WEEKLY CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER NO: 115

#Weekly Cybersecurity Tip: Be very careful about what you post on social media websites!

Jun 15, 2020 12:00 PM

1- IT SERVICES GIANT COGNIZANT SUFFERS MAZE RANSOMWARE CYBER ATTACK

Information technologies services giant Cognizant suffered a cyber attack Friday night. Cognizant is one of the largest IT managed services company in the world with close to 300,000 employees and over $15 billion in revenue.

2- EDP FACES $11M RANSOMWARE DEMAND

Portuguese utility and owner of wind power giant EDPR owner reportedly subject of security breach this week is facing a €10m ($11m) ransomware demand, according to multiple reports in the Portuguese media.

3- AZORULT VARIANT, OTHER MALWARE PAYLOADS DELIVERED BY MULTI-PRONGED ATTACK CAMPAIGN

Security researchers spotted a multi-pronged attack campaign that delivered a variant of the AZORult family along with other malicious payloads. Cisco Talos learned of the AZORult-toting campaign after a telemetry entry revealed a process that involved the execution of a PowerShell loader.

4- GOOGLE: WE’VE BLOCKED 126 MILLION COVID-19 PHISHING SCAMS IN THE LAST WEEK

240 million daily virus themed spams as ‘bad actors’ feed on people’s fear. In the past week, an average of 18 million COVID-19 phishing emails were sent per day via Gmail to unsuspecting marks, according to Google.