Global Cyber News Digest

Phishing and credential stuffing remain top threats

Source: Beta News
By: Ian Barker
Published: July 31, 2019

* As we have seen in another report today, the financial sector remains a prime target for cybercriminals. * Phishing attacks and credential stuffing are the two most common forms of attack used against the industry according to another report from Akamai.

How 4 IT technicians saved an Arizona hospital from hacker ransomware

Source: Arizona Republic
By: Jeannette Hinkle
Published: July 30, 2019

* Mike Nelson often comes to work early, around 6 a.m., so it was Nelson who first discovered the message. Nelson, an information-technology technician for Wickenburg Community Hospital, found it glowing on a computer screen in the emergency department. * In Times New Roman font was the word =93Ryuk.=94 In the bottom left corner of the screen was the phrase =93balance of the shadow universe.=94

2 · Massive data breach hits Capital One, affecting more than 100 million customers

Source: USA Today
By: Kelly Tyko
Published: July 30, 2019

* Capital One said Monday that personal information of more than 100 million individuals, including Social Security numbers and bank accounts, was compromised in a massive data theft that led to the arrest of a Seattle woman. * The FBI arrested Thompson on Monday for the theft, which occurred between March 12 and July 17, court records show. Among the data allegedly collected from a company cloud-based server were Social Security and bank account numbers.

Some Deutsche Bank Employees Kept Email Access After Being Fired

Source: Bloomberg
By: Steven Arons
Published: July 29, 2019

* German lender reviewed most communication, found no wrongdoing * Incident underscores long-running issues with internal systems

Exclusive: Hack Breaks Your Visa Card's Contactless Limit For Big Frauds

Source: Forbes
By: Thomas Brewster
Published: July 29, 2019

* Think that £30 limit on contactless payments is going to protect you from big thefts? Think again. * Security researchers have found a way to bypass that limit on Visa cards. Their hack, which isn't limited to U.K. cards, could let opportunistic crooks drain accounts with a single tap, and they claim they don't even need to steal the credit card... * and little on Visa's side is being done to address this fresh fraud threat.

From the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

techgenix.comJuly 29, 2019

LOUISIANA DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER CYBERATTACK

Source: TechGenix
By: Derek Kortepeter
Published: July 29, 2019

* Louisiana has officially declared a state of emergency following a cybersecurity incident. * The cyberattack is specifically a massive attack on school systems and has so far affected Sabine, Morehouse, and Ouachita schools in northern Louisiana.

MILLIONS GAMBLING WITH PERSONAL DATA' BY ACCESSING FAKE WIFI HOTSPOTS, POLL SUGGESTS

Source: The Independent
By: Rob Knight
Published: July 28, 2019

* Millions of people are gambling with their personal data by blindly accessing fake wifi hotspots, according to a poll. * One in five have taken =93significant risks=94 by failing to check if public wifi connections are legitimate · instead using hotspots which are free, seem to be credible and offer fast speeds.

Ransomware attack leaves Johannesburg residents without electricity

Source: HelpNetSecurity
By: Zeljka Zorz
Published: July 26, 2019

* A ransomware attack aimed at City Power, the electricity provider for Johannesburg (aka Joburg), South Africa, has resulted in some residents temporarily without power.
* While the provider's operational technology (OT) network hasn't been hit, the IT disruption prevented customers from buying electricity through its pre-paid vending system.

Cyber attacks: Protecting universities and solving cyber security issues

Source: Open Access Government
By: FNU LNU
Published: July 25, 2019

* Oxford, Warwick, and Greenwich Universities are among many of the higher education institutes to have fallen victim to attacks in recent years, with hackers attempting to steal research data and documents.
* Our universities and institutes of higher learning have become prime targets for bad actors looking to exfiltrate the vast amounts of sensitive data and valuable research information they hold.