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10.6 Million Customer Records Leaked by MGM Resorts

February 21, 2020

Over 10.6 million customer data records were leaked by the MGM Resorts Hotel in a recent data breach. Information that was leaked to the public included customer addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and email addresses. The information was posted publicly on a hacking forum. In the post-leak security audit, MGM discovered that the breach was caused…
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How Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Change Cybersecurity?

February 12, 2020

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is the field of computer development concerned with simulating human problem solving and cumulative learning in computers. Systems with artificial intelligence get progressively better at doing tasks that they are designed to do, without the need for humans to ‘hard program’ new techniques or strategies for them. There are many advantages…
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Unnamed Canadian Insurance Company Suffers $1M USD Ransomware Attack

February 4, 2020

On October 8th 2019, an unnamed Canadian insurance company paid a total of 950 000 USD to a ransomware cyberattacker. The attacker was able to infect 20 servers and around 1000 employee computers in the attack, encrypting data on the systems behind a ransomwall, demanding payment of 109.25 bitcoins for the safe release of the…
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Microsoft Exposed 250 Million Customer Support Logs

January 29, 2020

Microsoft recently announced that customer data was leaked following a permissions misconfiguration in its internal systems. The misconfiguration occurred on December 5th 2019. It was repaired on December 29th after Cybersecurity Professional Bob Diachenko discovered the leak and alerted the company on that same day. Microsoft assured the public that most of its sensitive data…
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Ransomware Attack Temporarily Shuts Down The Heritage Company

January 10, 2020

The Heritage Company has temporarily shut down its operations due to a ransomware attack. In December of last year, CEO Sandra Franecke announced to the company’s 300 employees that the company had not fully restored its systems following a ransomware attack that October. As a result of the attack, the company would be temporarily suspending…
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Cloud Security Will Be The Cybersecurity Topic Of 2020

January 2, 2020

Cloud computing grew drastically in 2019. However, cloud security has dragged behind in development which has resulted in some of the most devastating cyberattacks in history. In traditional offline computing, programs and data are stored locally on a machine. On the organizational scale, data may be stored and shared on local servers that are linked…
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Ransomware Cyberattackers Now Releasing Stolen Data To The Public

December 20, 2019

Cyberattackers using ransomware for money extortion have recently adopted a new strategy to force victims into succumbing to their threats – releasing sensitive stolen information to the public. This new strategy was brought to light by a recent cyberattack by the Maze Ransomware strain. Typically, ransomware cyberattacks force victims to pay ransom fees by locking…
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Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities Raise Concern over Security of VPN

December 10, 2019

VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, is a secure connection between computers over the internet. It allows for data to be transferred among computers in a more secure environment than over a public network. Alex Seymour, a cybersecurity researcher at Immersive Labs, recently discovered two new VPN vulnerabilities in Aviatrix VPN: a VPN service used by…
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Microsoft Urges Users To Patch Windows To Defend Against BlueKeep Exploits

November 14, 2019

To protect yourself from ongoing BlueKeep exploit attacks, Microsoft urges users with systems running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2 to update their operating systems. BlueKeep is a vulnerability with the ‘worm’ capability. This means that the malware can spread itself to other vulnerable computers on the network without additional input…
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European Airport Finds 50% of its Computers Infected With Malware

October 28, 2019

50% of the workstations at an international airport in Europe have been infected by a cryptomining malware. The breach was discovered by researchers from cybersecurity company Cyberbit. The researchers stated that they detected the malware due to abnormal activity of the PAExec tool and Reflective DLL Loading on the infected computers. What is cryptojacking? Cryptojacking…
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Tag: data leak

10.6 Million Customer Records Leaked by MGM Resorts

How Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Change Cybersecurity?

Unnamed Canadian Insurance Company Suffers $1M USD Ransomware Attack

Microsoft Exposed 250 Million Customer Support Logs

Ransomware Attack Temporarily Shuts Down The Heritage Company

Ransomware Cyberattackers Now Releasing Stolen Data To The Public

Newly Discovered Vulnerabilities Raise Concern over Security of VPN

Microsoft Urges Users To Patch Windows To Defend Against BlueKeep Exploits

European Airport Finds 50% of its Computers Infected With Malware

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