Cyber Bites

Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of several privacy snafus that have put the company under siege. The company’s disclosure in September that hackers exploited several software bugs to obtain login access to accounts was tagged as Facebook’s worst security breach ever. An initial estimate that as many as 50 million accounts were affected was scaled back weeks late https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-24/facebook-must-face-lawsuit-over-29-million-user-data-breach

A cyber-attack on NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory was so severe that it prompted parts of the Agency to disconnect from the Lab's networks, a report revealed this month, and it all began because of a rogue Raspberry Pi. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research facility that conducts robotic space missions. It's the organization that builds probes and sends them to Mars. https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/infosec/nasa-data-breach-network/

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There were actually two zero-days -- not one -- combined into an exploit used in a spear-phishing attempt. Other cryptocurrency organizations were also targeted. Source: ZDnet

Mobile apps in both ecosystems (Apple and Google) are mostly unsecure and could see their users lose valuable personal information, if targeted. This is according to the Vulnerabilities and Threats in Mobile Applications 2019 report, recently issued by Positive Technologies. Source: IT Pro Portal

Hackers have targeted another city with another ransomware cyberattack -- this time in South Florida, where officials have agreed to pay $600,000 to avoid the type of problems that have crippled Baltimore systems for weeks. Source: UPI

The cyber-attacks that were once the arsenal of nation states and organised cyber gangs always descend down the supply chain into the hands of the modern criminal, writes Dr Simon Wiseman, CTO, Deep Secure. One devastating technique that is increasing in popularity amongst canny cybercriminals is steganography, where information is concealed in the pixels of images (for example, in the colour and transparency values) to hide threats. Source: CBR

The email addresses of almost 40 people who have HIV have been made public by mistake. It is understood the 37 patients in the Highlands were able to see their own and the others people's addresses in an email from NHS Highland. Source: BBC

Russia, responding to a report in the New York Times about increasingly aggressive digital incursions from the US, has warned of the possibility of a fully blown ‘cyberwar’. Source: Silicon Republic

Europeans are relatively well aware of the new data protection rules, their rights and the existence of national data protection authorities, to whom they can turn for help when their rights are violated, according to the European Commission. Source: Help Net Security