1: Healthcare Data Breach – Norway
In a recent data breach, Cybercriminals have stolen Norway’s healthcare data, which impacts more than half of the nation’s population. An unknown group of hackers have managed to breach the systems of Health South-East Regional Health Authority (RHF). It stole personal info and health records of around 2.9 million Norwegians out of the 5.2 million country’s population.
HelseCERT, the Norwegian CERT department for its healthcare sector alerted about an “abnormal activity” against computer systems in the region.
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2: Facebook launches – Secure the Internet Grants program
Facebook has opened its “Secure the Internet Grants” program . Moreover, it has issued invitations for university researchers and faculty, non-profits, and NGOs to submit their research proposals. Its chief security officer Alex Stamos has announced that company will invest up to $1 million in defense research to fight threats people face each day which includes password reuse, phishing attempts etc. The deadline to submit two-page grant proposals is March 30, 2018 and winners will be announced at Black Hat USA this year.
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3: Bitcoin – Flaws found
Gadgets that manage personal accounts using Bitcoin ,a form of digital currency provides alternative to conventional money have been identified to have security loopholes. A security team from Edinburgh University carried out a security analysis of the communications system. It is used in popular models of Bitcoin wallet. Researchers proposed a fix which would encrypt particular messages sent between Bitcoin wallets and computers, making them much more secure. Their fix could be applied into all models of Bitcoin hardware wallet to offer better protection against hacks.
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4: Uber Data Breach – Update
The Information Commissioner’s Office raised concern over Uber’s cover-up of a data breach that came to light this week. Uber failed to report a massive data breach which exposed data of 57 million drivers and passengers. Uber paid the hackers to not release data. Chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi from Uber said that an October 2016 attack encompassed personal information of Uber users worldwide. The data stolen included names and license numbers of around 600,000 drivers in US and “personal information” on 57 million drivers.
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5: Email Hacker Sentenced
Jonathan Powell from Phoenix Arizona was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan. He was found guilty of hacking over 1,000 email accounts at Pace University in New York in an attempt to download sexually explicit photos and videos.
Powell was arrested in November 2016.He used password reset tools for more than 1,000 accounts, in in New York and Pennsylvania universities.
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