Radisson Hotel Group has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach Attack.Databreach on affecting “ a small percentage of our Radisson Rewards members ” . Business Traveller was alerted to the incident by one of our readers , who had received an email from Radisson confirming that his details had been compromised Attack.Databreach . Radisson says that it identified the breach on October 1 , although it ’ s not clear exactly when the incident occured . A statement on the group ’ s website states : “ This data security incident did not compromise Attack.Databreach any credit card or password information . Our ongoing investigation has determined that the information accessed Attack.Databreach was restricted to member name , address ( including country of residence ) , email address , and in some cases , company name , phone number , Radisson Rewards member number and any frequent flyer numbers on file . “ Upon identifying this issue Radisson Rewards immediately revoked access to the unauthorized person ( s ) . All impacted member accounts have been secured and flagged to monitor for any potential unauthorized behavior . “ While the ongoing risk to your Radisson Rewards account is low , please monitor your account for any suspicious activity . You should also be aware that third parties may claim to be Attack.Phishing Radisson Rewards and attempt to gather personal information by deception ( known as “ phishing Attack.Phishing ” ) , including through the use of links to fake websites . Radisson Rewards will not ask for your password or user information to be provided in an e-mail . “ Radisson Rewards takes this incident very seriously and is conducting an ongoing extensive investigation into the incident to help prevent data privacy incidents from happening again in the future. ” Radisson says that affected members will have receives an email notification from Radisson Rewards either yesterday ( October 30 ) or today ( October 31 ) . In the FAQs Radisson stresses that credit card data was not exposed by the breach Attack.Databreach , nor were members ’ passwords or travel histories / future stays . The hotel group is the latest in a line of travel companies to suffer data breaches Attack.Databreach , with British Airways and Cathay Pacific both admitting to compromised Attack.Databreach data in the last couple of months .

Yahoo , Adult Friend Finder , LinkedIn , Tumblr and Daily Motion all have something in common : in 2016 , details of massive hacks perpetrated against the companies were disclosed . The firms represent a handful of the companies and public bodies around the world that suffered at the hands of hackers last year . Data compromised Attack.Databreach usually included names , emails , and physical addresses , and even personal bank details , ethnicity data , and phone numbers . And the hacks aren ’ t stopping anytime soon . 2017 has already been dominated by numerous data breaches Attack.Databreach and the most recent affects the Association of British Travel Agents , commonly known as ABTA . To keep you in the loop on data breaches Attack.Databreach this year , WIRED will keep a running tally of successful hacks . The abta.com web server for the Association of British Travel Agents ( ABTA ) was recently hacked Attack.Databreach by “ an external infiltrator ” who exposed Attack.Databreach the details of 43,000 individuals . Around 1,000 of these included files that could include personal identity information of customers of ABTA members uploaded since 11 January 2017 , while around 650 may also include personal identity information of ABTA members . As the UK ’ s largest travel association , ABTA ’ s members include travel agents and tour operators . The unauthorised access Attack.Databreach was said to be possible due to a system vulnerability “ that the infiltrator exploited ” to access Attack.Databreach some data provided by some customers of ABTA Members and by ABTA Members themselves . On immediate investigation , ABTA said Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability it identified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that although ABTA ’ s own IT systems remained secure , there was a vulnerability to the web server managed for ABTA through a third-party web developer and hosting company . “ This , unfortunately , means some documentation uploaded to the website , as well as some information provided by customers , may have been accessed Attack.Databreach , ” ABTA ’ s CEO , Mark Tanzer said . As a precautionary measure , it has taken steps to warn its members and customers of ABTA members who have the potential to be affected . The group has also alerted the relevant authorities , including the Information Commissioner ( ICO ) and the police .

