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Cybersecurity Weekly: California school ransomware, Office Sway phishing campaign, SNAKE ransomware

A ransomware attack causes a California school district to teach with pen and paper for the week. A new phishing campaign is hosting landing pages on Office Sway. A new strain of ransomware targets business networks. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Colorado BEC scam, CyrusOne ransomware, new California privacy law

A town in Colorado loses over $1 million to BEC scammers. Data center provider CyrusOne suffers a ransomware attack. California adopts the strictest privacy law in the United States. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Wyze data leak, PayPal phishing scam, prison footage leak

IoT company Wyze suffers a data leak affecting millions of customers. An ambitious phishing campaign aims for more than just usernames and passwords. Security camera footage from a prison in Thailand leaks to YouTube. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: In-person password reset, Apple bug bounty, Wawa cyberattack

38,000 people were forced to pick up their email passwords in person following a security incident at a German university. Apple opened up its bug bounty program to all security researchers. A recent cyberattack stole payment data from over 700 Wawa stores. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Cybercrime-fighting dog, cancelled Netflix accounts hacked, TLS phishing bait

The midwest gets its first cybercrime-fighting dog. Dead Netflix accounts are getting reactivated by hackers. Cybercriminals are now using green TLS padlocks as phishing bait. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Ethiopia stops DDoS attack, Floridian city recovers from BEC, bug found in HackerOne

Ethiopia foils a mass cyber hacking attempt with prompt incident response. A city in Florida recovers almost all monetary losses after a BEC scam. A bug is found in a popular bug bounty platform, earning a bug hunter $20,000. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Gas pump hidden cameras, insecure smart TVs, ransomware recovery

Hidden cameras found at gas station pumps in conjunction with card skimmers. The FBI warns consumers about security issues in smart TVs. The State of Louisiana prevents any data loss and pays no ransom in a recent ransomware attack. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Competing bug bounties, Disney+ password reuse attack

Google offers up to $1.5 million for Pixel Titan M exploits in 2020. A hacker offers $100,000 for corporate secrets. Disney+ suffers a password reuse attack less than a week after launch. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Securing open source apps, Facebook iPhone bug, multi-year breach

GitHub recruits a team of tech companies to help secure open source software. A new Facebook bug secretly enables the iPhone camera. A tech company discovers a years-long data breach only after an infected server runs out of drive space. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.

Cybersecurity Weekly: Record bug bounty payouts, new phishing attacks, smartphone fingerprint hack

Bug bounty platform Bugcrowd breaks weekly payout record with over $500,000. Paypal upsets Microsoft as phishers’ favorite brand for the first time in over a year. Hackers unlock smartphones in under 20 minutes by photographing fingerprints on glass. All this, and more, in this week’s edition of Cybersecurity Weekly.