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US brokers warned of ongoing phishing attacks impersonating FINRA

The US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warns US brokerage firms and brokers of an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating FINRA officials and asking them to hand over sensitive information under the threat of penalties. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-brokers-warned-of-ongoing-phishing-attacks-impersonating-finra/
Ford bug exposed customer and employee records from internal systems

A bug on Ford's website allowed for accessing sensitive systems and obtaining proprietary data, such as customer databases, employee records, internal tickets, etc. The data exposure stemmed from a misconfigured instance of Pega customer engagement system running on Ford's servers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ford-bug-exposed-customer-and-employee-records-from-internal-systems/
Colonial Pipeline reports data breach after May ransomware attack

Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, is sending notification letters to individuals affected by the data breach resulting from the DarkSide ransomware attack that hit its network in May. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/colonial-pipeline-reports-data-breach-after-may-ransomware-attack/
Hackers behind Iranian wiper attacks linked to Syrian breaches

Destructive attacks that targeted Iran's transport ministry and national train system were coordinated by a threat actor dubbed Indra who previously deployed wiper malware on the networks of multiple Syrian organizations. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-behind-iranian-wiper-attacks-linked-to-syrian-breaches/
SIM swap scammer pleads guilty to Instagram account hijacks, crypto theft

Declan Harrington, a Massachusetts man charged two years ago for his alleged involvement in a series of SIM swapping attacks, pleaded guilty to stealing cryptocurrency from multiple victims and hijacking the Instagram account of others.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sim-swap-scammer-pleads-guilty-to-instagram-account-hijacks-crypto-theft/
Education giant Pearson fined $1M for downplaying data breach

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that Pearson, a British multinational educational publishing and services company, has settled charges of mishandling the disclosure process for a 2018 data breach discovered in March 2019. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/education-giant-pearson-fined-1m-for-downplaying-data-breach/