Monongalia Health System, a West Virginia-based entity that reported a phishing breach in December, affecting nearly 399,000 individuals, this week reported a separate security incident that appears to have potentially involved ransomware. Are the incidents related?
Federal authorities are warning healthcare and public health sector entities to be proactive and vigilant to at least three main potential threat groups, as well as various wiper malware, linked with Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The federal agency enforcing HIPAA is urging covered entities and business associates to sharpen their focus on protecting their organizations against cyberattacks. The agency has also laid out a list of priorities for rule-making, enforcement and other activities in 2022.
Amid what is now a prolonged struggle in Ukraine, cybersecurity officials in the U.S. and European Union have expressed some surprise over Russia's lack of pervasive cyber strikes to date. But they warn that these actions could follow as its economy reels from sanctions.
A previously undocumented advanced persistent threat campaign named Daxin has been found. It uses a stealthy rootkit backdoor to enable remote actors to communicate with secured devices not connected directly to the internet. Researchers say Chinese attackers used it to run an espionage campaign.
The Lapsus$ ransomware group says it has released some of the data trove stolen from chipmaker Nvidia. Leaked data contains proprietary source code, drivers and documentation on Nvidia's Falcon and LHR products. Experts discuss the impact on Nvidia, the stolen data's worth and remediation measures.
Your secure email gateway (SEG) never stood a chance. Socially-engineered attacks are the largest security threat, and with the rise of modern attacks like supply chain compromise, executive impersonation, and account takeover, it’s become obvious that the SEG no longer works. These traditional solutions simply...
A question that keeps many CISOs awake at night is whether or not to pay in a ransomware attack.
In a vacuum, the guidance to withhold payment makes total sense. We don’t want to negotiate with
criminals. But when you need to get your business back online, a cost/benefit analysis takes effect, and
a company will...
Your secure email gateway (SEG) never stood a chance. Socially-engineered attacks are the largest security threat, and with the rise of modern attacks like supply chain compromise, executive impersonation, and account takeover, it’s become obvious that the SEG no longer works. These traditional solutions simply...
As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, Western governments and certain hacktivists remain steadfast in opposition. On social media, international hacktivist collective Anonymous says it has successfully hacked websites of the Russian government, media and banks.
Belarus has renounced its nonnuclear status and is set to support moving the Kremlin's nuclear weapons into the country - within striking distance of Ukrainian capital Kyiv. This has sparked backlash from cyber hacktivist groups, who have now targeted and disrupted Belarus' critical services.
Days ago, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense issued a call for Ukrainian hackers to safeguard its networks and tap into Russian infrastructure. Now, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, says he is creating an IT army and calling for digital talents.
Since 2019, the Global Cyber Alliance has been using a custom IoT honeypot solution that identifies global attack risks and collects data about IoT attacks. Leslie Daigle discusses its findings about how threats have evolved and offers advice on how to better secure IoT devices and tech.
Toyota Motor Corp. reportedly decided to suspend all operations starting Tuesday because of a suspected cyberattack on Kojima Industries, its manufacturing partner. The suspension means the company’s output will be down by around 10,000 cars, according to a report from media agency Nikkei Asia.
A Ukrainian cybersecurity researcher has released a huge batch of data that came from the internal systems of the Conti ransomware gang. The researcher released the data after the notorious ransomware gang expressed support for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
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