Yahoo , Adult Friend Finder , LinkedIn , Tumblr and Daily Motion all have something in common : in 2016 , details of massive hacks perpetrated against the companies were disclosed . The firms represent a handful of the companies and public bodies around the world that suffered at the hands of hackers last year . Data compromised Attack.Databreach usually included names , emails , and physical addresses , and even personal bank details , ethnicity data , and phone numbers . And the hacks aren ’ t stopping anytime soon . 2017 has already been dominated by numerous data breaches Attack.Databreach and the most recent affects the Association of British Travel Agents , commonly known as ABTA . To keep you in the loop on data breaches Attack.Databreach this year , WIRED will keep a running tally of successful hacks . The abta.com web server for the Association of British Travel Agents ( ABTA ) was recently hacked Attack.Databreach by “ an external infiltrator ” who exposed Attack.Databreach the details of 43,000 individuals . Around 1,000 of these included files that could include personal identity information of customers of ABTA members uploaded since 11 January 2017 , while around 650 may also include personal identity information of ABTA members . As the UK ’ s largest travel association , ABTA ’ s members include travel agents and tour operators . The unauthorised access Attack.Databreach was said to be possible due to a system vulnerability “ that the infiltrator exploited ” to access Attack.Databreach some data provided by some customers of ABTA Members and by ABTA Members themselves . On immediate investigation , ABTA said Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability it identified Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability that although ABTA ’ s own IT systems remained secure , there was a vulnerability to the web server managed for ABTA through a third-party web developer and hosting company . “ This , unfortunately , means some documentation uploaded to the website , as well as some information provided by customers , may have been accessed Attack.Databreach , ” ABTA ’ s CEO , Mark Tanzer said . As a precautionary measure , it has taken steps to warn its members and customers of ABTA members who have the potential to be affected . The group has also alerted the relevant authorities , including the Information Commissioner ( ICO ) and the police .

Advanced Persistent Threat group linked to China said to be attacking companies by targeting their suppliers - scale of operation said to be unprecedented . A Chinese hacking group is thought to be behind attacks on managed service providers as a way into their client companies , to facilitate the theft of intellectual property . The hacking group , called APT10 , used custom malware and spear-phishing attacks Attack.Phishing to gain access to victims ' systems . Once inside , they used the company 's credentials to attack their client companies . The security of the supply chain has been a recognised weakness in security systems since at least 2013 when it was discovered that attackers had gained access to the Target retail chain in America through an HVAC service provider . Now it appears that APT10 is using that approach on a large scale . The group was discovered by PwC 's cyber-security practice and BAE Systems , working alongside the UK 's National Cyber Security Centre ( NCSC ) . The scale of the espionage campaign only became apparent in late 2016 , but the attack is thought to be the largest sustained global cyber-espionage campaign ever seen . PwC and BAE Systems said APT10 conducted the espionage campaign by targeting providers of managed outsourced IT services as a way in to their customers ' organisations around the world , gaining unprecedented access Attack.Databreach to intellectual property and sensitive data . It is thought the group launched the campaign in 2014 and then significantly ramped it up in early 2016 , adding new developers and intrusion operators to continually enhance capability . The group is known to have exfiltrated Attack.Databreach a high volume of data from multiple victims and used compromised networks to stealthily move this data around the world . A number of Japanese organisations have also been targeted directly in a separate , simultaneous campaign by the same group , with APT10 masquerading as Attack.Phishing legitimate Japanese government entities to gain access . Forensic analysis of the timings of the attack , as well as tools and techniques used , led investigators to conclude that the group may be based in China , but apart from that , it is not known precisely who is behind APT10 or why it targets certain organisations . Kris McConkey , partner for cyber-threat detection and response at PwC , said that the indirect approach of this attack highlights the need for organisations to have a comprehensive view of the threats they 're exposed to – including those of their supply chain . “ This is a global campaign with the potential to affect a wide range of countries , so organisations around the world should work with their security teams and providers to check networks for the key warning signs of compromise and ensure they respond and protect themselves accordingly , ” he said . Richard Horne , cyber-security partner at PwC , added that “ operating alone , none of us would have joined the dots to uncover this new campaign of indirect attacks . “ Together we 've been working to brief the global security community , managed service providers and known end victims to help prevent , detect and respond to these attacks , ” he added . Ilia Kolochenko , CEO of High-Tech Bridge , told SC Media UK that until there is more detail on the attacks , it would not be possible to make a reliable conclusion as to who was behind the so-called APT10 . “ Taking into consideration how careless and negligent some managed IT providers are , I would n't be surprised if all the attacks were conducted by a group of teenagers – something we have already seen in the past , ” he said . “ IT services providers should better enumerate and assess their digital risks , and implement appropriate security controls to mitigate related threats and vulnerabilities . Security standards , like ISO 27001 , can significantly help assure that the risks are continuously identified and are being duly addressed . For cyber-security service providers , accreditation by CREST is also an important factor to demonstrate the necessary standard of care around security , confidentiality and integrity for their own and client data , ” he added . “ Companies looking to secure their supply-chain can oblige their suppliers to get certified by ISO 27001 for example , or to provide solid and unconditional insurance to cover any data breaches Attack.Databreach and data leaks Attack.Databreach , including direct and consequent damages . ''

