CVE-2021-45101

An issue was discovered in HTCondor before 8.8.15, 9.0.x before 9.0.4, and 9.1.x before 9.1.2. Using standard command-line tools, a user with only READ access to an HTCondor SchedD or Collector daemon can discover secrets that could allow them to control other users' jobs and/or read their data...

Kronos crippled by ransomware, service may be out for weeks

Human resources platform provider UKG has put out a statement saying its fallen prey to ransomware that has disrupted the Kronos Private Cloud. It expects the service to be out for several weeks. The statement came after the company posted a message on the Kronos community message board, explaini...

Kronos Ransomware Outage Drives Widespread Payroll Chaos

Kronos, the workforce management platform, has been hit with a ransomware attack that it says will leave its cloud-based services unavailable for several weeks – and it’s suggesting that customers seek other ways to get payroll and other HR tasks accomplished. The outage has left cataclysmic issu...

Why Holidays Put Your Company at Risk of Cyber Attack (And How to Take Precautions)

It is a time when many are thinking of their families and loved ones, time off work, and gift-giving – the holidays. However, while many have their minds outside the realm of work during the holiday season, often, this is when attackers plan their most sinister attacks. So how can you take...

New Secured-core servers are now available from the Microsoft ecosystem to help secure your infrastructure

In the current pandemic-driven remote work environments, security has become increasingly important. Earlier this year, Colonial Pipeline, one of the leading suppliers of fuel on the East Coast of the United States, was hit by a ransomware attack.1 This caused a massive disruption of the fuel...

Apache Kafka Cloud Clusters Expose Sensitive Data Large Companies

Some of the world’s largest companies have exposed reams of sensitive information from the cloud, researchers said – thanks to misconfigured Kafdrop instances. Kafdrop is a management interface for Apache Kafka, which is an open-source, cloud-native platform for collecting, analyzing, storing and...

This Week in Security News - December 3, 2021

This week, learn about how Squirrelwaffle utilized ProxyLogon and ProxyShell to hack email chains. Also, read on a recent data breach of the Los Angeles Planned Parenthood Network...

‘Double-Extortion’ Ransomware Damage Skyrockets 935%

The ransomware business is booming, and feeble corporate security and a flourishing ransomware-as-a-service RaaS affiliate market are to blame, researchers say. Access to compromised networks is cheap, thanks to a rise in the number of initial-access brokers and RaaS tools can turn everyday petty...

Planned Parenthood Breach Opens Patients to Follow-On Attacks

Planned Parenthood’s Los Angeles PPLA division has been hacked, with cyberattackers making off with sensitive personal health information for at least 400,000 patients. In a data-breach notice PDF filed with the state of California, the organization said that it had detected the intrusion on Oct...

Planned Parenthood data breach: Hackers steal 400,000 patients’ data

By Waqas According to Planned Parenthood, the latest data breach has affected its Los Angeles branch PPLA after it suffered a ransomware attack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Planned Parenthood data breach: Hackers steal 400,000 patients data...

Ubiquiti Developer Charged With Extortion, Causing 2020 “Breach”

In January 2021, technology vendor Ubiquiti Inc. NYSE:UI disclosed that a breach at a third party cloud provider had exposed customer account credentials. In March, a Ubiquiti employee warned that the company had drastically understated the scope of the incident, and that the third-party cloud...

Panasonic’s Data Breach Leaves Open Questions

Consumer electronics giant Panasonic’s data breach raises questions, researchers say – given that more than two weeks after the incident was discovered, it’s unclear if customers’ personal information has been impacted. On Friday, Panasonic confirmed that its “network was illegally accessed by a...

Panasonic Suffers Data Breach After Hackers Hack Into Its Network

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic has disclosed a security breach wherein an unauthorized third-party broke into its network and potentially accessed data from one of its file servers. "As the result of an internal investigation, it was determined that some data on a file server had...

Hackers all over the world are targeting Tasmania’s emergency services

Emergency services—under which the police, fire, and emergency medical services departments fall—is an infrastructure vital to any country or state. But when those services come under threat from either physical or cyber entities, it’s as good as putting the lives of citizens at risk as well...

A week in security (Nov 22 – Nov 28)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs How to defend your website against card skimmers Security researchers play peek-a-boo with Conti ransomware server Windows 10 chills out, gives sysadmins a break Please dont buy this! 3 gift card scams to watch out for this Black Friday Millions of GoDaddy customer...

GoDaddy Breach Widens to tsoHost, Media Temple, 123Reg, Domain Factory, Heart Internet, and Host Europe

Yesterday GoDaddy disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 1.2 Million customers. Today, we received confirmation from GoDaddy that multiple brands that resell GoDaddy Managed WordPress were impacted. The brands impacted include: tsoHost Media Temple 123Reg Domain Factory Heart Internet Hos...

GoDaddy Data Breach Exposes Over 1 Million WordPress Customers' Data

Web hosting giant GoDaddy on Monday disclosed a data breach that resulted in the unauthorized access of data belonging to a total of 1.2 million active and inactive customers, making it the third security incident to come to light since 2018. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

GoDaddy hacked – Hackers access data of 1.2 million customers

By Waqas GoDaddy detected unauthorized access to its systems where it hosts and manages its customers’ WordPress servers. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: GoDaddy hacked - Hackers access data of 1.2 million customers...

GoDaddy’s Latest Breach Affects 1.2M Customers

Web-hosting giant GoDaddy has confirmed another data breach, this time affecting at least 1.2 million of its customers. On Monday, the world’s largest domain registrar said in a public filing to the SEC that an “unauthorized third party” managed to infiltrate its systems on Sept. 6 – and that the...

California Pizza Kitchen Serves Up Employee SSNs in Data Breach

California Pizza Kitchen CPK served up more than tasty meals recently after a data breach exposed the names and Social Security numbers SSNs of more than 100,000 current and former employees. The “external system breach” occurred on Sept. 15 at the popular U.S. pizza chain and affected 103,767...