Some of the most popular business email compromise scams (BEC) target accounting and finance or human resources. The scam usually works something like this. Someone in the target department – often not too high up in the food chain – gets a email pretending to be from an executive like the CEO or CFO. The […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]City of Del Rio, Texas Reverts to the 1950s – Paper and Pen – After Ransomware Attack Update: The city says that it cannot issue utility bills which means that it won’t get utility revenue from residents. Del Rio, Texas, on the Texas-Mexico border was hit by a ransomware attack this week and as a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The Magecart malware has stolen credit card information from such high profile web sites as British Airways, Ticketmaster and Newegg. The malware works by inserting a little bit of code – usually Javascript – into the page(s) of a web site that collects credit card information. When a customer visits that page the malware collects […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Motherboard was able to buy real time location data from a broker for a T-Mobile phone for $300. This is not illegal. The food chain for location data is very complicated. In this case, T-Mobile sold the data to data aggregator Zumigo. Zumigo sold it to Microbilt. Microbilt sold it to a bounty hunter. Who […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Mondelez is the parent company of Nabisco, Oreo, Ritz and many other brands that are part of Kraft Foods. Mondelez, like many other companies, was a victim of the NotPetya attack which turned 1,700 servers and 24,000 workstations at Mondelez into very expensive bricks. Mondelez’ insurance company, Zurich American, denied the claim and hence the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Australian Emergency Notification System Hacked The Australian Emergency Warning Network, run by a private company, was hacked. The hacker sent out a message that said “EWN has been hacked. Your personal data stored with us is not safe. We are trying to fix the security issues. Please email support at .. if you want to […]
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