Cybersecurity experts and companies on Long Island are looking for ways to shore up the weakest link on company computer networks : the employee . Local cybersecurity professionals are creating interactive comic books , testing employees with simulated phishing emails — tailored messages that seek to obtain key information , such as passwords — and seeking to convince top executives that the threat of business disruption from hacking requires their attention . “ The biggest problem is not the technology ; it ’ s the people , ” said Laurin Buchanan , principal investigator at Secure Decisions , a division of Northport software developer Applied Visions Inc. Sixty percent of cyber-assaults on businesses can be traced to insiders ’ actions , either inadvertent or malicious , according to a 2016 study by IBM Security . The average cost of a data breach Attack.Databreach for U.S. companies is $ 7.4 million , or $ 225 per lost or stolen record , a June 2017 study by IBM and the Ponemon Institute , a Traverse City , Michigan , researcher , found . Costs related to data breaches Attack.Databreach can include the investigation , legal costs to defend against and settle class-action lawsuits , credit monitoring for affected customers , and coverage of fraud losses . Harder to gauge is the cost to a company ’ s reputation . One of the largest hacks Attack.Databreach ever was disclosed this month , when credit reporting company Equifax Inc. revealed that sensitive data from 143 million consumers , including Social Security numbers and birth dates , was exposed Attack.Databreach . A stock analyst from Stifel Financial Corp. estimated that the attack will cost Equifax about $ 300 million in direct expenses . Investors seem to think the incident will have a much greater impact on At a seminar in Garden City this month , Henry Prince , chief security officer at Shellproof Security in Greenvale , explained how in a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom — one of many types — cybercriminals can buy specialized tools such as those used to send Attack.Phishing phishing emails . The easy availability of that software means that hackers require “ no programming experience , ” Prince said . Phishing emails can be blocked by company email filters , firewalls and anti-virus software . But if one gets through Attack.Phishing and an employee clicks on the link in the phishing email , the business ’ network is compromised . Hackers can then encrypt files , preventing access to them by the company and crippling the business , Prince said at the seminar . Hackers then can demand payment Attack.Ransom , typically in an untraceable cryptocurrency like Bitcoin — a digital asset that uses encryption — before agreeing to decrypt the files . “ Ransomware is a business to these people , ” Prince said . “ Ninety-nine percent of the time , ransomware requires user interaction to infect. ” Della Ragione echoed that sentiment : “ The greatest risk at a company is the employees . Training employees is one of the best steps in shoring up your defenses. ” In response , many local experts and companies focus on teaching employees how to resist hackers ’ tricks . Secure Decisions has developed interactive comics to teach employees ways of detecting “ phishing ” emails and other hacking attempts . The company has gotten more than $ 1 million for research related to the interactive comic project , known as Comic-BEE , from the Department of Homeland Security , as well as a grant for $ 162,262 from the National Science Foundation . The comics , inspired by children ’ s “ Choose Your Own Adventure ” books , feature different plots depending on the reader ’ s choices . “ If you can give people the opportunity to role-play , some of the exhortations by the experts will make more sense , ” Buchanan said . The comics are being field-tested at several companies and Stony Brook University . They were featured in July at a DHS cybersecurity workshop in Washington , D.C. Radu Sion , a computer science professor at Stony Brook and director of its National Security Institute , which studies how to secure digital communications , acknowledged that security is far from a priority for most users . “ Ultimately , the average Joe doesn ’ t care , ” he said . “ You [ should ] treat the vast majority of your users as easily hackable. ” Northwell Health , the New Hyde Park-based health care system that is the largest private employer in New York State , is trying to find and get the attention of those inattentive employees . Kathy Hughes , Northwell vice president and chief information security officer , sends out “ phishing simulations ” to the workforce . The emails are designed to mimic Attack.Phishing a real phishing campaign Attack.Phishing that seeks passwords and personal information . In April , for instance , Northwell sent out Attack.Phishing phishing emails with a tax theme . Hughes collects reports on which employees take the bait Attack.Phishing by user , department and job function . “ We present them with a teachable moment , ” she said . “ We point out things in the email that they should have looked at more carefully. ” The emails are supplemented with newsletters , screen savers and digital signage reminding users that hackers are lurking . Another tool : Non-Northwell emails have an “ external ” notation in the subject line , making it harder for outsiders to pretend to be Attack.Phishing a colleague . “ We let [ the employees ] know that they are part of the security team , ” she said . “ Everybody has a responsibility for security. ” One of the most important constituencies for security is top executives . Drew Walker , a cybersecurity expert at Vector Solutions in Tampa , Florida , said many executives would rather not know about vulnerabilities to their computer systems , because knowledge of a hole makes them legally vulnerable and casts them in a bad light . “ Nine times out of 10 , they don ’ t want to hear it , ” he said . “ It makes them look bad. ” Richard Frankel , a former FBI special agent who is of counsel at Ruskin Moscou , said that company tests of cybersecurity readiness often snare CEOs who weren ’ t paying attention to training . But attorney Della Ragione said high-profile attacks are getting notice from executives . “ Everyone ’ s consciousness is being raised , ” she said . Data leaks Attack.Databreach at Long Island companies have caused executives to heighten security . In 2014 , Farmingdale-based supermarket chain Uncle Giuseppe ’ s Marketplace said that foreign hackers had breached Attack.Databreach the credit card database of three stores . Joseph Neglia , director of information technology at Uncle Giuseppe ’ s , said that after the data breach Attack.Databreach , which affected about 100 customers , the company began scheduling “ monthly vulnerability scans ” and upgraded its monitoring and security systems . For businesses , Stony Brook ’ s Sion said , the cybersecurity threat is real and immediate . “ I need one second with your machine to compromise it forever and ever , ” he said . “ It ’ s an uphill battle . ”

