With the gaming industry attracting hundreds of millions of users globally, gaming companies possessing huge amounts of user data have faced the wrath of cybercriminals. In a recent cyberattack at Activision, a major video game publisher, 500,000 users were left in limbo. In another vein, the College of the Nurses of Ontario suffered a cyberattack that allegedly compromised the personal information of thousands of nurses. Without further ado, let’s recap the top cybersecurity highlights from the weekend.
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Over 500,000 Activision accounts, majorly used by Call of Duty players, were allegedly hacked and login credentials were leaked publicly by the attackers.
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A cyberattack incident at the College of the Nurses of Ontario may have affected around 185,000 individuals, shutting down its services. A list of stolen documents was also spotted on the dark web.
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An unwitting email blunder at the University of Tasmania exposed personal details, including PII of around 20,000 students, to all the faculties.
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The names and personal details of over 1,000 high-ranking Belarusian police officers were leaked by a group of hackers, allegedly, in response to violent police crackdowns against anti-government protests.
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Millions of users were impacted in a series of targeted DDoS attacks at Tutanota, an encrypted email service, that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers.
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The CISA issued an emergency directive for federal agencies to urgently patch a critical vulnerability in Windows Server that could allow attackers to hijack government networks.
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Cisco examined MITRE ATT&CK data and revealed that cyber adversaries utilized defense evasion techniques and code execution techniques in 57% and 41% of the attacks, respectively.
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A German research group found that security teams need to be re-trained under security and phishing awareness programs within six months to maintain their effectiveness.
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According to an IBM report, Mozi botnet is responsible for 90% of the IoT network traffic observed between October 2019 and June 2020. During the attacks, the botnet did not seek to outdo competitors from compromised systems.
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The Texas Department of Information Resources joined hands with FireEye, a cybersecurity vendor, to offer low-cost malware defense to state and local agencies across the country.
