Tag: DOD
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Ferrari Suffers Ransomware Attack
Ferrari said it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed information on the Italian sports car maker’s customers. “Certain data relating to our clients was exposed, including names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers,” was stated in a message to clients. No payment details, bank account numbers or details of Ferrari cars owned or… Read more
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The NBA Gets Dunked On and Suffers a Data Breach
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has notified its fans of a data breach after segments of personal information stored on a third-party service were stolen. The organization has warned of a heightened risk of phishing attacks. The NBA sent notification emails concerning a recent cybersecurity incident to an unknown number of fans. “We recently became… Read more
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SpaceX May Have Had 3,000 Schematics Stolen
Ransomware gang Lockbit has boasted that it broke into Maximum Industries, a company that makes parts for SpaceX, and stole 3,000 proprietary schematics. The cybercrime crew also took jabs at SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk, and threatened to leak or sell the blueprints on March 20. As for the validity of this threat, it… Read more
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Over 90% of UK Companies Were Compromised Due to a Phishing Email
More than nine in 10 (91%) UK organizations were successfully compromised by an email phishing attack last year, according to Proofpoint’s State of the Phish report. The study observed a significant rise in email-based attacks globally. Over three-quarters (78%) of organizations were targeted by email-based ransomware attacks last year and 77% faced business email compromise (BEC) attacks,… Read more
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DC Link Data Breach Exposes Personal Info of Congress Members
DC Health Link is the Affordable Care Act online marketplace that administers health care plans for members of Congress and certain Capitol Hill staffers, as well as others in the Washington area. On March 6, before the breach was public, a user on a dark web forum popular with criminal hackers claimed to have access… Read more
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CISA Launches Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot for Critical Infrastructure
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is beefing up its ransomware protection for U.S. critical infrastructure with a plan to proactively identify vulnerabilities in U.S. government agencies that are vulnerable to attack by ransomware cybercriminals. The program is called Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) and aims to alert agencies of attack surface vulnerabilities that… Read more
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FBI Internet Crime Center Report Indicates Cybersecurity Losses in 2022 Exceeded $10 Billion
The FBI received more than 800,000 cybercrime-related complaints in 2022, with losses totaling over $10 billion, the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) revealed in its latest report. The IC3’s 2022 Internet Crime Report shows that while the number of complaints was smaller compared to 2021, losses increased from $6.9 billion to $10.3 billion. In the past… Read more
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CISA and Cybersecurity Get Large Increases in US Budget
President Biden released his FY 2024 budget proposal that seeks a bigger budget for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and greater cyber investigative capabilities for the FBI. The budget also calls for increasing the federal government’s IT modernization efforts, exploring cybersecurity efforts surrounding gender-based cybercrimes, expanding efforts to counter China’s problematic behaviors, and helping Ukraine… Read more
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TSA Issues Emergency Cybersecurity Mandates for Aviation Infrastructure – Helix22 Secures Infrastructure
The Transportation Security Administration used its emergency powers to amend security directives for airport and aircraft operators, citing “persistent cybersecurity threats against U.S. infrastructure, including the aviation sector.” According to a TSA release, the amendment will compel regulated entities in the aviation sector to develop plans for hardening resilience to their digital networks and infrastructure… Read more
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AT&T Confirms Data Theft of 9 Million Customers
AT&T has confirmed that hackers had access to nine million of its wireless customers’ account details after one of its vendor’s networks suffered a security failure in January. The telecommunications giant told us that these users’ customer proprietary network information accessed — but said the data said was “several years old,” and “mostly relating to device… Read more