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An attack on Optum Solutions/Change Healthcare has the healthcare sector worried (1)
HHS generally does not rush to issue any notice about a cyberattack, but today, they issued a quick one about Change Healthcare: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that a cyber incident was identified in Optum Insight’s Change Healthcare’s technology systems on February 21. HHS is working closely with Optum Insight […]
Ransomware criminals lie to us. Can we lie to them?
Some ransomware gangs demand millions of dollars in ransom or even tens of millions of dollars. Even smaller businesses, non-profit organizations, and public school districts have increasingly become victims of cyberattacks because they are easy targets with poor defenses against attackers. Do you want your system unlocked? Do you want your data back or deleted […]
Confidential Data and Salaries of Iranian Regime’s Parliament Exposed by Dissidents
Iran News Update reports a dissident group called “Uprising Till Overthrow” managed to breach the servers and websites associated with the Iranian regime’s parliament. The leak of documents with the lawmakers’ salaries on social media has created quite a stir: Among the most significant revelations were documents containing correspondence and salary records of the 226 […]
Reward Offers for Information on LockBit Leaders and Designating Affiliates
Law enforcement has been providing new information each day about the disruption to LockBit’s operations. In today’s news, there’s a reward offered for information on the perpetrators and affiliates. The reward offer was published by the U.S. Department of State: The Department of State is announcing reward offers totaling up to $15 million for information […]
Breach notification laws do little to nothing to reduce breaches, study claims
Tech Times reports: A study by researchers from the University of Minnesota and George Mason University has reportedly claimed that US cybersecurity laws on breach notifications have little to no effect on curbing data breach incidents in the country. The legislation that requires businesses to tell customers if their data has been compromised, known as breach notification laws (BNLs), enacted by governments of […]
Law enforcement offers $10 million reward for info on BlackCat
The biggest cybercrime news of the week may be the takedown of LockBit3.0, but U.S. law enforcement also made news last week by announcing rewards for information leading to the identification or location of leaders of AlphV (BlackCat) or those who participate in it. Here is the press release from the U.S. Department of State: […]
Law enforcement takes down LockBit3.0 site and infrastructure; free decryptor available
When law enforcement takes down what has been described as the biggest and longest-running ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) criminal operation, it’s big news. Yesterday, LockBit3.0’s site was replaced with a seizure notice that indicated that LockBit and its infrastructure were now under law enforcement control. In a press release this morning, the National Crime Agency (NCA) provided […]
If you’re thinking of paying a ransom demand, think again.
For years now, law enforcement has been urging victims of ransomware attacks not to pay ransom. Their explanations are simple: (1) criminals do not keep their word to delete any data they have stolen from you, (2) criminals will not keep their word not to attack you again, and (3) paying criminals encourages them to […]