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AskCyber Home » News » News » Cyber Security News 23 August 2019

Cyber Security News 23 August 2019

2019-08-23 by Michelle Dvorak

Cyber Security News AUG 23 2019

Cyber Security News Today – Chrome to Get Built-in Data Breach Alert – Ransomware Hits 22 Texas Towns – New Apple Credit Card

Chrome Will Soon Have Built-in Data Breach Alert

Google Chrome will soon warn users when their login information is found in a data breach. Google announced it is adding built-in Password Protection monitoring into a future release of Chrome web browser. Password protection will work for logged in Chrome users and allow them to toggle login detection features on and off in the Chrome password manager. Currently, Google Chrome has a Chrome Password Checkup browser extension to alert users when it detects that their username and password was compromised in a data breach.

When activated, the service will alert the Chrome user that their login credentials have been involved in a data breach. If the login information was only exposed in a data breach for one particular website, then notification will indicate that it only involves that particular website. Google estimates that 1.5 percent of all login credentials have been compromised in data breaches. When notified of the compromise, 26 percent changed their password.

Mozilla’s Firefox web browser also has a notification service that alerts users when their email address has been compromised in a data breach. Mozilla partnered with web service, Have I Been Pwned, for its Firefox Monitor service.

What Are Ransomware Attacks
What Are Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware Hits Twenty-Two Texas Towns

The latest ransomware attack is a coordinated attack against twenty-two Texas state run services, including police departments, local and county agencies, and libraries as reported by NPR. Hackers have encrypted and are holding the twenty-two IT systems hostage demanding a collective ransom of $2.5 million

The local governments of Borger, Keene, Kaufman, Wilmer, Texas plus the counties of Grayson and Lubbock, Texas are all impacted by ransomware attacks. The police departments Bonham, Graham, and Vernon, Texas were also hacked through a managed service provider.

In Borger, Texas the ransomware crippled city business and financial operations. Border cannot accept utility payments from its residents. Keene, Texas also cannot accept utility payments. The Texas Military Department and Texas A&M University System’s Cyberresponse and Security Operations Center teams are trying to help decrypt the most critically impacted jurisdictions.

The cities of Borger and Keene have populations of 13,250 and 6,100 respectively. Hackers are attacking an increasing number of smaller municipalities preying upon small IT budgets and lax cyber security practices.

Apple Credit Card

The Apple credit card, called Apple Card, became available in the United States this week and will be available in Canada soon. The new credit card is sleek looking just like all other Apple products. The card is made from titanium with the cardholder’s name laser-etched on the front alongside the Apple logo..

Apple Card is backed by investment bank Goldman Sachs in a partnership with MasterCard. Apple Card, also offers a companion iPhone app app that is synced to the cardholder’s Apple Pay account. The credit card can be used at any retailer that accepts Apple Pay. The physical card can be used anywhere including where ApplePay is not accepted. Shoppers receive a percentage of their purchases back as a monetary credit on an Apple cash card.

People can apply for Apple Card from their iPhones. Once the card is activated the app lets cardholders see their purchase history, pay for purchases, and view their monthly statement with a color coded breakdown of charges.

Apple Credit Card
Apple Credit Card

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About Michelle Dvorak

Michelle writes about cyber security, data privacy focusing on social media privacy as well as how to protect your IoT devices. She has worked in internet technology for over 20 years and owns METRONY, LLC. Michelle earned a B.S. in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Michelle published a guide to Cyber Security for Business Travelers


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