Confidential information exposed in recent data breach at Bombaradier. Bobaradier was the target of a cybersecurity breach that compromised the confidential information of employees, suppliers, and customers. The hackers appear to have gained access by exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party file transfer application. Approximately 130 employees based in Costa Rica were affected. Read more […]

Almost 200,000 people affected by the Simon Frazer University cyberattack on their server. Information on students, employee ID numbers, admissions, academic standings, and other information was stored on the breached server. The server contained information for some current and former students as well as faculty, staff, and student applicants. Read more at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sfu-warns-cybertattack-exposed-personal-information-of-about-200-000-students-and-staff-1.5916153

Investors of Sequoia Capital were told that some of the personal and financial information may have been accessed by a third party. An employee was successfully phished by email. The Sequoia security team responded to the attack and engaged leading outside cybersecurity experts as well as law enforcement. Sequoia Capital is on of the largest […]

KeepChange a bitcoin marketplace, says it managed to limit the ramifications of a security breach on Sunday, February 07, 2021. According to a blog post on their website, several bitcoin withdrawal requests had been initiated from customer accounts to an address belonging to attackers. A KeepChange control subsystem halted the requests resulting in no loss […]

Discount car and truck rental lose 120 GB of data to the DarkSide ransomware gang. The attack impacted Discount’s headquarter office. Discount car and truck rental have deployed a fully-dedicated team who isolated and contained the attack quickly. They are working to investigate and restore service as quickly as possible. Read more at https://securereading.com/darkside-ransomware-gang-hits-canadian-rental-car-company/

Syracuse University students, alumni, and applicants are at risk after someone gained unauthorized access through an employee’s email account. The affected individuals have been contacted to inform them of the unauthorized access to their information. Syracuse University has coordinated with a consumer credit reporting company to offer a complimentary membership to students who have been […]

Chromium-based browsers, Outlook, and more are at risk of a trojan harvesting logins. Cisco Talos has uncovered Masslogger evolution, a credential-stealing trojan that takes your login information from Chrome-based web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, and instant messengers. Currently, most of the targets of the attacks are in Southern and Eastern European countries. Read more at https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/18/masslogger_cisco_talos_research/

Hackers using a popular remote desktop tool TeamViewer accessed a computer system at a small town in Florida’s water treatment facility. They attempted to flood the water supply with sodium hydroxide, the attack was witnessed by an employee who was on the system. When the attacker logged off the employee reversed the changes that were […]

After Russia allegedly hacked the SolarWinds Orion, the breach left an open “backdoor” in some government agencies’ software despite the U.S government declaring it dealt with and safe. https://www.channele2e.com/technology/security/solarwinds-orion-breach-hacking-incident-timeline-and-updated-details/

Iranian hackers continue to pose a threat against U.S government officials despite the election’s ending. From mid-December 2020 till now, they continue to email death threats to government officials and attempt to gain access to more personal information. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-elections-iran/u-s-suspects-iranians-created-website-threatening-u-s-election-officials-idUSKBN28X2M4