Bristol Airport authorities were recently forced to take their flight information system displays offline for two days to contain a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom . The authorities dismissed the ransom demand Attack.Ransom and decided to rebuild the affected systems . For two days , flight status information was displayed on whiteboards and there was an increase in announcements over the speakers . Similarly , in the last few months there have been several cyberattacks targeting hospitals , city administration and sporting events . The servers of the US-based PGA were reportedly hit by ransomware Attack.Ransom attacks right before the PGA Championship in the first week of August . A new ransomware called Everlasting Blue Blackmail Virus , which targets Windows PCs using spam and phishing campaigns Attack.Phishing , flashes former US President Barrack Obama ’ s image with the ransom message . Once the ransomware gains entry into the system , its looks for all .exe ( executable ) files and encrypts them , preventing users from running apps until the ransom is paid Attack.Ransom . Hot on the heels of the cyberattack Attack.Ransom on the town of Valdez in Alaska , Canadian town Midland in Ontario was hit by a ransomware attack Attack.Ransom in the first week of September . Hackers broke into the city database involving fire , water , and waste management and blocked access , demanding ransom Attack.Ransom . A major concern for cybersecurity experts is the fileless attacks , which are hard to detect . These attacks do not install a malicious software to infiltrate a victim ’ s computer , which makes it difficult for anti-virus solutions to detect them . According to Ponemon Institute , 35 % of all cyberattacks in 2018 were fileless , while security solution provider Carbon Black claims that fileless attacks accounted for 50 % of all successful data breaches Attack.Databreach targeting financial businesses . Fileless attacks target legitimate Windows tools such as PowerShell ( a scripting language which can provide hackers unrestricted access to Windows API ) and Windows Management Instrumentation ( used by admins ) . By latching on to these tools , hackers gain control over the PC and eventually the organization ’ s database . In another recent development , researchers at F-Secure have come across a new vulnerability affecting PCs . Dubbed as cold boot , the attack can be carried off using a special programme through a USB drive connected to a PC . Using the programme , the hacker can disable the memory overwriting by rebooting the system , without a proper shutdown . The attack can be used to break into company system which might have access to the company network .

Award-winning cooking tools company OXO revealed that it has suffered data breaches Attack.Databreach over the last two years that may have compromised Attack.Databreach customer and credit card information . In a breach disclosure letter filed with the State of California , OXO said that the data security incident involved “ sophisticated criminal activity that may have exposed Attack.Databreach some of your personal information. ” The attacker is believed to have accessed Attack.Databreach credit card information , along with names and billing and shipping addresses , though the letter does not state the scope of impact . “ On December 17 , 2018 , OXO confirmed through our forensic investigators that the security of certain personal information that you entered into our e-commerce website ( https : //www.oxo.com ) may have been compromised Attack.Databreach . We currently believe that information entered in the customer order form between June 9 , 2017 – November 28 , 2017 , June 8 , 2018 – June 9 , 2018 , July 20 , 2018 – October 16 , 2018 may have been compromised Attack.Databreach . While we believe the attempt to compromise Attack.Databreach your payment information may have been ineffective , we are notifying you out of an abundance of caution. ” OXO is currently working with security consultants and forensic investigators , who are looking Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability at past vulnerabilities in the website as part of an ongoing investigation of the incident . Additionally , the company has taken measures to secure its site to prevent future incidents . “ This latest breach underscores the importance of 24/7 security monitoring , ” said Matan Or-El , CEO of Panorays . “ With the new year upon us , companies should perform an in-depth review of all their digital assets to ensure that they and their third parties have not been compromised . We expect that future hacks will be targeted towards entire industries so as to maximize the payout for cyber-criminals. ” OXO has also secured the services of risk mitigation and response firm Kroll in order to extend identify monitoring services to its customers .

