Hijacked routers and attempted WHO hack highlight latest Covid-19 attacks
Cyber-criminals continue to ride on Covid-19 scare, with WHO remaining the prime target
Finland agency launches smart device infosec certification programme
Smart device certification programme informs consumers if certain products meet basic information security standards
Skimming operation creates fake 3rd-party payment processing page to phish victims
Cyber-criminals devise card-skimming scheme that involves creating a phishing page that impersonates a retailer's third-party payment service platform
Ransomware attack on nursing homes' services provider threatens lives
Cyber-criminals demand £11 million ransom to unlock computers of Virtual Care Provider, which caters to to roughly 110 nursing homes around the US
Cyber-attackers taking auto industry for a ride, US's FBI warns
The FBI in the US issues private bulletin to a select group of automobile companies that bad actors are trying to access and infiltrate their networks
Data breach compromises T-Mobile prepaid accounts
T-Mobile discloses a data breach incident that impacts certain customers with prepaid service accounts.
Leaky Gekko Group database exposes info on hotel brands, travelers
European hotel booking platform provider Gekko Group mistakenly stores over 1 terabyte of information on a publicly configured server
Report: GitHub repository exposes WeWork customer contracts
WeWork client data left exposed and accessible to the public via GitHub; web portal leak information on prospective customers
Leave.EU chairman's Twitter account hacked, private messages leaked
Twitter account of Arron Banks, chairman of the pro-Brexit UK political campaign organisation Leave.EU, was hacked, his private message history leaked online
US senators press government to fund information centres, national 5G strategy
Key US lawmakers call for increased funding of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Centre and Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Centre
