This past week, a hacker by the name of ChinaDan allegedly breached the Shanghai National Police (SHGA) database and has put the nearly 23 TB of data up for sale for 10 bitcoin (BTC), or a little over $200k USD as of this writing. ChinaDan claims the data contains “information on 1 Billion Chinese national residents and several billion case records” including names, addresses, … [Read more...]
DC Police Alleged Victim of Double-Extortion Ransomware Attack
Another day, another breach. Although, this time, the victim is the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington D.C. and the breach was induced by double-extortion ransomware known as Babuk. The group behind the ransomware attack, the Babuk Ransomware Group, hosts a webpage of their leaks with their most recent addition being the DC Police. The original leak of information was … [Read more...]
Are Your Company Credentials Exposed on the Dark Web?
The dark web is a collection of anonymous websites that are publicly available, yet hide the IP addresses to make it impossible for users to identify the host. It’s very common that sensitive information made available by data breaches ends up becoming available illicitly for sale on the dark web. According to the 2019 Global State of Cybersecurity in Small and Medium-Sized … [Read more...]
US Agency DISA Data Breach
Just how serious are cyber attacks? They are serious enough to not only cause mayhem for MSPs/MSSPs or Equifax, but also serious enough even for US agencies such as the Department Information Systems Agency (DISA). This is a sure sign of just how an attacker’s persistence and determination may just end up with them gaining access into your network. And this is precisely what … [Read more...]
Citrix Data Breach – Security Byte
Late last week, Citrix warned that they had suffered a network breach. According to reports, the attackers made off with six terabytes of business documents. Since Citrix learned of the breach from external sources (Resecurity and the FBI), they’re still investigating the full impact of the breach, and whether or not it affects their customers or products. Watch today’s video … [Read more...]