East Ohio Regional Hospital in Harper 's Ferry , Ohio , and Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling , West Virginia , both got affected by ransomware on the last weekend of November . [ 1 ] Due to this incident , ambulance patients were transported to other hospitals nearby and emergency room admissions were limited to walk-up patients only . Due to attack , employees needed to switch to paper charting and various systems were taken offline immediately . This fairly quick response limited the ransomware damage and prevented the possible data breach Attack.Databreach . [ 2 ] According to Karin Janiszewski , director of marketing and public relations for EORH and OVMC , hospitals reacted as soon as possible and , at the moment of writing , they are already using the computer network . On the following Saturday , Karin Janiszewski stated : There has been no patient information breach Attack.Databreach . The hospitals are switching to paper charting to ensure patient data protection . We have redundant security , so the attack was able to get through the first layer but not the second layer . IT staff dealt with the outbreak to avoid a data breach Attack.Databreach When it comes to malware attacks on large companies , the loss Attack.Databreach of personal customer data is the worst thing that can happen . It seems that this time the situation was handled quick enough to prevent having the sensitive data being compromised Attack.Databreach . IT team took several computers offline , and , because of this , most of the clinical operations transferred to other units , and emergency patients were automatically taken to different locations . On Saturday , when the incidents occurred , hospital officials stated that the staff is ready to take everything on paper until the downtime is over . Also , since this is a ransomware-type malware attack Attack.Ransom , hackers demand a ransom Attack.Ransom . However , officials did not select the scenario involving making the payment Attack.Ransom . No matter how big or how little the ransom demand Attack.Ransom is , officials should n't even consider making the payment Attack.Ransom because it may lead to system damage or permanent data loss . [ 3 ] In the United States , data breaches Attack.Databreach and malware attacks on huge organizations have become a common thing , especially in the healthcare industry . In 2016 Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital paid the demanded ransom Attack.Ransom in Bitcoin after having its data encrypted . [ 4 ] The infection was widespread and the attack Attack.Ransom cost around $ 17 000 . Another incident that resulted in ransom payment Attack.Ransom was spotted in Kansas Heart Hospital in 2016 also . Unfortunately , after the payment was made Attack.Ransom , attackers disappeared ignoring the promise to decrypt locked files . They send yet another ransom demand Attack.Ransom instead and asked for Attack.Ransom a bigger amount of money . Previously this year , the Indiana-based hospital got infected with SamSam which is an infamous ransomware virus which has been relying on specific infection tactics which is highly personalized . After considering different scenarios , the hospital decided to pay Attack.Ransom 4 BTC ( equal to $ 45 000 at that time ) for ransomware developers to get private keys needed for files ' recovery . Ransomware developers gave what they promised .

Here are five best practices that can help you boost end-user experiences , simplify performance management , and reduce the cost of your AWS environment . The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46 % over the last four years . But what really needs to be considered when exploring a solution ? The leaked database weighs in at 52.2GB , and according to ZDNet comes via business services firm Dun & Bradstreet , which sells it to marketers that send targeted email campaigns . After examining the data , Hunt has revealed that the data dump Attack.Databreach contains details belonging exclusively to US-based companies and government agencies . California is the most represented demographic with over four million records , followed by New York with 2.7 million records and Texas with 2.6 million records . The leading organisation by records is the Department of Defense , with 101,013 personnel records exposed in the dump Attack.Databreach . It is followed by the United States Postal Service ( USPS ) with 88,153 leaked employee records and AT & T with 67,382 . Other firms affected by the leak Attack.Databreach includes CVS with 40,739 records , Citigroup with 35,292 and IBM with 33,412 . The database contains dozens of fields , some including personal information such as names , job titles and functions , work email addresses , and phone numbers . While the database does n't contain more sensitive information , such as credit card numbers or SSNs , Hunt says it 's an `` absolute goldmine for targeted spear phishing Attack.Phishing . '' `` From this data , you can piece together organisational structures and tailor messaging Attack.Phishing to create an air of authenticity and that 's something that 's attractive to crooks and nation-state actors alike , '' he said . `` I often work with companies attempting to mitigate the damage of their organisational data being publicly exposed Attack.Databreach ( frequently due to data breaches Attack.Databreach ) , and I can confidently say that knowing this information is out there circulating would concern many of them . '' Dun & Bradstreet has denied responsibility for the leak Attack.Databreach and said it could have come from come from any of its thousands of clients . `` Based on our analysis , it is our determination that there has been no exposure Attack.Databreach of sensitive personal information from , and no infiltration of our system . The information in question is data typically found on a business card . `` As general practice , Dun & Bradstreet uses an agile security process and evaluates and evolves security controls to protect the integrity of our data , '' a spokesperson told the INQUIRER

