Network World
JANUARY 10, 2017
A cybersabotage program that wiped data from 30,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company in 2012 has returned and is able to target server-hosted virtual desktops. The malware, known as Shamoon or Disttrack, is part of a family of destructive programs known as disk wipers.
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
According to a news release from the DOJ , in 2012, Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, contacted an AT&T employee via Facebook and offered the employee “significant sums of money” to help him secretly unlock AT&T phones, freeing the customers from any installment agreement payments and from AT&T’s service.
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SecureWorld News
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
The Yanluowang group is linked to "Evil Corp," the Lapsus$ gang (responsible for a recent Uber attack ), and FiveHands malware. APT28, or "Fancy Bear," is the threat group responsible for deploying the technique for delivering the Graphite malware. Here's one report of the incident. Google Play and Apple Store caught in adware scheme.
CTOvision
DECEMBER 19, 2014
See the interview here: Tactics Not Malware Are the Story. Most corporate hacks we see are focused on either customer data (credit cards, medical records, social security numbers, passwords, bank account information, email addresses) or company proprietary documents. A defining moment that causes significant change in behavior.
Cloud Musings
DECEMBER 14, 2014
million stolen from HSBC Bank A.S. The resulting breaches occur primarily through malware, including Trojan horses, adware, worms, viruses and downloaders [6]. Malware is malicious software created for egregious objectives. Malware is intended to be quiet and hidden as it enters environments and is executed.
Cloud Musings
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
Examples include banking information, confidential work-related items and provocative videos and photos. Mobile malware attacks are increasing, with 2014 exhibiting a 75 percent increase in Android malware attacks on devices. The mobile malware StealthGenie secretly monitors calls, texts and videos on mobile phones.
SecureWorld News
MARCH 24, 2022
What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. They then gained access to a customer service database and uploaded malware to capture sensitive information. LinkedIn data breach (2012). Records affected: 21.5
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