In today’s data-driven world, data breaches can affect hundreds of millions or even billions of people at a time. Digital transformation has increased the supply of data moving, and data breaches have scaled up with it as attackers exploit the data-dependencies of daily life. How large cyberattacks of the future might become remains speculation, but […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe dropper hides behind a fake utility app with limited permissions and a small footprint
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Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsEmbattled Australian health insurer Medibank says that it will not pay a ransom to cyber extortionists who stolen the personal data of almost ten million customers. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsMedibank believes there is a limited chance paying a ransom would return customers’ data
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Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that personal data belonging to around 9.7 million of its current and former customers were accessed following a ransomware incident. The attack, according to the company, was detected in its IT network on October 12 in a manner that it said was “consistent with the precursors to a ransomware event,” […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe app asked for several permissions, including camera, microphone, internet and storage
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Facebook appears to have silently rolled out a tool that allows users to remove their contact information, such as phone numbers and email addresses, uploaded by others. The existence of the tool, which is buried inside a Help Center page about “Friending,” was first reported by Business Insider last week. It’s offered as a way for “Non-users” to “exercise their […]
Cyber News, Cyber Threat TrendsThe cyber insurance market is beginning to stabilize following several years of steep rate increases, according to a recent report
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