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Some 26 million passwords were exposed in a 1.2 terabyte batch of data found by NordLocker, a security company. It's workaday botnet data but highlights a hostile malware landscape, particularly for people still inclined to download pirated software.

By Jeff Martin, Frank Bajak, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Published May 15, 2021 Thursday, May 13, 2021. Motorists found gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states Thursday while the operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline reported making “substantial progress” in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Gas shortages at the pumps have spread from...

Olive Press News Spain Firm says that no personal customer details were accessed Share \n);document.write(\n \n\n);} A hacker used an old administrator password to break into the computer network of Spain’s fast delivery company Glovo. The firm said today(May 4) that the hack happened last week and the intruder was quickly ‘booted out’ as soon as he was detected. He posted proof of his activities with a video on the so-called ‘ dark web’. A Glovo spokesman said: “We can confirm ...

Exclusive: Hackers Break Into Glovo, Europe’s $2 Billion Amazon Rival Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin Glovo customers and couriers had their data put at risk in a cyberattack confirmed by the $2 billion Amazon rival. (Photo credit should read Evgen Kotenko/ Ukrinform/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) Barcroft Media via Getty Images A cybercriminal has managed to break into the $2 billion-valued Spanish delivery startup Glovo. The hacker was selling access to both customer and courier ac...

How Secure Are Healthcare IT Systems? New Research Provides a Glimpse Ed Bellis Co-founder and CTO, Kenna Security In late October 2020, the FBI and US-CERT issued a joint statement detailing an imminent ransomware threat targeting hospitals and the US healthcare system. The threat was first uncovered by security researchers from Hold Security, which found that over 400 hospitals were the likely targets of a Russia-based organized crime group with a strong track record of success. So far, a str...

Geico Says Drivers License Numbers Stolen From Website Compliance Twitter Geicos headquarters in Chevy Chase, Maryland U.S. insurance giant Geico says fraudsters stole drivers license numbers from its website after they supplied personal information that they had acquired elsewhere. The drivers license numbers are believed to have been used "to fraudulently apply for unemployment benefits," Geico says. Over the last year, there has been a staggering rise in U.S. unemployment benefit fraud. T...

By Dalmeet Singh Chawla2021-04-08T09:30:00+01:00 Higher educational institutions across the UK and Europe have been the target of an increasing number of cyber attacks in recent months. It’s unclear why universities and grant agencies have been targeted or whether the perpetrators have any motivation beyond financial gain.  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that there has been a rise in attacks on computer networks at UK educational institutions since late February...

Maza cybercrime forum members details breached (Source: Flashpoint) Maza, a Russian carding and fraud discussion forum, has been breached, and hackers have leaked users email addresses and forum credentials, security firms report. The breach occurred Wednesday evening, experts say, and led to many types of information being exposed: user IDs; usernames; email addresses; passwords in both hashed and obfuscated form; Yahoo, MSN and Skype credentials; and other data that could help identify indivi...

University of Oxford that is conducting research on the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Officials from Oxford confirmed that its Division of Structural Biology, known as Strubi, was targeted by a cyber attack sometime in mid-February. The university was quick to point out that, while Strubi was researching the coronavirus, it was distinct from the Jenner Institute, the laboratory that developed the coronavirus vaccine in partnership with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. Oxford was alerted to ...

The identities of the hackers have not been revealed and it is unclear what their ultimate goal was, but these facilities are involved in extensive COVID related research. The lab in question deals with basic science, rather than clinical research, but the systems accessed are thought to be machines that prepare biochemical samples for fundamental research.  "We have identified and contained the problem and are now investigating further," a spokesperson for the University said. "There has been...