Hackers made hay of the sorry state of credential security in 2016 . They stole Attack.Databreach millions of username and password combinations from online services of all shapes and sizes . Blogs and discussion forums were hit particularly hard . Exploiting credentials is an old attack vector that still works wonders for hackers . In its 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report ( DBIR ) , Verizon added a section about credentials , revealing that 63 % of data breaches Attack.Databreach involved weak , default or stolen passwords . “ This statistic drives our recommendation that this is a bar worth raising , ” reads the report . Why is it so easy for cybercriminals to plunder Attack.Databreach login credentials ? End users , despite constant warnings , continue re-using passwords , allowing hackers to conveniently break into multiple accounts after stealing Attack.Databreach someone 's credentials once . It 's like having one key for your bike lock , front door , office building , car and bank box . Meanwhile , more software vendors should provide advanced hashing , salting and other scrambling technologies for protecting credential information in case it 's stolen Attack.Databreach . For example , attackers hacked Clash of Kings ' forum after exploiting a known vulnerability in an outdated version of the vBulletin software . The thieves stole Attack.Databreach personal information from 1.6 million user accounts , including scrambled passwords . In one case , an attacker used misplaced install files to gain admin privileges . In another case , hackers stole Attack.Databreach one moderator 's credentials and used the account to post a malicious message in the forum . After viewing the message , the forum 's administrator had his account compromised , leading to a massive breach . Notable vulnerabilities exploited Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability in recent years include CVE-2016-6483 , CVE-2016-6195 , CVE-2016-6635 , CVE-2015-1431 , CVE-2015-7808 , CVE-2014-9574 and CVE-2013-6129 .

Things are getting messy at McDonald 's in India , and that 's not just for consumers of the Maharaja Mac - a double-stacked grilled chicken monstrosity with jalapenos and habanero sauce . The flaw , found Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability by payments company Fallible , exposed names , email addresses , phone numbers , home addresses and sometimes the coordinates of those homes , as well as links to social media profiles . And Fallible contends that the leak Attack.Databreach still has n't been properly fixed . I queried McDonald 's to see if it has tried to seal Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability the hole in the API and also whether it has notified customers or regulators , but I did n't get an immediate response . In a March 19 tweet , McDonald 's did n't issue any clear answers , instead taking the well-trodden path of seeking to reassure users by highlighting what was not breached Attack.Databreach . McDonald 's has dabbled in home delivery in many countries since the early 1990s , attracting budget diners willing to risk the short half-life of its sandwiches and fries versus the vagaries of home delivery . Fallible says it contacted McDonald 's India on Feb 7 , letting the fast-food chain know it could sequentially pull Attack.Databreach user information from the API using a curl request . `` An unprotected publicly accessible API endpoint for getting user details coupled with serially enumerable integers as customer IDs can be used to obtain access Attack.Databreach to all users personal information , '' Fallible writes in a blog post . But the issue appeared to remain unfixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , so Fallible says McDonald 's another email on March 7 asking for a status update . Ten days later , it sent another email and received no response . Fallible chose to go public with the issue in a March 18 blog post Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability , prompting a public acknowledgement from McDonald 's on Twitter the next day . Fallible contends Vulnerability-related.DiscoverVulnerability the issue hasn't been fixed Vulnerability-related.PatchVulnerability , and it 's unclear from McDonald 's tweet if it was . India does n't have a specific law that requires mandatory reporting of data breaches Attack.Databreach . But there are regulations and laws that cover the disclosure of personal information .

