Nearly all news publications owned by Tribune Publishing <\/a>suffered disruptions in printing or distribution after the publisher was hit by a ransomware attack. Many of the papers across the country were delivered incomplete or hours or days late. Even some papers that had been sold off to other publishers in previous years were affected. Fortunately, digital and mobile versions of the newspapers were untouched by the attack, allowing users to view local news as normal online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hacker previously responsible for hacking\nthousands of printers<\/a> and directing them to print ads in support of\nPewDiePie, the world\u2019s largest YouTuber, has now started using unsecured smart\ndevices to continue the campaign. In addition to requesting the \u201cvictim\u201d\nsubscribe to PewDiePie, the hacker\u2019s main message is to bring light to the\nextreme lack of security many of us live with daily. By using the standard\nports used by smart TVs to connect to streaming devices, the hacker has even\ncreated scripts that will search for these insecure ports and begin connecting\nto them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the largest alcohol retailers in California, BevMo<\/a>,\nrecently announced they\u2019ve fallen victim to a credit card breach on their\nonline store. The breach lasted for nearly two months, during which time\ncustomer payment card data for nearly 14,000 customers was illegitimately\naccessed. While officials are still unclear as to who was behind the breach, it\nis likely related to the MageCart attacks that appeared across the globe during\nthe latter half of 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An independent security researcher recently discovered a\nserver that was allowing unauthenticated access to sensitive\ndocuments<\/a> for well over two million users. The exposed information\nincluded names, email addresses, IP addresses from prior logins, and even their\naccount password, though the company has remained firm that the passwords\ncontained within their accounts are still secure. Since the reveal, Blur\u2019s parent\ncompany, Abine, has prompted users to change their main passwords and enable\ntwo-factor authentication, if they had not already done so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u2018PewDiePie\u2019 Hacker Turns Focus to Smart Devices<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
California Alcohol Retailer Faces Data Breach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Blur Password Manager Leaves Passwords Exposed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bitcoin Wallets: Still Major Target for Hackers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n