https://www.nrk.no/norge/korona_-kriseledelse-brukte-hjemme-pc-er-apne-for-hackerangrep-1.15038678
36 sikkerhetshull i Windows, hvorav 7 ble betegnet som «kritiske», var ikke tettet i 120 PC-er som norske helsebyråkrater i Helsedirektoratet, HELFO og Pasient- og brukerombudet hadde fått med seg når de skulle styre Norge fra hjemmekontor.
Vi reiste rundt fysisk og oppdaterte maskinene.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/after-a-breach-users-rarely-change-their-passwords-study-finds/
Only a third of users changed their password following a data breach.
Most users who changed passwords chose a weak one
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyz8nw/iphone-ios-ios13-jailbreak-uncover-unc0ver
it works by taking advantage of a vulnerability in iOS that Apple is not aware of, or a so-called zero day.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/qatar-covid19-contact-tracing-app-security-flaw/
If technology is to play an effective role in tackling the virus, people need to have confidence that contact tracing apps will protect their privacy and other human rights
https://www.cyberscoop.com/norfund-hacked-wealth-fund-10-million/
Thieves spent months inside the networks of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund before stealing $10 million in what the enterprise is describing as “a serious case of fraud.”
The Norwegian Investment Fund, more commonly known as Norfund, announced Wednesday that scammers stole £8.2 million ($10 million) by spoofing an email address, then fabricating payment information and directing cash into their own account
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52722626
It said email addresses and travel details had been stolen and that 2,208 customers had also had their credit card details “accessed”.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/supercomputers-hacked-across-europe-to-mine-cryptocurrency/
Confirmed infections have been reported in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. Another suspected infection was reported in Spain.
many of the organizations that had supercomputers go down this week had announced in previous weeks that they were prioritizing research on the COVID-19 outbreak, which has now most likely been hampered as a result of the intrusion and subsequent downtime.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-north-korea-robs-banks-around-world/
They scored $80 million by tricking a network into routing funds to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and then using a “money mule” to pick up the cash.