What a week for Garmin. If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that on Thursday 23rd July several of its services became unavailable as a result of a rumoured ransomware attack by Russian hackers Evil Corp. Whilst Garmin has been selective in the information it’s shared about the attack, the majority of its platforms and services are once again online, or available with limited functionality, at the time of writing. What happened? Whilst confirmed details are limited, it’s believed that Garmin’s Connect platform and other networks were infected with a ransomware virus known as WastedLocker. First deployed in May 2020, this is a highly targeted form of ransomware. It works by gathering system and network information to identify ways to circumvent security measures, breach the perimeter…
Yesterday, several high-profile Twitter accounts were accessed by hackers and used as part of a bitcoin scam. Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Uber and Apple were amongst those targeted by the attackers, who posted scam links promising that donations made to a bitcoin wallet would be doubled by the account holder. The…
