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FTC slams Blackbaud for “shoddy security” after hacker stole data belonging to thousands of non-profits and millions of people
Data and software services firm Blackbaud’s cybersecurity was criticised as “lax” and “shoddy” by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a damning post-mortem of the business’s February 2020 data breach. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Read More
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China is hacking Wi-Fi routers for attack on US electrical grid and water supplies, FBI warns
China-sponsored attacks likened to “placing bombs in water treatment facilities, and power plants”. Is it just me, or does this sound like the plot of a Mission Impossible movie? Read More
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Teen Dating App Wizz Removed from Apple and Google Stores for Sextortion Concerns
The Tinder-like app has countered claims of being a hot spot for sextortion scammers Read More
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Romance Scam Victims Surge in 2023
New data from Lloyds found that romance scam victims increased by 22% in 2023, with the average amount lost per incident £6937 Read More
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A Self-Enforcing Protocol to Solve Gerrymandering
In 2009, I wrote: There are several ways two people can divide a piece of cake in half. One way is to find someone impartial to do it for them. This works, but it requires another person. Another way is for one person to divide the piece, and the other person to complain (to the…
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Cloudflare Suffers Breach After Failing to Rotate Stolen Okta Credentials
Cloudflare revealed suspected nation-state attackers compromised its systems and accessed source code using credentials stolen in the Okta breach Read More
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LockBit Reigns Supreme in Soaring Ransomware Landscape
The last quarter of 2023 saw an 80% year-on-year increase in ransomware victim claims, according to ReliaQuest Read More
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Arrests in $400M SIM-Swap Tied to Heist at FTX?
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day. A graphic…
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US Agencies Failure to Oversee Ransomware Protections Threaten White House Goals
A GAO report found that federal agencies are not assessing whether critical infrastructure sectors are implementing NIST ransomware protection guidance Read More
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Interpol-Led Initiative Targets 1300 Suspicious IPs
Global collaborative effort focused on combating the global rise of phishing, malware and ransomware Read More