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FNF data breach that affected 1.3 million customers confirmed

Dataconomy

Fidelity National Financial (FNF), a big real estate services company, confirmed that hackers got their hands on data from 1.3 We determined that an unauthorized third party accessed certain FNF systems, deployed a type of malware that is not self-propagating, and exfiltrated certain data.

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Judge tosses all but one claim in Amazon’s suit against former AWS real estate managers

GeekWire

A judge dismissed most of Amazon’s claims in a lawsuit alleging that former Amazon Web Services real estate managers conspired with outside firms to receive kickbacks on data center development deals. The former employees deny the allegations. We remain confident in pursuing the case given the extensive amount of evidence.”

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Play Ransomware Gang Behind Oakland Cyberattack

SecureWorld News

Play Ransomware has targeted victims across various sectors and regions, including industrial, manufacturing, technology, real estate, transportation, education, healthcare, government, etc. The hackers behind Play Ransomware claim to have access to a "master key" that can decrypt all files affected by their malware.

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ACC Foundation Releases Extensive State of Cybersecurity Report

CTOvision

Employee error was the most frequent cause of a breach (24%), followed by inside jobs (15%), phishing (12%), access through a third party (12%), lost laptop or device (9%), application vulnerability (7%), and malware (7%). Find out more information on 2015 State of Cybersecurity Report , please visit: www.acc-foundation.com/foundation/sr/.

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Should You Have a Business Email Compromise Incident Response Plan?

SecureWorld News

Weaponization - While most BEC attacks don't involve malware, it isn't completely unheard of. Exploitation and Actions on the Objective – Typically, the exploited vulnerability is a human, someone who can be tricked through social engineering rather than malware.

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Burning Ants - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

IT was a ‘cost of business’, like real estate and tools. It’s also why there is great tension between IT & BYOD. IT was happy with the status quo, great budgets without revenue responsibility. Previous post: Tools in your toolbox. Tags Applications. Crapplications. Enterprise Mobility. Enterprise Strategy.

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Mischief managed

The Verge

Their first drop, in May 2019, was a 2008 Windows laptop running six pieces of malware, which have collectively caused $95 billion in financial damage. None of that is cheap, especially in Williamsburg, one of the most expensive places for real estate in the country. It eventually sold for $1.34

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