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Cybersecurity Headlines

CYBER SECURITY HEADLINES

Cyber Security Headlines – January 4, 2021

Russian SolarWinds hack damage escalates  Three weeks after the SolarWinds hack came to light, officials are shifting their thoughts about it being election related to...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 31, 2020

T-Mobile discloses data breach The carrier began notifying customers on December 29th that a “security incident” exposed account information, later announcing that it’s security teams...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 30, 2020

Google Docs bug exposes users private documents Google has patched a bug in its feedback tool that allowed attackers to steal screenshots of sensitive Google...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 29, 2020

Defending the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain In an editorial, IBM’s Global Lead for Threat Intelligence Nick Rossman makes the case that this supply chain should...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 28, 2020

Microsoft resellers seen as Russian cyberattack mules Evidence from the security firm CrowdStrike suggests that companies that sell software on behalf of Microsoft were used...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 23, 2020

Treasury Department’s senior leaders were targeted by SolarWinds hack The SolarWinds hack continues to reveal its reach. The email system used by the Treasury Department’s...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 22, 2020

Attackers staged a dry-run against SolarWinds in October 2019 Yahoo News' sources say the operators of the attack conducted a test run of the campaign...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 21, 2020

SolarWinds supply chain attack updates The US government and high profile companies struggle to assess and control the damage from the SolarWinds attack which has...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 18, 2020

Ex-Homeland Security adviser: 'We're being hacked' Thomas P. Bossert, former Homeland Security adviser to Presidents Trump and George W. Bush, said in a New York...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 17, 2020

Trump considers clemency for Silk Road founder The Daily’s Beast’s sources say the White House counsel’s office has had documents related to the case of...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 16, 2020

Microsoft seizes SolarWinds domain – quarantine starts today The move was made to seize and sinkhole the domain that played a central role in the...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 15, 2020

SolarWinds Orion carrying malware The company said updates to its IT management platform between March and June may have carried malware as a result of...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 14, 2020

Adrozek malware can infect over 30K Windows PCs a day This new credential-stealing malware injects ads into search engine results pages often on top of...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 11, 2020

Breaking up Facebook won't be easy The US government and 48 attorneys general want to break up Facebook. In twin lawsuits filed on Wednesday, they...

Cyber Security Headlines – December 10, 2020

The Cybersecurity community responds to FireEye hack On Tuesday, FireEye revealed it was hacked and its "Red Team" software it uses for penetration testing was...