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• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• Industry News

T-Mobile has confirmed “unauthorized access” to its systems, days after a portion of customer data was listed for sale on a known cybercriminal forum. 100 million records on T-Mobile customers, which included customer account names, phone numbers, the IMEI numbers of phones on the account, and Social Security number and driver’s license information Read via Tech […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

XLS.HTML phishing campaign used a variety of novel tactics to avoid detection Microsoft has released new details on a phishing campaign which employed evolving tactics including the use of Morse code to evade detection. Read via TechRadar

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

We are thrilled to be able to provide you with a fresh new piece of Advent content. Starting this week, we’ll be bringing you a weekly roundup of what we’ve been up to, from events to blogs to podcasts, everything we do at Advent IM during the week will be captured here for you to […]

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Malicious container images were hidden in plain sight on Docker Hub Cybercriminals have begun using malicious container images as a means to install cryptominers on enterprise networks though they can also be used as part of a supply chain attack targeting cloud native environments. Read via TechRadar

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Cybercriminals have given away the details to promote their new cyber-crime venture in what they say is an act of “unprecedented generosity”. Hackers have released private details of around one million people in a major credit card data breach. Read via Digit

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Cyber crime has cost organisations more than £5 million in the past 13 months, with employees being tricked into downloading malware that looks like it comes from IT support, among other phishing scams. Read via SKY News. 

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

Hackers have stolen some $600m (£433m) in what appears to be one the largest cryptocurrency heists ever. Blockchain site Poly Network said hackers had exploited a vulnerability in its system and taken thousands of digital tokens such as Ether. Read via BBC News.

• by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
• General

A British embassy worker has been arrested in Germany on spying charges. The British national, named as David S, was arrested in Potsdam after he allegedly worked “for a foreign secret service”, the German public prosecutor said in a statement. Read via Sky News. 

• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

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• by Ellie Hurst
• Advent IM Blog

A post from Leighton Hughes I read a few days ago about the latest information security breach, that seems to be an ever-common appearance in today’s news, but this time it’s not Police related, who do seem to be the front runners of having these types of Data breaches, but this occasion it’s the National […]