Posts Tagged ‘hackers’
Las Vegas Under Attack… Still
Casino titan Caesars Entertainment is the latest Las Vegas institution hit by a cyberattack, joining rival MGM Resorts International. One critical difference though: Caesar’s said that its gambling operations were not disrupted. The company told the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that a data breach on September 7 may have exposed the driver’s license…
Read MoreRecent Cyber Incidents reported in the past week!
It has been a tumultuous week marked by a series of concerning cyberattacks. Firstly, the financial advisory firm Kroll, a financial advisory firm, has recently experienced a data breach. The firm is handling bankruptcy proceedings for DeFi companies FTX, BlockFi, and Genesis Global Holdco. Kroll said that on August 19, bad actors targeted a T-Mobile…
Read More1 million Oregon Health Plan members impacted by data breach
The Oregon Health Authority has announced that its members’ data may have been exposed due to a MOVEit-related cyberattack on one of its service providers. Vendor PH Tech notified Oregon government officials that they’d experienced a data breach. In their investigation, PH Tech determined that the sensitive data of OHP members was accessed by bad…
Read MoreFBI hacks into hundreds of infected US servers
FBI hacks into hundreds of infected US servers (and disinfects them) Of course you do – it was the name behind a foursome of Exchange bugs that got patched in an emergency update early in March 2021. Even though there was just a week to go until March 2021’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft decided to issue…
Read MoreOnline Shoppers Are Seeing An Increase In Scams
Recently, the FBI issued an advisory warning about a sharp increase in the number of reported victims of online shopping scams. According to data compiled by the FTC, the last few months have seen more scam reports over the past few months than they’ve ever had reported. In some ways, this is not a great…
Read MoreDon’t Fall For Office 365 Zoom Notification Phishing Email
Do you use Microsoft Office 365? Do you also use Zoom? If so, be advised that there’s a new phishing campaign designed with you specifically in mind, the goal of which is to ultimately make off with your Office 365 login credentials. Since the start of the global pandemic, Zoom and other video conferencing solutions…
Read MoreMajor University In California Pays Ransome!
The University of San Francisco (UCSF) is the latest organization to fall victim to hackers, running afoul of a group utilizing the Netwalker ransomware strain. UCSF is a research university whose recent efforts have been focused on health sciences generally and COVID-19-related research specifically. On June 3rd, 2020, Netwalker published a notice on a site…
Read MoreNew Powerful Malware Is Targeting Windows-Based Machines
Researchers have discovered a devilishly clever new stain of malware currently in use by hackers around the world. The new strain is appropriately called “Lucifer,” and has been making life quite difficult for IT professionals managing Windows environments. The malware exploits critical vulnerabilities in Windows-based systems to launch DDoS attacks and install cryptojacking code. The…
Read MoreHackers Attacking Exchange Servers In New Warning From Microsoft
Recently, Microsoft’s Defender ATP Research Team issued guidance relating to defending against attacks that target Exchange servers. They are coming under increasing attack based on the latest Microsoft statistics, which show a marked increase in the use of web shells on on-premises Exchange servers. The company is currently tracking multiple ongoing attacks, some of which…
Read MoreAnother Malware Attack
The hackers of wantacry are behind another malicious malware attack. Call Us at I do I.T. to examine your computer and network security. If it isn’t cybersecurity alerts of malware from one despotic regime, it’s warnings relating to another. Just as the world settles down post the Iranian cyber-hype in the aftermath of Suleimani, now…
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