Author: Antario Phelps

Today, the two Japanese defense contractors -Pasco Corporation and Kobe Steel disclosed the security breaches happened in the May 2018 and in June 2015/August 2016. The geospatial provider and major steel provider also confirm about this authorized access to the internal network and infect the systems in it with malware during the two incidents. Pasco is a provider of satellite data and Kobe is the supplier of submarines parts for the Japan Self defense forces. As per Pasco, the breach did not lead to the leakage of any defense information. However, the kobe’s statement did not mention anything on it. But, as per Nikkei reports, 250 files with data related to Ministry of Defense and personal info were compromised due to the company’s server hacked. Japanese Defense Minister, in a press conference on January 31 said, the two companies are the last of the four defense related firms hacked between Read more

In December 19, 2019, Wawa, a company from East Coast of the US, announced about data breach on their retail giant shop. The company believed that the breach was a result of being infected with point of sale POS malware. This is the same malware that led Visa to warn fuel stations throughout North America and the pumps and devices attached being the target of Cybercriminal organizations. POS malware is especially designed to steal credit and debit card details from point of sale devices to process card payments. It encrypts the data of the card on payment devices before sending for the approval to bank network. The encryption occurs inside the RAM of the device which allows the malware to scrap the hardware and steal the card details. The command and control server of hackers’ control then connect to the device and receive the information. Returning to the Wawa incident, Read more