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Honda Exposes 26,000 Records of North American Customers

Automotive giant Honda exposed roughly 26,000 vehicle owner records containing personally identifiable information (PII) of North American customers after misconfiguring an Elasticsearch cluster on October 21, 2019. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/honda-exposes-26-000-records-of-north-american-customers/
Emotet Malware Uses Greta Thunberg Demonstration Invites as Lure

Emotet has started a new spam campaign that is banking off the popularity of environmental activist Greta Thunberg and her dedication to the climate movement. Unsuspecting users who think they are getting info about an upcoming demonstration, will instead find that they have become infected with Emotet and other malware. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/emotet-malware-uses-greta-thunberg-demonstration-invites-as-lure/
Exploit Kit Starts Pushing Malware Via Fake Adult Sites

Spelevo exploit kit's operators have recently added a new infection vector as part of their attacks, attempting to social engineer potential targets into downloading and executing addition malware payloads from decoy adult sites. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-kit-starts-pushing-malware-via-fake-adult-sites/
Lithuanian Jailed for Stealing $120 Million From Google, Facebook

A Lithuanian man was sentenced today to five years of prison time after tricking Google and Facebook employees into wiring over $120 million into bank accounts he controlled as part of several business email compromise (BEC) fraud attacks spanning from 2013 to 2015. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lithuanian-jailed-for-stealing-120-million-from-google-facebook/
Tokyo 2020 Staff Warns of Phishing Disguised As Official Emails

Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics staff published a warning today alerting of an ongoing phishing campaign delivering emails designed to look like they're coming from the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020)​​​​​​​. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tokyo-2020-staff-warns-of-phishing-disguised-as-official-emails/
GozNym Gang Members Behind $100 Million Damages Sentenced

Three members of a cybercrime group that used the GozNym banking Trojan to steal millions from U.S. businesses were sentenced today in parallel and multi-national prosecutions in Pittsburgh and Tbilisi, Georgia. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/goznym-gang-members-behind-100-million-damages-sentenced/