`` There have not been any breaches Attack.Databreach in any of Apple 's systems including iCloud and Apple ID , '' an Apple representative said in an emailed statement . `` The alleged list of email addresses and passwords appears to have been obtained Attack.Databreach from previously compromised Attack.Databreach third-party services . '' A group calling itself the Turkish Crime Family claims to have login credentials for more than 750 million icloud.com , me.com and mac.com email addresses , and the group says more than 250 million of those credentials provide access to iCloud accounts that do n't have two-factor authentication turned on . The hackers want Apple to pay Attack.Ransom $ 700,000 -- $ 100,000 per group member -- or `` $ 1 million worth in iTunes vouchers . '' Otherwise , they threaten to start wiping data from iCloud accounts and devices linked to them on April 7 . In a message published on Pastebin Thursday , the group said it also asked for Attack.Ransom other things from Apple , but they do n't want to make public . `` We 're actively monitoring to prevent unauthorized access to user accounts and are working with law enforcement to identify the criminals involved , '' the Apple representative said . `` To protect against these type of attacks , we recommend that users always use strong passwords , not use those same passwords across sites and turn on two-factor authentication . '' However , the unusually high numbers advanced by the group are hard to believe . It 's also hard to keep up with the group 's claims , as at various times over the past few days , it has released conflicting or incomplete information that it has later revised or clarified . The group claims that it started out with a database of more than 500 million credentials that it has put together over the past few years by extracting Attack.Databreach the icloud.com , me.com and mac.com accounts from stolen databases its members have sold Attack.Databreach on the black market . The hackers also claim that since they 've made their ransom Attack.Ransom request public a few days ago , others have joined in their effort and shared even more credentials with them , putting the number at more than 750 million . The group claims to be using 1 million high-quality proxy servers to verify how many of the credentials give them access to unprotected iCloud accounts . Apple provides two-factor authentication for iCloud , and accounts with the option turned on are protected even if their password is compromised Attack.Databreach . The latest number of accessible iCloud accounts advanced by the Turkish Crime Family is 250 million . That 's an impressive ratio of one in every three tested accounts . The largest ever data breach Attack.Databreach was from Yahoo with a reported 1 billion accounts . `` At best they ’ ve got some reused credentials , but I wouldn ’ t be surprised if it ’ s almost entirely a hoax . '' Hunt has n't seen the actual data that the Turkish Crime Family claims to have , and there is n't much evidence aside from a YouTube video showing a few dozen email addresses and plain text passwords . However , he has significant experience with validating data breaches Attack.Databreach and has seen many bogus hacker claims over the years . To be on the safe side , users should follow Apple 's advice and create a strong password for their account and turn on two-factor authentication or two-step verification at the very least

Around 50 % of the impacted accounts never posted on the forum which leads to the conclusion that they weren ’ t real users but bots . The stolen data contains email addresses , hashed passwords , and salts but none of the usernames were taken Attack.Databreach . However , good news is that all passwords have been reset . Therefore it ’ s too early to assume what happened or how attackers were able to access Attack.Databreach the database . Nevertheless , the administrators believe that it could be because of a phishing attack Attack.Phishing . It must be noted that one of the forum ’ s staff members was also impacted Attack.Databreach by the breach Attack.Databreach which is not surprising since hackers are successfully cracking passwords from previous data breaches Attack.Databreach and using them for further attacks . More : 21 Million Decrypted Gmail , 5 Million Yahoo Accounts Being Sold on Dark Web The forum is implementing new security measures including site-wide HTTPS support , 2-step authentication requirement for their staff and passwords randomizing of inactive accounts . This is not the first time when Android Forums was security issues . In 2012 , the forum suffered a massive data breach Attack.Databreach in which user credentials of 1 million users were stolen Attack.Databreach . At the time of publishing Attack.Phishing this article , the Android Forums was down for scheduled maintenance but you can still go through the security notice through Google Cache

The Cyber Division of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) has issued an alert to warn the healthcare industry that malicious actors are actively targeting File Transfer Protocol ( FTP ) servers that allow anonymous access . According to the law enforcement agency , attackers have targeted the FTP servers of medical and dental facilities in an effort to obtain access Attack.Databreach to protected health information ( PHI ) and personally identifiable information ( PII ) , and use it to intimidate , blackmail and harass business owners . “ The FBI recommends medical and dental healthcare entities request their respective IT services personnel to check networks for FTP servers running in anonymous mode . If businesses have a legitimate use for operating a FTP server in anonymous mode , administrators should ensure sensitive PHI or PII is not stored on the server , ” the FBI said . These servers allow users to authenticate with only a username , such as “ anonymous ” or “ ftp , ” and either a generic password or no password at all . The FBI pointed out that vulnerable FTP servers can also be abused to store malicious tools or to launch cyberattacks . In 2015 , IBM named healthcare as the most attacked industry , with more than 100 million records compromised Attack.Databreach , after in the previous year this sector did not even make it to the top five . An IBM report for 2016 showed that the volume of compromised records was smaller , but the number of data breaches Attack.Databreach increased , causing operational , reputational and financial damage to healthcare organizations . A report published recently by Fortinet showed the top threats targeting healthcare companies in the last quarter of 2016 , including malware , ransomware , IPS events , exploit kits and botnets

