Bite Sized Cyber Crime

Iranian Hacktivists Compromise PA Water Facility

Smart devices are making their ways into homes without people understanding how to properly secure them. This it self is dangerous, but smart devices also exist in critical infrastructure, and may be similarly poorly secured. A compromise of these systems could be deadly, it is fortunate this one was not.
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The Time I Bought a Keyboard with Malware

Buying electronics is something we may not give a second thought about, especially with companies like Amazon making it convenient. Buying used electronics to get a good deal is also not unusual for some. But sometimes you end up unlucky and have a keyboard that tries to steal your own password from under your fingertips.

Hackers Report Victim to the SEC

Ransomware is already a major threat for many organizations without bringing regulators into it. The ALPHV ransomware group reported its own victims to the SEC for failure to disclose a data breach that they caused, sending a rather unusual warning for the future.
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Plastic Surgery Hack Leads to Sensitive Patient Photos Being Leaked

Plastic surgery is already a taboo subject, so hackers targeted Hankins and Sohn with hopes that the leverage of personal medical information would lead to a major payout. The hackers did not get what they had hoped for, and moved on to extorting victims. When that ended up fruitless, sensitive images and information were posted online and sent to friends and neighbors.
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SolarWinds Sued by SEC Over Major Hack

Victims of cyberattacks are sometimes sued by customers when there is a breach of personal data, but very few have the United States government as a customer and very few data breaches involve Russian espionage. SolarWinds allegedly misled customers about security practices, and may be paying a hefty price for it.
 
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The Morris Worm: The First Felony Cybercrime

One of the earliest examples of malware was an experiment that simply got way too out of control and ended up leading to the first conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is the history of the Morris Worm.
 
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Trigona Ransomware Group Wiped by Hacktivists

Ransomware gangs are a major threat to all organizations big or small, and rarely do we see them lose due to the situations they put people in. Last week, however, a major emerging threat was satisfyingly stomped out by a hacktivist group.
 
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High Rated Curl Vuln Not as Bad as Initially Assumed

When developers of curl announced a cycle cut short to fix a high severity vulnerability, administrators panicked. Although still bad, the vulnerability ended up only executable under pretty specific circumstances.
 
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