During the last week of December a US\nCoast Guard<\/a> facility was the target of a Ryuk ransomware attack that shut down\noperations for over 30 hours. Though the Coast Guard has implemented multiple\ncybersecurity regulations in just the last six months or so, this attack broke\nthrough the weakest link in the security chain: human users. Ryuk typically\nspreads through an email phishing campaign that relies on the target clicking\non a malicious link before spreading through a network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Officials for Poloniex<\/a>, a cryptocurrency trading platform, began pushing out forced password resets after a list of email addresses and passwords claiming to be from Poloniex accounts was discovered on Twitter. While the company was able to verify that many of the addresses found on the list weren\u2019t linked to their site at all, they still opted to issue passwords reset for all clients. It\u2019s still unclear where the initial list actually originated, but it was likely generated from a previous data leak and was being used on a new set of websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020: What Our Experts Have to Say<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nearly every one of Wawa\u2019s\n850 stores<\/a> in the U.S. were found to be infected with a payment\ncard-skimming malware for roughly eight months before the company discovered\nit. It appears Wawa only found out about the problem after Visa issued a\nwarning about card fraud at gas pumps using less-secure magnetic strips. WaWa has\nsince begun offering credit monitoring to anyone affected. In a statement, they\nmention skimming occurring from in-store transactions as well, so card chips\nwould only be effective if the malware had been at the device level, rather\nthan the transaction point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Microsoft recently retook control of 50 domains<\/a> that were being used by North Korean hackers to launch cyberattacks. Following a successful lawsuit, Microsoft was able to use its extensive tracking data to shut down phishing sites that mainly targeted the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. The tech company is well-known for this tactic, having taken down 84 domains belonging to the Russian hacking group Fancy Bear and seizing almost 100 domains linked to Iranian spies. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCrypto-trading Platform Forces Password Reset After Possible Leak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
850 Wawa Stores Affected by Card-skimming<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Microsoft Takes Domains from North Korean Hackers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Landry\u2019s Suffers Payment Card Breach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n