Weekly Cyber Security News Letter

Recent news in cybersecurity focuses on a range of subjects from new methods of phishing and malware to data breaches at several corporations. AT&T paid a hacker $370,000 in Bitcoin, BMW Hong Kong suffered a major data breach exposing personal data of over 14,000 customers, while 361 million unique emails and passwords were leaked on dark web forums. The Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx was attacked, resulting in more than $230 million being stolen. Squarespace was breached, compromising customer data, and cyber hackers have been quick to exploit newfound vulnerabilities. Juniper and SAP have identified security flaws in their respective systems, and Google has released an important security update for Chrome, patching 10 vulnerabilities.