In their data breach notification to affected patients and employees, Florida based Broward Health healthcare system confirmed the breach impacted data of over 1.3 million patients. The attack took place on Oct. 15, 2021 with attackers gaining access to the company’s network and patient data, but was not discovered until Oct. 19th. Data stolen included patient’s personal medical information: Names or other personal identifiers in combination with: Driver’s License Number or Non-Driver Identification Card Number.
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There’s no way to sugarcoat it; cybercrime is only worsening as we get more connected to the internet. Ransomware had a big year in 2021, and it’s virtually guaranteed that 2022 will surpass it. This year, defenders will not only need to pay closer attention to the attack vectors they’re presently monitoring, but they’ll also need to broaden their scope to include new targets. This article seeks to explore the most popular and the latest Information security and cybersecurity news over the past week. HCL DX Vulnerabilities Patches in HCL Technologies A few months earlier, researchers noticed that HCL Digital…
According to reports, Lapsus$ ransomware gang hit Portugal’s largest TV channel, SIC, last week. The attackers were able to successfully infiltrate SIC’s systems because of a phishing email (possibly sent by an employee). Once they entered the system, they encrypted all of their files and demanded 2 bitcoins for decryption. After receiving payment from SIC, they released all of their data and updated their antivirus software before leaving. Background: Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso, the country’s largest TV Channel and weekly newspaper, was hit with a ransomware attack over the New…
The goal of a penetration test is to test the security of a computer system by simulating an attack on it. A penetration tester uses the same tools, techniques, and processes as an attacker to detect weaknesses in an organization’s systems and demonstrate their impact. WHAT IS PENETRATION TESTING? It is a type of Security Testing designed to identify vulnerabilities, threats and risks that an attacker might exploit in software, a network, or a web application. Penetration testing examines all possible weaknesses in a software application to identify and fix them. Pen tests are also known as penetration testing. Any…
In today’s digital age, cybersecurity concerns are on the rise. In 2021, there were around 714 million attempted ransomware assaults recorded, a 134 percent increase over 2020. Criminals are finding new chances to identify easy targets as individuals spend more time online for business creation. Using the correct bait is one of the simplest methods for crooks to locate their victims. In the last week, there are several cybersecurity data breaches and hacks which have happened globally. This article seeks to explore the latest cybersecurity news over the last week. Spider-Man pirated downloads containing Crypto-Mining Malware ReasonLabs, a renowned supplier…
It has been reported that researchers have disclosed security vulnerabilities in handover, a fundamental mechanism that undergirds modern cellular networks, which could be exploited by adversaries to launch denial-of-service (DoS) and man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks using low-cost equipment. The “vulnerabilities in the handover procedure are not limited to one handover case only but they impact all different handover cases and scenarios that are based on unverified measurement reports and signal strength thresholds,” researchers Evangelos Bitsikas and Christina Pöpper from the New York University Abu Dhabi said in a new paper. “The problem affects all generations since 2G (GSM), remaining unsolved so…
The BBC reports that UK donates 225 million stolen passwords to hack-checking site.
CISA today has issued an emergency directive giving all federal agencies until December 23rd to patch systems and assess their internet-facing networks for the Apache Log4j vulnerability. The directive comes in response to the “active exploitation by multiple threat actors” of the Log4j bug, which emerged December 10th. Experts with Gurucul and Cyvatar offer perspective.
