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US company with access to biggest telecom firms uncovers breach by nation-state hackers
Reuters reports: Hackers working for an unnamed nation-state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected, a company spokesperson confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. Ribbon Communications, a Texas-based company that provides technology to facilitate voice and data communications […]
Canada says hacktivists breached water and energy facilities
Bleeping Computer reports: The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warned today that hacktivists have breached critical infrastructure systems multiple times across the country, allowing them to modify industrial controls that could have led to dangerous conditions. The authorities issued the warning to raise awareness of the elevated malicious activity targeting internet-exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS) […]
Family Health West Hospital hit by cyberattack
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports: On Tuesday morning, Family Health West Hospital in Fruita discovered that it was the target of a cyberattack. While the cyberattack forced the hospital to shut down its electronic systems, a hospital spokesperson said that patient care has not been impacted, nor do they expect it will be. They […]
Marina Bay Sands fined US$243k over 2023 data breach involving 665,000 clients
GGR Asia reports: The operator of the casino resort Marina Bay Sands in Singapore has been fined SGD315,000 (US$243,200) in relation to a data breach that took place in 2023 and involved the personal data of more than 665,000 clients. Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) said in an announcement on Tuesday that it had “imposed a […]
Iran’s school for cyberspies could’ve used a few more lessons in preventing breaches
The Register reports: Iran’s school for state-sponsored cyberattackers admits it suffered a breach exposing the names and other personal information of its associates and students. The Ravin Academy was established in 2019, ostensibly to train individuals in all facets of cybersecurity and recruit the best to work on Iranian intelligence (MOIS) projects. As part of […]
Vibra Hospital of Sacramento reports March data breach
Vibra Hospital of Sacramento, LLC recently reported a data breach to the California Attorney General’s Office. According to their notification, they became aware of suspicious activity in several employee email accounts on March 13. Their investigation subsequently revealed that six employees’ email accounts had been subject to unauthorized access between March 11 and March 22. […]
Google disputes false claims of massive Gmail data breach
Bleeping Computer reports: Google was once again forced to announce that it had not suffered a data breach after numerous news outlets published sensational stories about a fake breach that purportedly exposed 183 million accounts. This claim began over the weekend and into today, with news stories claiming that millions of Gmail accounts were breached, with some […]
Hackers took over 8.7 million WordPress sites in two days, targeting critical vulnerabilities in popular plugins.
As seen on a Russian-language hacking forum, this news report: A major vulnerability exploitation campaign has hit WordPress sites: attackers are targeting resources running the GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins, which are vulnerable to critical vulnerabilities that allow arbitrary code execution on the server. Wordfence , a WordPress security company, recorded 8.7 million attack attempts in just two days—October […]