Malware Ransomware, Data Breach News, News
August 13, 2024
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International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR Ransomware Group

Law enforcement seizure notice on dispossessor.com says the website has been repossessed.

From the Cleveland FBI: On August 12, FBI Cleveland announced the disruption of “Radar/Dispossessor”—the criminal ransomware group led by the online moniker “Brain”—and the dismantling of three U.S. servers, three United Kingdom servers, 18 German servers, eight U.S.-based criminal domains, and one German-based criminal domain. Since its inception in August 2023, Radar/Dispossessor has quickly developed […]

Data Breach News, News
August 13, 2024
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FBI probes claims Iran hacked Trump campaign

The BBC reports: The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations from the Trump campaign that it was targeted by hackers working for the Iranian government. “We can confirm the FBI is investigating the matter,” the agency said in a short statement on Monday without specifically naming the former president or Iran. A Trump campaign […]

Data Breach News, Miscellaneous News, News
August 11, 2024
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We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked.

Here we go again with foreign interference in our national election? Maybe. Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said Saturday that some of its internal communications had been hacked. The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation. The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to […]

Data Breach News, Consumer Alerts, News
August 11, 2024
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2.9 Billion Records With Personal Info About US, Canada, and UK Persons Was Leaked on a Hacking Forum; The Data Owner Has Been Silent

If verified, one of the largest breaches ever of personal information of Americans, Canadians, and UK persons went up for sale on a hacking forum on April 7. While researchers and analysts watched and started investigating the listing, the background checks firm allegedly responsible for the data remained silent, neither confirming nor refuting the claimed […]

News, Data Breach News, Healthcare, Vendor News
August 07, 2024
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UK data watchdog to fine NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack

The 2022 ransomware attack on Advanced, a National Health Service (NHS) vendor, was devastating to patient care. Now the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office has indicated it plans to impose a substantial fine on the vendor. TechCrunch reports: U.K. data protection authorities have issued a provisional fine of more than £6 million to NHS vendor Advanced […]

Critical Infrastructure, Cyberattack, Data Breach News, News
August 06, 2024
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Central Texas 911 issues caused by intentional system attack

Unknown threat actors have been putting Americans’ lives in danger this week. First there was a ransomware attack on OneBlood, a non-profit blood donation center that supplies blood to hospitals throughout southeastern US. Then there was a disruptive attack on the 911 dispatch system for central Texas. Those responsible for the two attacks have not […]

Data Breach News, News
August 02, 2024
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Cyberattack hits blood donation center that services over 250 hospitals in southeastern US

Some ransomware groups pledge not to encrypt any medical entity if doing so would risk life. Not all ransomware groups have taken that pledge, however, and even some that claim they will not encrypt, do. Scripps News reports a ransomware attack is affecting blood availability to hospitals throughout the southeast U.S.: A nonprofit blood donation […]

News
July 20, 2024
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Widespread IT Outage Due to CrowdStrike Update

While the widespread outage due to a CrowdStrike update glitch was not a cyberattack, criminals quickly acted to take advantage of it, using phishing attacks. CISA has been posting updates. The most recent was yesterday evening. Check for later updates at CISA.gov. CrowdStrike’s most recent update on Falcon Content Update for Windows Hosts was early […]