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CISA warns of ransomware attacks on healthcare providers

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by Shaun Nichols A new CISA advisory warned administrators at hospitals and healthcare providers about newly discovered ransomware variant, dubbed Daixin Team, that poses a particular threat. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is warning administrators about a new ransomware outbreak amongst healthcare providers. A CISA advisory issued Friday outlined how a new ransomware crew known as […]

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Healthcare site leaks personal health information via Google and Meta tracking pixels

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Posted: October 24, 2022 by Pieter Arntz Advocate Aurora Health has disclosed that by visiting its websites users may have shared personal information, and possibly protected health information (PHI), with Google and Meta (Facebook). Advocate Aurora Health is the 11th largest not-for-profit, integrated health system in the US and provides care for about 3 million patients. The company used tracking

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An odd kind of cybercrime: Gift vouchers, medical records, and…food

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Posted: October 24, 2022 by Christopher Boyd Someone with a gift for technology but a nasty habit of using it for very bad things has been spared from going to jail with a suspended sentence. Peter Foy, 18 at the time of his antics, racked up a remarkable, and slightly peculiar, list of compromises before being brought before

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Former cop abused unrevoked system access to extort women

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Posted: October 21, 2022 by Jovi Umawing When Bryan Wilson, a former Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD) officer in Kentucky, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking charges in June, details of his crime weren’t revealed. Now they have. A new court document discloses facts about how he stole sexually explicit photos and videos from private Snapchat accounts, and what he did with

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Attackers Abusing Various Remote Control Tools

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Overview Ordinarily, attackers install malware through various methods such as spear phishing emails with a malicious attachment, malvertising, vulnerabilities, and disguising the malware as normal software and uploading them to websites. The malware that is installed include infostealers which steal information from the infected system, ransomware which encrypts files to demand ransom, and DDoS Bots

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Security awareness campaign highlights things your bank will never say

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Posted: October 11, 2022 by Christopher Boyd If you like anti-phishing efforts, hashtags, and confusing but colourful video games, you’ll be interested to know that a security initiative involving all three is now live. The American Bankers Association and other banks in the US are involved in an awareness campaign tied in with National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The

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How to Ensure Compliance When Working Remotely

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Remote or hybrid work models are utilized by many businesses to keep their operations up and running. For all its benefits, hybrid work does present unique challenges as it exposes organizations to a whole new level of cybersecurity and compliance threats. With cybercriminals preying on vulnerable home networks and work-from-home employees saving files on local

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Venus ransomware targets remote desktop services

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Posted: October 20, 2022 by Christopher Boyd It’s time for another tale of remote desktop disaster, as a newish form of ransomware carves out a name for itself. Bleeping Computer reports that individuals behind Venus ransomware are breaking into “publicly exposed Remote Desktop services”, with the intention of encrypting any and all Windows devices. Since at least August 2022, Venus

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Microsoft breach reveals some customer data

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Posted: October 20, 2022 by Christopher Boyd Microsoft customers find themselves in the middle of a data breach situation. The Microsoft Security Response Center blog reports that researchers reported a misconfigured Microsoft endpoint on September 24. This miscongifuration resulted in the possibility of “unauthenticated access to some business transaction data corresponding to interactions between Microsoft and prospective customers”. Misconfigured servers are

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