This week, Schneider Electric confirmed that it is investigating a security incident involving its JIRA internal development platform. The attacker group, “Grep,” allege that it stole 40 GB of data from the JIRA platform by...more
Unit 42 recently reported that it has identified “Jumpy Pisces, a North Korean state-sponsored threat group associated with the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, as a key player in a recent ransomware...more
11/1/2024
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On October 22, 2024, Microsoft issued a threat trend research report entitled “US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resilience against ransomware attacks.” In it, Microsoft declares that ransomware attacks against the...more
10/24/2024
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Scammers are always looking for new ways to dupe victims. If you battle your weight, you think about it a lot and are always looking for easier ways to lose some pounds. There is no easy way, but we are always looking for an...more
10/24/2024
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Weight-Loss Products
On October 16, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an Industry Letter to regulated entities entitled “Cybersecurity Risks Arising from Artificial Intelligence and Strategies to Combat Related...more
A new report published by the software company Egress this month, Phishing Threat Trends Report, is a must-read. It outlines the proliferation of phishing toolkits on the dark web (that basically allows any Tom, Dick, and...more
The Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services (OCR) announced on September 26, 2024, that it had entered a settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers (together, Cascade) for $250,000 following...more
October is always a busy month for cybersecurity professionals. For the past 21 years, October has been an especially busy month for me as it is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. This means lots of employee education and...more
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) has agreed to settle a class action filed against it following a February 2023 ransomware attack that compromised personal information of patients, including medical and treatment...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Wisconsin Physicians Insurance Corporation have announced that 946,801 current Medicare recipients are being notified that their personal information may have been...more
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Security Agency, and other international partners, issued an Alert on September 5, 2024, warning...more
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) issued a joint alert on August 28, 2024, warning U.S.-based...more
Dragos issued its Industrial Ransomware Analysis for Q2 on August 14, 2024. The analysis shows that ransomware attacks significantly increased in Q2, with many ransomware groups disrupted by law enforcement rebranding...more
Everyone thinks they can spot a phishing email. If true, we would not see so many security incidents, data breaches, and ransomware attacks. The statistics are overwhelming that phishing emails are a significant cause of data...more
8/22/2024
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Threat Management
Information technology professionals—beware of SharpRhino—a malware variant attributed to threat actor cybercriminals associated with Hunters International. It is being reported that Hunters International is the “10th most...more
Anecdotally, we know that cybercriminals hailing from Russia are a significant risk to U.S.-based and world companies and governmental entities. With two convicted Russian cybercriminals being released this week in the...more
The city of Columbus, Ohio, announced on May 29, 2024, that it was forced to take its systems offline due to a ransomware attack. According to its notice, the attack was perpetrated by “an established, sophisticated threat...more
We previously reported on the concerning mash-up of worldwide cybercriminals, known as Scattered Spider, working together to attack victims.
New reports from Microsoft and others indicate that in the second quarter of...more
7/25/2024
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If you are a customer of CrowdStrike, you are working on recovering from the outage that occurred on July 19, 2024. As if that isn’t enough disruption, CrowdStrike is warning customers that threat actors are taking advantage...more
7/25/2024
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On July 17, 2024, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Alert adding three vulnerabilities to its Known Vulnerabilities Catalog. ...more
Security research firm Halcyon recently reported that it “encountered” a new ransomware organization dubbed Volcano Demon several times in the past few weeks....more
TeamViewer, which provides remote connectivity products and services, announced that it detected a cybersecurity event on its internal IT system on June 26, 2024. TeamViewer stated that it did not affect the TeamViewer...more
I always watch what the federal government requires of its employees’ use of technology to get a feel for risks and what is coming down the pike from a regulatory standpoint—this has been going on for years. That’s why I was...more
It is being reported that Black Basta (aptly named) exploited a Microsoft zero-day prior to Microsoft’s release of a patch for the vulnerability back in March....more
TikTok has reported that it is responding to a cyber attack targeting a limited number of known brands and celebrity accounts. The BBC has identified that Paris Hilton’s account as being targeted, but TikTok says it was not...more