The NJCCIC assesses with high confidence that fileless and “ non-malware ” intrusion tactics pose high risk to organizations , both public and private , and will be increasingly employed by capable threat actors intent on stealing Attack.Databreach data or establishing persistence on networks to support ongoing espionage objectives or to enable future acts of sabotage . Furthermore , we assess most organizations are not currently equipped to defend against these tactics . The NJCCIC recommends all organizations reevaluate the capabilities and efficacy of their current cybersecurity technologies and processes , as well as their staffs , to ensure they are effectively managing and reducing the risk of data breaches Attack.Databreach and disruptive or destructive attacks conducted using fileless methods . To address the risk posed by fileless and non-malware tactics , organizations must first adopt a comprehensive cyber risk management framework and implement robust cybersecurity best practices and defensive measures , including , but not limited to , the bulleted items below . Additionally , organizations will need to employ enhanced logging , monitoring , and analysis of all network , host , and user activity to identify fileless tactics . To do so , enterprises may need to procure third-party products and managed services that include capabilities such as full system endpoint protection with memory and registry monitoring , behavioral analytics , next-generation firewalls , and email content inspection

Financial institutions worldwide including those in the country have been implored to be extremely cautious of the growing cyber-attacks that put them at great risk this year than before . The report further cautions that a slight mistake could cause great cash loss to the financial institutions like what happened to a Bangladesh Bank Central Bank . The Sophos report indicates that financial infrastructure is at greater risk of attack . `` The use of targeted phishing Attack.Phishing and 'whaling ' continues to grow . These attacks Attack.Phishing use detailed information about company executives to trick Attack.Phishing employees into paying fraudsters or compromising accounts . `` We also expect more attacks on critical financial infrastructure , such as the attack involving SWIFTconnected institutions which cost the Bangladesh Central Bank $ 81 million in February , '' reveals the report . The caution comes in following a Cybersecurity giant Sophos report published recently shows that the attacks are expected to increase this year . Expounding further , the report indi - cates that the year 2016 saw a huge number and variety of cyber-attacks , ranging from a high-profile DDoS using hijacked Internet-facing security cameras to the alleged hacking of party officials during the US election , according to a report by a Cybersecurity giant Sophos . The Sophos report shows that they also saw a rising tide of data breaches Attack.Databreach from big organisations and small and significant losses of people 's personal information . `` Since the year 2016 is over , we 're pondering how some of those trends might play out in 2017 , '' it notes . The report indicates that the current and emerging attack trends include the destructive DDoS IOT attack which is expected to rise . `` In 2016 , Mirai showed the massive destructive potential of DDoS attacks as a result of insecure consumer IoT ( Internet of Things ) devices . Mirai 's attacks exploited only a small number of devices and vulnerabilities and used basic password guessing techniques , '' part of the report indicates . However , the report claims that cybercriminals will find it easy to extend their reach because there are so many IoT devices containing outdated code based on poorly-maintained operating systems and applications with well-known vulnerabilities . `` Expect IoT exploits , better password guessing and more compromised IoT devices being used for DDoS or perhaps to target other devices in your network , '' it notes . It shows there is a shift from exploitation to targeted social attacks . `` Cybercriminals are getting better at exploiting the ultimate vulnerability - humans . Ever more sophisticated and convincing targeted attacks seek to coax users into compromising themselves . For example , it 's common to see an email that addresses the recipient by name and claims they have an outstanding debt the sender has been authorised to collect , '' explains part of the report . It further states that shock , awe or borrowing authority by pretending to be Attack.Phishing law enforcement are common and effective tactics , saying that the email directs them to a malicious link that users are panicked into clicking on , opening them up to attack . `` Such phishing attacks Attack.Phishing can no longer be recognised by obvious mistakes , '' it states . SWIFT recently admitted that there have been other such attacks and it expects to see more , stating in a leaked letter to client banks , stating that the threat is very persistent , adaptive and sophisticated - and it is here to stay . The Sophos report notes that there is increasing exploitation of the Internet 's inherently insecure infrastructure . All Internet users rely on ancient foundational protocols and their ubiquity makes them nearly impossible to revamp or replace