The line between ransomware attacks and data breaches continues to blur. Continuing its streak of attacks, Maze ransomware operators now claimed to have struck Xerox Corporation and pilfered 100 GB of data. In other news, a data breach at Limeroad exposed the personal details of 1.29 million online shoppers. Read on to know the top updates from the cybersecurity space in the past 24 hours.
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Maze ransomware actors claimed to have attacked Xerox Corporation and stolen more than 100 GB of files. They have reportedly threatened the business giant to face repercussions if it fails to meet the ransom demand.
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Limeroad, a fashion e-commerce website, suffered a massive data breach spilling the details of 1.29 million shoppers. The data is now available for sale on the dark web.
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Griffin Law uncovered a new version of the ongoing COVID-19 related HMRC phishing scams targeting passport details, bank details, along with other personal information of self-employed people in the U.K.
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Sophos reported a foxy phishing campaign impersonating web hosting providers and decoying bloggers and website owners by pitching them domain upgrading schemes to secure their DNS.
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Nefilim ransomware dropped the second lot of databases belonging to appliance maker, Fisher & Paykel, in an underground marketplace.
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Cyware, a provider of threat intelligence and cyber fusion solutions, partnered with Intel 471, the premier provider of cybercrime intelligence, to bring adversary and malware intelligence to security teams.
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UnityPoint Health agreed to a $2.8 million settlement with patients and employees impacted by two data breaches at the health system in 2017 and 2018.
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) laid out a new cybersecurity standard that determines a security baseline for Internet of Things (IoT) products and future IoT certification schemes.
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Curv, a digital asset security provider, raised $23 million in its Series A funding round with investment from CommerzVentures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Team8, and Digital Garage Lab Fund.
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Kerson Wallaw, a Montreal-based IT and cybersecurity professional services firm, acquired Ubitrak and ACCEL-PCI, cybersecurity specialist firms from the same city.
