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Infosec bits for week 38/20

2020-09-18 08:59 - Schalk Peach

Tracking Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
- Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks [CARE Lab, Temple University]
- University Project Tracks Ransomware Attacks on Critical Infrastructure [Eduard Kovacs, Security Week]
Latest Data Leaks
- Razer data leak exposes personal information of gamers [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
- Leaky server exposes users of dating site network [Catalin Cimpanu, ZDNet]
- Over 1 Million Patients and Donors Impacted by Inova Health System Data Breach [Alina Bizga, Bitdefender]
- Research Finds Nearly 800,000 Access Keys Exposed Online [Dark Reading]
- Personal data from Experian on 40% of South Africa’s population has been bundled onto a file-sharing website [Gareth Corfield, The Register]
- US Court Documents Published in Ransomware Attack [Sarah Coble, Infosecurity Magazine]
- US staffing firm Artech discloses ransomware attack, data breach [Sergiu Gatlan, Bleeping Computer]
Attack on Academia
- Computer Attack Disables California School District’s System [Associated Press, Republished by Security Week]
- Not for higher education: cybercriminals target academic & research institutions across the world [Check Point Blog]
- Cyber security alert issued following rising attacks on UK academia [NCSC UK]
- Alert: Targeted ransomware attacks on the UK education sector by cyber criminals [NCSC UK]
- GCHQ agency ‘strongly urges’ Brit universities, colleges to protect themselves after spike in ransomware infections [Gareth Corfield, The Register]
- Universities Face Increase in Ransomware Attacks as Students Return [Dan Raywood, Infosecurity Group]
- Leeds-based college group hit by cyber attack [BBC News]
Malware and Ransomware Extortion on the Rise
- SunCrypt ransomware operators leak data of University Hospital New Jersey [Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs]
- LockBit ransomware launches data leak site to double-extort victims [Lawrence Abrams, Bleeping Computer]
- New MrbMiner malware has infected thousands of MSSQL databases [Catalin Cimpanu, ZDNet]
General
- Four ways network traffic analysis benefits security teams [Nadeem Zahid, Helpnet Security]
- More Cyberattacks in the First Half of 2020 Than in All of 2019 [Jai Vijayan, Dark Reading]
- Back to Basics: Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity at Work [George Platsis, Security Intelligence]

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