Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

A week-long outage for Kia is reportedly connected to a ransomware attack from the DoppelPaymer gang, says BleepingComputer. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Kia Motors America may have been hit by a ransomware attack that has taken down some of its key customer-facing services. In a story published Tuesday, website BleepingComputer reported that Kia Motors USA was suffering a nationwide outage that was impacting IT servers, self-payment phone services, dealer platforms, phone support, and mobile apps….

The United States has arrested six alleged members of an international fraud and money-laundering ring that deployed spoofing, catfishing, and COVID-19 relief scams to con victims out of $55m. The defendants are accused of creating fake identities to trick companies, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and old folks searching for romance online into wiring funds to bank accounts controlled by a criminal enterprise. Thirty-five-year-old Farouk Appiedu was arrested on October 18 in Queens, New York. His alleged…

Hackers are now sending messages that hide fake links in the HTTP prefix, bypassing email filters, says security firm GreatHorn. Getty Images/iStockphoto Email security company GreatHorn is warning of a new form of phishing attack that makes malicious messages more likely to get through filters and harder for the average person to detect by sight. By hiding phishing information in the prefixes of URLs, attackers can send what looks like a link to a legitimate…

Kia Motors America has said a recent computer network outage problem was not caused by a ransomware attack. IT outages began on Saturday, impacting both Kia and affiliated automaker Hyundai Motor America, both of which are owned by the South Korea–based Hyundai Motor Group. The issues experienced by Hyundai were not as severe as those impacting Kia.  As a result of the network problems, dealers have been unable to order parts and vehicles. A smartphone…

If you need to gather information on user logins for your Linux servers, Jack Wallen has just the tool for you. Image: Jack Wallen Linux is an incredibly powerful platform that allows you to do just about anything you might want or need. As an admin, that’s a double-edged sword–especially given Linux is a multi-user environment. In other words, more than one user can be logged in at once.  That means admins might find themselves…

The number of month-on-month healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported in the United States was halved in January, according to new research by the HIPAA Journal. While December 2020 saw 62 such incidents recorded, only 32 were recorded in January 2021. The 32 breaches occurred across 18 states. Florida, where six of the breaches took place, was the worst affected state.  The journal noted: “While this is well below the average number of…

Scammers are impersonating the IRS with emails carrying the subject line “Verifying your EFIN before e-filing.” Image: designer491, Getty Images/iStockphoto With the arrival of tax season, the IRS has sent out a dire notice to tax professionals warning them of a new wave of digital scams involving people trying to steal Electronic Filing Identification Numbers (EFINs).  Agency officials said they have seen a wave of fake emails with the subject line, “Verifying your EFIN before…