A recent private industry alert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed that threat actors that use Ragnar Locker ransomware have increased their attacks and have been choosing businesses and organizations in different sectors […]
OCR imposed more financial penalties on HIPAA covered entities and business associates this 2020 than any year since OCR got authorized by the HIPAA Enforcement Rule to issue financial penalties on non-complying entities. As of […]
The number of reported data breaches to OCR for October is well above average. It was 33.68% less than September’s with 63 reported breaches involving 500 or more records, but it was still 41.82% above […]
The biggest eyewear business in the world, Luxottica, had a cyberattack that affected several websites managed by the company. Luxottica is the owner of the popular eyewear brands Persol, Ray-Ban, and Oakley. It produces designer […]
Office 365 users have been cautioned regarding a continuous phishing campaign that collects user credentials. The attackers utilize sophisticated strategies to circumvent email security defenses and social engineering techniques to trick company personnel into going […]
According to Microsoft, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups in North Korea and Russia are directing attacks on companies engaged in COVID-19 research and vaccine development. Three APT groups have targeted six big pharmaceutical companies and […]
A phishing attack affected the Department of Human Services, North Dakota Department of Health, Cavalier County Health District, and other state departments that resulted in the compromise of employee email accounts from November 23 to […]
A ransomware attack on First Impressions Orthodontics, a Professional Dental Alliance of Connecticut PLLC’s subsidiary, occurred on September 28, 2020 that resulted in the potential compromise of the protected health information (PHI) of 23,000 patients. […]
The BD Alaris PC Unit identified a medium severity vulnerability that could be exploited to bring about a denial of service attack and a drop in wireless capacity. Medigate discovered the vulnerability and reported it […]
The TrickBot botnet is being used to conduct a new phishing campaign that delivers the Buer loader and Bazar backdoor malware. Researchers at Area 1 Security detected the campaign that has been operating since early […]
Ransom Demands Continue to Increase The Coverware Quarterly Ransomware report for Q3 2020 reveals that the average ransom demand progressively increased during the last 8 quarters, though the quarterly growth was more significant every quarter […]
Coveware has published its Quarterly Ransomware report for the third quarter of 2020 and featured the hottest ransomware attack developments. The report notes that data exfiltration before deploying the ransomware remains a well-liked tactic. About […]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights just issued the 10th financial penalty covered by the HIPAA Right of Access enforcement initiative. Riverside Psychiatric Medical Group based in California has […]
An unauthorized person had accessed the email account of an employee of Centerstone, which provides mental health and substance use disorder treatment services in Illinois, Indiana, Florida and Tennessee. Centerstone detected strange activity in the […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the United Kingdom’s data protection authority, has enforced a £18.4 million ($23.8 million) financial fine on Marriott International for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The ICO had […]
computer systems remained offline, it is still providing patient care. The hospital’s emergency and urgent care departments are open and are fully operational. Most scheduled elective procedures will proceed as scheduled. Right now, while the […]
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