A Week in Security: REvil Extortion, RDP Stolen Credentials, Geico Breach, and Chrome Exploits

  A Week in Security: REvil Extortion, RDP Stolen Credentials, Geico Breach, and Chrome Exploits As we approach the weekend, let us look back at this past week at the top cyber security news.  This week in cyber security, REvil attempted to extort Apple using their stolen data.  Additionally, UAS leaked 1.3 million Windows RDP logins for sale on their marketplace.  Also in other news, Geico suffered a data breach that exposed some of their customers’ sensitive data and Google rushed to fix several zero-day exploits in Chrome.   REvil Attempts to Extort Apple Early in the week, the threat group REvil, known for their successful ransomware campaigns and living… Read More

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Exodus Intelligence Security Firm offers up to $500,000-dollar bounty for security exploits

One way companies are now attempting to discover vulnerabilities in their software or products, is to offer a bounty for any exploits that are found in their software by any third party’s. This is a good way for companies to motivate the public to actively search out exploits. These exploits may have been otherwise been found later by someone with ill intentions.   Why offer so much money for exploits? Good software companies like Apple are always mindful of the overwhelming risk of a potential breach or vulnerability. Currently they are offering up to $200,000 if you can manage to find a vulnerability in one of their products. Exodus  is… Read More

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