Cox

10 Dec 2021

InfoSec News Nuggets 12/10/2021

‘I need my girlfriend off TikTok’: How hackers game abuse-reporting systems One hundred and forty-seven dollar signs fill the opening lines of the computer program. Rendered in an icy blue against a matte black background, each “$” has been carefully placed so that, all together, they spell out a name: “H4xton.” It’s a signature of sorts, and not a subtle one. Actual code doesn’t show up until a third of the way down the screen.…

07 Jun 2021

By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 06/07/2021

Colonial Pipeline Hackers Used Unprotected VPN to Access Network The ransomware attack that took down the Colonial Pipeline and caused fuel shortages on the East Coast worked because of an unprotected Virtual Private Network (VPN). The criminal gang of hackers known as DarkSide who took responsibility for the attack gained access to the Pipeline's system through an unprotected VPN account that had been set up to allow employees to access the company's computer networks remotely, according to…