Incident of the Week
IOTW: Metallica encourages fans to seek and destroy crypto scams
December 08 by Olivia PowellMalicious actors have been posing as the band in an attempt to defraud fans by selling fake Metallica cryptocurrency
IOTW: Toyota admits to data breach after access key is posted on GitHub
October 13 by Olivia PowellToyota source code was posted on GitHub, allowing unauthorized access to over 296,000 customer's details
IOTW: Capital One hacker given probation following cyber attack
October 06 by Olivia PowellThe Department of Justice said it was “very disappointed” in the sentencing
IOTW: Everything we know about the Optus data breach
September 29 by Olivia PowellA full timeline of the Optus data breach and the events that followed it
IOTW: Hacker allegedly hits both Uber and Rockstar
September 23 by Olivia PowellThe hacker has claimed they are selling confidential information accessed during the hack
IOTW: FBI to investigate Montenegro cyber-attacks
September 02 by Olivia PowellThe ransomware attacks that have targeted critical infrastructure have been linked to Russian ransomware
IOTW: Plex urges customers to change passwords following data breach
August 25 by Olivia PowellThe streaming service suffered a data breach by a third-party that allowed them unauthorized access to user’s login information
IOTW: Twilio suffers data breach following phishing attack
August 11 by Olivia PowellHackers directly targeted Twilio employees with a phishing attack to gain unauthorized access to employee data
IOTW: Microsoft links Raspberry Robin malware to hacking group EvilCorp
August 03 by Olivia PowellA USB-based worm first discovered in 2021 has been linked to activity by Russian hacking group EvilCorp
IOTW: Uber reaches settlement following cover up of data breach
July 28 by Olivia PowellUber has reached a non-prosecution settlement with the US Department of Justice following the coverup of a 2016 data breach
IOTW: Marriott International suffers latest in series of data breaches
July 13 by Olivia PowellHospitality group Marriott International has sufferred a data breach as hackers gained acccess to 20GB of data
IOTW: Iran’s steel industry targeted by hacktivists
June 28 by Beth MaundrillIran’s steel sector the latest victim in a string cyber attacks against Iranian industries
