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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

Malwarebytes

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it took action against online customized merchandise platform CafePress over allegations that it failed to secure consumers’ sensitive personal data and covered up a major breach. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords.

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CNA legal filings lift the curtain on a Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack

Malwarebytes

Two months after fully restoring its systems, CNA Financial, the leading US insurance company that was attacked by a group using Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware, issued a legal notice of an information security incident to the Consumer Protection Bureau in New Hampshire.

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Exclusive: The largest mobile malware marketplace identified by Resecurity in the Dark Web

Security Affairs

Such malicious scenarios are designed identically to their legitimate counterpart applications but contain fake forms which intercept the logins and passwords of the victim. In addition to that, the mobile malware enables criminals to intercept 2FA code sent via SMS by the bank or to redirect an incoming call containing verification details.

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

.” “It would be possible, on detailed examination of video, to compromise elements of operational security,” agreed Mike Hamilton, co-founder and chief information security officer of CI Security and former Seattle CISO. Individual workers’ patterns and habits could be studied as well, to their detriment. “I