Cyber Security News highlights this week
- A 19-year-old George Duke-Cohan teen hacker arrested for performing a DDoS attack on ProtonMail
- A new phishing attack is targeting WordPress sites to get user credentials
- The World’s Favorite Airline “British Airways” has confirmed a data breach
- DDoS attack carried out on 888 Poker website
- Mac applications from Apple’s app store steal sensitive user’s data
- New ransomware Attacks – “Ryuk” that attempts to encrypt network resources
In-Short Overview:
A 19-year-old George Duke-Cohan teen hacker was arrested by British National Crime Agency (NCA) on 31st August for his involvement in the ProtonMail DDoS attack. He was also responsible for making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines; and Tutanota secure email services.
Read More: 19-year-old George Duke-Cohan hacker arrested for performing DDoS attack (Tech Crunch, Sept 10, 2018)
Attackers are performing a new phishing attack and targeting WordPress sites to create serious problems for site owners and users. In these campaign attackers uses an email that is designed to look like a legitimate WordPress request prompting users to upgrade their database immediately.
Read More: New phishing campaign targeting wordpress sites (Security Intelligence, Sept 10, 2018)
British Airways “The World’s Favorite Airline” hacked that exposed personal details and credit-card numbers of up to 380,000 customers and lasted for more than two weeks.
Read More: British Airways hacked on Thursday (Sept 6, 2018) – 38000 passengers affected (Forbes, Sept 9, 2018)
888Poker became the latest victim of DDoS attack; players experienced disconnections from tables and were unable to act. On September 5, the first wave of disruptions took place around 3 pm BST, several players reported connectivity issues on social media and poker forums.
Read More: On Sept 5, 888Poker was hit by the DDoS attack (Poker News report, Sept 10, 2018)
Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s app store is collecting and filtering the sensitive user’s data.
Read More: Researchers said – Mac applications from Apple’s app store steal sensitive user’s data (ESecurity Week, Sept 10, 2018)
Organization should be on alert for cyber attacks. There is a latest Ransomware threat “Ryuk” that attempts to encrypt network resources. This targeted many sectors including medical sector and encrypting hundreds of PCs and data centers.
Read More: Alert – “Ryuk” Ransomware attacks the new threat (Bank Info Security, Sept 7, 2018)