Posts for category: Regional News

Trump Waikiki Hotel Data Breach

The credit card information of some Trump Waikiki Hotel customers was exposed after a breach of hospitality reservations booking service Sabre SynXis Central Reservations. Sabre is used by Trump ...

The US Government & Kasperksy Updates

A US Senate bill would ban the use of Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab’s security software from being used in Department of Defense networks. FBI agents recently questioned employees ...

Wikileaks Vault7 CIA Tools Dump, Parts 14 and 15, OutlawCountry, BothanSpy, Gyrfalcon

The malware known as OutlawCountry, BothanSpy, and Gyrfalcon are the focus of Wikileaks’ most recent file dumps in the ongoing Vault7 series of purportedly stolen and leaked CIA files. ...

Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted

Petya Group Bitcoins on the Move, New Message Posted The hacking group behind Petya/NotPetya/ExPetr withdrew all bitcoins from the bitcoin wallet associated with the ransomware on Tuesday, July ...

Thai Police Bust Large Chinese Click Fraud Operation

Thai police dismantled a Chinese click fraud operation that used nearly 500 mobile phones and over 300,000 Thai SIM cards to generate fraudulent page views, positive reviews, “likes” and ...

Industroyer Malware Targets Electrical Grid

Two cybersecurity firms warn that the powerful malware known as Industroyer or Crash Override that may have taken down the Ukranian power grid in 2016 could be modified to disrupt critical ...

The Persirai Botnet

Persirai, the latest botnet family to take advantage of unsecured IOT devices, has overtaken Mirai as the most common webcam botnet, according to new research from the security software company Trend ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary, June 9, 2017

US Voter Registration Process was Target of Russian Cyberespionage Operation, Says Leaked NSA Report A leaked top secret National Security Agency (NSA) report described cyberattack attempts on US ...

Global Weekly Executive Summary June 2, 2017

WannaCry Attribution Security researchers around the world have identified clues linking the global WannaCry cyberattacks to Lazarus Group, a prolific hacking group with suspected ties to North ...

Major Hawaii organizations appear unharmed by WannaCry Ransomware

"Local health care and financial institutions appear to have been left unscathed by the massive ransomware cyberattack that struck hospitals, companies and government agencies ...