Time and again hackers land up on valuable troves of data that give rise to a series of attacks. In one such instance, the second-largest staffing provider in the world suffered a leak involving millions of records. The Accellion flaw claimed another victim who is a major cloud computing security vendor. Meanwhile, investors at Wall Street are facing new threats from BEC scammers. On that note, join in to learn about the top cybersecurity updates for the day.
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Researchers stumbled across five million records, including a trove of stolen credentials, from six South American countries on a hacker forum that actors embezzled from The Adecco Group.
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IT managed service provider CompuCom fell victim to a cyberattack that rendered its services useless for customers. The network was pulled offline to prevent malware spread.
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The Clop ransomware gang posted screenshots of files allegedly stolen from the cybersecurity firm Qualys by exploiting zero-day in their Accellion server.
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McKinley Christian Health Care Services, a nonprofit hospital in New Mexico, confirmed being struck by a ransomware attack last month after NBC News accessed sensitive employee files posted online by a hacker group.
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The CISA ordered federal agencies to urgently update or disconnect Microsoft Exchange on-premise products on their networks in the wake of Chinese intrusion.
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Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing campaign by a Russian-speaking RTM threat group that has been targeting organizations, within the country as well outside it, using new ransomware strain.
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In one of a kind BEC scam, actors masqueraded as investment or insurance firms and requested funds from Wall Street investors in a fake Capital Call notice, with an average payout of $800,000 per incident.
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Maza, a cybercriminal forum run by Russian-speaking threat actors, reportedly suffered a data breach leading to the leak of user information. The group is infamous for trading stolen financial data.
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A cybercrime group was found targeting industrial organizations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and North America as part of an information theft campaign.
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Okta will be buying cloud identity venture Auth0 for $6.5 billion to offer on-demand customer workforce and customer identity solutions.
