain unrestricted access to their on-premises instances of the software, Atlassian's Confluence Data Center and Server products, which serves millions of daily active users.
This week, Bitsight found a lot of internet-exposed industrial control systems, Apple issued new patches, Sony confirmed a data breach, Google and Yahoo tackled spam, Qualcomm patched three zero-days, Cisco revealed zero-day exploits in VPN, and the FBI warned of twin attacks.
Fundraising software powerhouse Blackbaud will pay $49.5 million to settle a multistate investigation into the company's data security practices and its response to a 2020 ransomware attack. The firm must also enhance its security and not misrepresent its data security practices.
This week, the FTX hacker moved more than $100 million of funds as the trial of the company's former CEO begins; crypto losses in the third quarter of this year were $685.5 million; and the DOJ said that China uses crypto to hide funds and identities in its illicit drug operations.
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