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Daily Cybersecurity Roundup, November 27, 2020

The race for a coronavirus vaccine is getting ugly as cybercriminals look to disrupt crucial research efforts. A British drugmaker working on a vaccine was approached by cybercriminals over social media channels to obtain confidential info on the vaccine. Adding to the COVID-19 woes, an employee slip up laid bare data of over 16 million Brazilian patients on GitHub. Learn more about the key highlights in the cybersecurity space from the past 24 hours.

01

Drugmaker AstraZeneca was allegedly targeted by North Korean hackers, who posed as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp.

02

Sensitive data of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients was leaked after a hospital staff uploaded a spreadsheet with credential details to government systems on GitHub.

03

U.S. Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., revealed experiencing a ransomware attack and losing some patient information to the hackers in the September attack.

04

Human error at NHS Highland exposed the personal information of 284 diabetes patients via email with over 30 individuals.

05

British music streaming service Last.fm was found offering a leeway to hackers into the PHPinfo page and profiler logs with credentials.

06

Russian-speaking hacking form named Exploit[.]in listed the passwords of Office 365 and Microsoft accounts of hundreds of C-level executives from around the world.

07

A cyberattack at Chicago-based transportation technology firm Rand McNally affected the company’s network systems and its operations eventually.

08

Personal information, including driving license numbers and phone numbers, of 21,000 British motorists have reportedly been stolen by cybercriminals and put up for sale on the dark web.

09

Researchers uncovered a massive ongoing phishing attack masquerading as Zoom invites for Thanksgiving meets to steal user credentials.

10

Tehtris, a provider of cybersecurity solutions, raised $24 million in Series A funding led by Ace Management, Open CNP, Nouvelle-Aquitaine Co-Investissement (NACO), and other investors.

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