Newsweek reports: An Iran-linked hacking group has threatened to release a batch of emails it said it has stolen from President Donald Trump‘s longtime aides, including adviser Roger Stone and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. Reuters reported Monday that a cyberattack group that hacked the president’s campaign in 2024 claimed it had roughly 100 gigabytes of […]
Supply-chain attacks are often a goldmine for cybercriminals. In the healthcare sector, revenue cycle management (RCM) firms process and store a great amount of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). DataBreaches.net reports that another RCM firm was the victim of an attack: Horizon Healthcare RCM (“Horizon”) in Indiana is the latest RCM to […]
Defending Against UNC3944: Cybercrime Hardening Guidance from the Frontlines UNC3944, which overlaps with public reporting on Scattered Spider, is a financially-motivated threat actor characterized by its persistent use of social engineering and brazen communications with victims. In early operations, UNC3944 largely targeted telecommunications-related organizations to support SIM swap operations. However, after shifting to ransomware and […]
The BBC reports: The death of one person has been linked to a ransomware attack on NHS blood services at London hospitals and GP surgeries last June. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that one patient had “died unexpectedly” during the cyber attack on 3 June 2024, which disrupted more than 10,000 appointments. A […]
When French law enforcement announced the arrest of four individuals alleged to be part of ShinyHunters, they also noted that a fifth individual, a British national known as “IntelBroker,” was arrested in France in February and detained. Hours later, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Intelbroker, whose real […]
Multiple French news outlets are reporting that four men in their 20’s, alleged to be members of the ShinyHunters hacking group, have been arrested. Their real names have not been released publicly, but their online monikers were “ShinyHunters,” “Noct,” “Depressed,” and “Hollow.” French law enforcement has not issued any official statement confirming any arrests or […]
The Record reports: Ransomware hackers stole the Social Security numbers and health insurance information for more than 740,000 people during an attack on a prominent Michigan hospital network. McLaren Health Care filed documents on Friday concerning a ransomware attack that took place in August 2024 — the second cyber incident to impact the healthcare giant in 12 months. The […]
Reuters reports: A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Friday to a $177-million settlement that resolves lawsuits against AT&T T.N over breaches in 2024 that exposed personal information belonging to tens of millions of the telecom company’s customers. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Dallas said in a ruling that the class-action settlement was fair and reasonable. […]
Bleeping Computer responds to headlines from another site: News broke today of a “mother of all breaches,” sparking wide media coverage filled with warnings and fear-mongering. However, it appears to be a compilation of previously leaked credentials stolen by infostealers, exposed in data breaches, and via credential stuffing attacks. To be clear, this is not a […]
Insurance Business Magazine reports: British insurers are bracing for an escalating wave of cyberattacks after one of the world’s most notorious hacking groups, Scattered Spider, has pivoted from raiding retailers to targeting insurance and financial services companies on both sides of the Atlantic. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group has issued a fresh warning, saying it had […]
