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Jan 22, 2020

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 22, 2020 — LedgerOps

Proof-of-Concept Exploits Published for Microsoft-NSA Crypto Bug Security researchers have released proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a recently disclosed vulnerability in the Windows operating system. The vulnerability, CVE-2020–0601, was initially reported to Microsoft by the U.S National Security Agency (NSA) and affects Windows CryptoAPI, a significant component that handles cryptographic operations.

Citrix

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 22, 2020 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 22, 2020 — LedgerOps
Citrix

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Jan 14, 2020

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 14, 2020 — LedgerOps

56.25M US Residents’ CheckPeople Records Exposed on Chinese Server Data from CheckPeople, a subscription-based service that allows users to search for certain information of other individuals, was recently exposed on a server with a Chinese IP address. The leaked data includes names, home addresses, phone numbers, ages, names of relatives, criminal records, and more. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 14, 2020 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 14, 2020 — LedgerOps
Security

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Jan 7, 2020

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 7, 2020 — LedgerOps

Sodinokibi Ransomware Hits Travelex, Demands $3 Million On December 31, Travelex, an international foreign currency exchange company, fell victim to a cyberattack that temporarily affected several services within the organization. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 7, 2020 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — January 7, 2020 — LedgerOps
Security

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Dec 31, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 31, 2019 — LedgerOps

Data Breach at Wyze Labs Exposes Information of 2.4 Million Customers Last week, Wyze, a cost-effective home-security system company, experienced a large-scale breach impacting 2.4 million customers. Cybersecurity consulting firm Twelve Security notified Wyze about the breach, stating that Wi-Fi network details and email addresses of customers had been exposed for a total of 23 days. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 31, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 31, 2019 — LedgerOps
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Dec 24, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 24, 2019 — LedgerOps

9-Month Data Breach Affects Millions of Wawa Customers Last week, Wawa announced that millions of customers might have had their credit or debit card information stolen in a data breach impacting almost all of their store locations. According to the report, malware, which originated on March 4, was discovered on Wawa’s payment processing servers on December 10…

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 24, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 24, 2019 — LedgerOps
Security

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Dec 17, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 17, 2019 — LedgerOps

New Orleans Declares State of Emergency Following Ransomware Attack Another ransomware attack has claimed a new victim; this time New Orleans has been forced to shut down its computers after a cyberattack. According to a press conference by Kim LaGrue, the city’s head of IT, suspicious activity was discovered around 5 a.m. last Friday. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 17, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 17, 2019 — LedgerOps
Security

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Dec 3, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 3, 2019 — LedgerOps

Data of 21 Million Mixcloud Users up for Sale on the Dark Web Online music streaming service Mixcloud confirmed last Saturday that it had experienced a data breach affecting 21 million users. And the hacker behind the breach has contacted several journalists, providing data samples to prove its legitimacy. The stolen data includes usernames, email addresses, hashed passwords, registration dates, IP addresses…

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 3, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — December 3, 2019 — LedgerOps
Security

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Nov 26, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 26, 2019 — LedgerOps

Extensive Hacking Operation Discovered in Kazakhstan Last Friday, Qihoo 360, a Chinese cybersecurity vendor, published a report exposing an extensive hacking operation focusing on people in Kazakhstan. Targets include government agencies, foreign diplomats, researchers, journalists, and government dissidents, among others. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 26, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 26, 2019 — LedgerOps
Security

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Nov 19, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 19, 2019 — LedgerOps

New WhatsApp Bug Could Have Let Hackers Secretly Install Spyware on Your Device Yet again, WhatsApp is experiencing troubles related to the security infrastructure of its messaging platform. Last month, the company quietly patched another critical vulnerability which allowed a malicious actor to compromise devices remotely. The vulnerability, CVE-2019–1193, is a stack-based buffer overflow issue that resides in the way WhatsApp parses…

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 19, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 19, 2019 — LedgerOps
Security

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Nov 12, 2019

Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 12, 2019 — LedgerOps

Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Lets Attackers Steal Your Wi-Fi Password Bitdefender security researchers have disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in Amazon’s Ring Video Doorbell Pro devices that allows nearby criminals to steal your Wi-Fi password, among other cyberattacks. …

Security

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Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 12, 2019 — LedgerOps
Last Week In CyberSecurity News — November 12, 2019 — LedgerOps
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