Top news of the week: 11.12.2020.
Threats And Attacks
Cyber Actors Target K-12 Distance Learning Education to Cause Disruptions and Steal Data
This Joint Cybersecurity Advisory was coauthored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information ...
Foxconn Says Systems in U.S. Targeted in Cyberattack
Foxconn has confirmed that some of its systems have been targeted in a cyberattack. The cybercriminals behind the DoppelPaymer ransomware have taken credit for the attack.
HR Giant Randstad Hit by Egregor Ransomware
Randstad, the world’s biggest human resources company, has been hit by the Egregor ransomware
EU Agency Assessing Covid-19 Vaccines Hit by Cyberattack
The EU's medicines regulator targeted in cyberattack, just weeks before it is due to decide on special approval for two coronavirus vaccines.
Vermont Hospital Cyberattack Cost Estimated at $1.5M a Day
A late October cyberattack on the computer systems of the University of Vermont Medical Center is costing the hospital about $1.5 million a day in lost revenue and recovery costs, its CEO ...
COVID-19 vaccine data has been unlawfully accessed in hack of EU regulator
Hack of the European Medicines Agency affects vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
1-15 November 2020 Cyber Attacks Timeline
Here we are with the first timeline of November, covering the main cyber attacks occurred in the first half of the same month (as usual with some additional events that were disclosed in ...
Global Cybercrime Losses Cross $1 Trillion Mark
A shift from attackers targeting individual systems to entire organizations is pushing up cost of cyberattacks sharply, McAfee says.