Human error in configuring data storage continues to result in massive leaks or potential leaks of personal and sensitive health data. In today’s news, we learned that CrelioHealth left an Elasticsearch cluster exposed. Luckily for them, it was a whitehat researcher, Bob Diachenko of SecurityDiscovery, who spotted the problem and contacted them to alert them. […]
The Regional Justice Information System (REJIS) is used by court systems to support docket functions and certain scheduling functions such as the release of prisoners. REJIS is a government commission that provides services to criminal justice departments across Missouri as well as in Illinois and Kansas. On Monday, Louis County (Missouri), Kansas City (Missouri), Kansas […]
Hackers use a massive network of fake and compromised Facebook accounts to send out millions of Messenger phishing messages to target Facebook business accounts with password-stealing malware. The attackers trick the targets into downloading a RAR/ZIP archive containing a downloader for an evasive Python-based stealer that grabs cookies and passwords stored in the victim’s browser. […]
BianLian, previously known as a ransomware gang but more recently known for not bothering with encryption but just hacking and exfiltrating data, has reportedly attacked Save the Children, a well-known non-profit. While BianLian did not name the charity (they obfuscate their victims’ names while they are still hoping to get paid), their description of the […]
Hotel and casino operator MGM Resorts is dealing with a cyberattack that has somewhat sent it back into the digital dark ages at multiple properties and locations. On September 11, MGM Resorts posted a statement on its Twitter account confirming that it was dealing with what it described as a cybersecurity incident. They did not […]
The MOVEit data breach, discussed in an earlier post, continues to make headlines. As SDX reports: Orchestrated by ransomware gang CL0P exploiting a zero-day vulnerability, it is now considered one of the largest hacks of 2023 — and potentially in recent history. To date, it is known to have impacted more than 1,150 organizations and nearly 56 million individuals, […]
Rhysida has now added Singing River Health System in Mississippi to their dark web leak site. The health system, which includes Pascagoula Hospital, Ocean Springs Hospital, and Gulfport Hospital as well as 10 clinics discovered the ransomware attack on August 19. In its most recent update of August 31, it stated: “We understand the concerns […]
The U.S. government is struggling to convince hospitals that they need to spend time and money fighting hackers and provide useful advice to them, a problem that could have lethal consequences as the country’s ransomware crisis rages on. “I don’t think we’ve figured out how to talk to the small and medium-sized organizations in a […]
Joe Lazzarotti at The Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report calls our attention to some interesting findings in IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report. Some of these will not surprise you, but some may: Read more details on Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report.
So you paid the attackers to get your data back? Sit down, because we have something sad to tell you.
Victims unfortunate enough to have been hit with a ransomware attack that either lock all their data and backups or delete it all and demand payment to get data back are often given assurances that not only will they get a decryption key if their data was locked, but the attackers stand ready to promptly […]