08 Jan 2021
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 01/08/2021

Rioters Had Physical Access to Lawmakers’ Computers. How Bad Is That? On Wednesday, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters rioted and stormed the Capitol, getting into the Senate and the offices of some lawmakers, who were hastily evacuated. Given how quickly some staffers and lawmakers had to leave, some of them left their computers unlocked and unattended, and some of the terrorists were photographed in front of them. Cybersecurity experts now worry that the rioters had a chance to get their…
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28 Dec 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 12/28/2020

Five Solution Providers Breached By SolarWinds Hackers Deloitte, Stratus Networks, Digital Sense, ITPS and Netdecisions were breached via SolarWinds and then specifically targeted by the hackers for additional internal compromise, according to a cybersecurity consultancy. The Sweden-based firm, Truesec, analyzed the malware — as well as historical network data — to determine which firms were explicitly selected by the SolarWinds hackers for further activities, meaning that additional internal compromise could have taken place. Nearly 18,000 firms were…
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22 May 2020
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 5/22/2020

COVID-19 contact tracing text message scams There’s no question, contact tracing plays a vital role in helping to stop the spread of COVID-19. But scammers, pretending to be contact tracers and taking advantage of how the process works, are also sending text messages. But theirs are spam text messages that ask you to click a link. Check out the image below. Unlike a legitimate text message from a health department, which only wants to let…
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