Cybersecurity News & Updates - January, 2023
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Check out the latest updates on high vulnerabilities, data breaches and ransomware attacks.
High Vulnerabilities
Researchers are warning about a spike in exploitation attempts weaponizing a now-patched critical remote code execution flaw in Realtek Jungle SDK since the start of August 2022. According to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, the ongoing campaign is said to have recorded 134 million exploit attempts as of December 2022, with 97% of the attacks occurring in the past four months. Read more
Printer and imaging products manufacturer Lexmark this week published a security advisory to warn users of a critical vulnerability impacting over 120 printer models. Read more
T-Mobile said its initial investigation indicated that data on approximately 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts had been leaked. Hackers gained access to data, including dates of birth and billing addresses, of approximately 37 million T-Mobile customers. Read more
Users are warning of an exploit in the PC version of Rockstar's popular multiplayer game that could compromise players' private information. GTA Online, Rockstar Games' popular multiplayer video game based on GTA V, is the subject of a new security controversy.?Read more
Ransomware Attacks
“LockBitSupp considers himself to be like a CEO of a company,” said DiMaggio, who believes LockBitSupp is more than just a support person or administrator for the group as his moniker implies.?Read more
A new Windows ransomware strain has been discovered that can quickly encrypt your files by using a well-known third-party search tool. Read more
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An international ransomware group has now published a large batch of data on the darkweb claimed to have been obtained through a cyberattack on Okanagan College. Read more
It's just another day at work, you log in and realise that you've been locked out of your files containing crucial data. This is followed by extortion by cybercriminals, demanding money for access to your own work. Read more
Data Breaches
Gen Z doesn't think anyone can keep them safe online. That's according to a Dell Technologies?study?released in December. The company surveyed 15,105 people between the ages of 18 and 26 years from 15 countries about how investments in technology can be used to support the economy. Read more
The attack came just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it took down a ransomware group that was also targeting hospitals in what was called “The Hive” attack. Read more
The parent company of a private explosives manufacturer hired by the Ministry of Defence has suffered a ransomware attack, said a government official speaking to?Hindustan Times.?Read more
Sportswear chain JD Sports has said stored data relating to 10 million customers might be at risk after it was hit by a cyber-attack. The company said information that "may have been accessed" by hackers included names, addresses, email accounts, phone numbers, final four digits of bank cards. Read more
A bug in the Windows CryptoAPI is still unpatched on most data centre systems. Security researchers from Akamai said that the bug was discovered and fixed by Microsoft in August 2022, but?99 percent of Windows-based data centres have still not been patched. Read more