CYBERSECURITY -
Cyber Criminals Focusing on Clinics + Business Associates -
As hospital systems become more hardened to cyber-attacks, cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on smaller providers, such as outpatient...more
10/8/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
Facebook ,
Farms ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
Instagram ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Social Media ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Trucking company Forward Air revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it suffered a ransomware attack in December 2020 (reportedly by Hades), which caused business disruption as it was forced to...more
As hospital systems become more hardened to cyber-attacks, cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on smaller providers, such as outpatient clinics, specialty clinics and business associates, according to a report by...more
10/7/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Clinics ,
Hospitals ,
Information Technology ,
Risk Management ,
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FBI, CISA + NSA Issue Conti Ransomware Advisory -
On September 22, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security...more
10/1/2021
/ Biometric Information ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Passwords ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Mitigation
On September 22, 2021, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a cybersecurity advisory alerting companies to the...more
10/1/2021
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
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Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Information Technology ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Queen Creek Medical Center (QCMC), also known as Desert Wells Family Medicine, located in Arizona, has notified up to 35,000 patients of a data breach following a ransomware attack that corrupted its medical records system,...more
9/17/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Information Technology ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Although executives of organizations report that ransomware is their number one security concern, and 87 percent of them expect an increase in cyber-attacks against their organizations over the next year, only one-third of...more
9/17/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Management ,
Data Protection ,
Emergency Response ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Network Security ,
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Threat Management
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FBI Warns of Hive Ransomware Following Attack Against Hospital System -
On August 25, 2021, the FBI issued a Flash Alert to warn companies, especially in the health care industry, about the proliferation...more
9/3/2021
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Hackers ,
Maritime Transport ,
Mobile Apps ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Surveillance ,
WhatsApp
On August 25, 2021, the FBI issued a Flash Alert to warn companies, especially in the health care industry, about the proliferation of attacks by threat actors using Hive ransomware....more
9/2/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Information Security ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Management ,
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CYBERSECURITY -
Emerging Ransomware Groups Getting into the Action -
According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware...more
8/27/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
FCC ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
TCPA
On August 25, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a fact sheet offering suggestions to government agencies and private companies on how to prevent and respond to a ransomware attack. ...more
8/27/2021
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Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
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Personally Identifiable Information ,
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Ransomware ,
Risk Management
According to a report issued on August 24, 2021, by Unit 42 of Palo Alto Networks Ransomware Groups to Watch: Emerging Threats, four emerging ransomware groups “are currently affecting organizations and show signs of having...more
8/27/2021
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T-Mobile Clarifies Facts of Security Incident in Press Release -
There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise...more
8/24/2021
/ Baby Products ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Information Governance ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
Smart Devices ,
T-Mobile ,
Vulnerability Assessments
Blackbaud, which suffered a data breach of its customers’ data in a ransomware attack in 2020, in which it admitted paying the ransom in a double extortion attack, is facing multiple class action cases following the attack. ...more
Researchers at Heimdal Security have detected a new ransomware dubbed DeepBlueMagic. According to Heimdal, it is particularly concerning because it is able to disable security tools that companies have employed in order to...more
8/20/2021
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Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
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There has been a flurry of reporting in the past few days on the T-Mobile customer data compromise, with allegations that the compromise affected up to 100 million customers. ...more
8/19/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications
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Cryptoheister(s) Return Stolen Booty -
Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network, which allows users to swap different types of digital tokens, was the victim of a cryptoheist that resulted in the thief...more
8/13/2021
/ Agribusiness ,
COPPA ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Drones ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis has been diverting emergency department patients arriving by ambulance to other area hospitals since it shut down its network following a ransomware attack on August 4, 2021....more
To establish credibility for their new criminal marketplace, cyber criminals have posted details on over 1,000,000 credit cards, stolen between 2018 and 2019, including card number, CVV number, name and address on the dark...more
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Extortion Doesn’t Work for EA Sports Hackers -
According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they...more
8/6/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybertheft ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Drones ,
Electronic Arts ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Extortion ,
Hackers ,
Microsoft ,
OCR ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Source Code
According to The Record, Electronic Arts Sports (EA) was the victim of a cyber hacking in June, when hackers posted on an underground hacking forum that they were in possession of EA data seeking a sale price of $28 million....more
8/6/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybertheft ,
Dark Web ,
Data Breach ,
Electronic Arts ,
Extortion ,
Gaming ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Source Code
If you are an organization that uses Microsoft Office 365 as your email platform, be on the lookout for a new tricky phishing attack recently used by cyber criminals. ...more
8/4/2021
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Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Email ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Microsoft ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams ,
Popular ,
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CISA Issues Alert on Top Exploited Vulnerabilities -
On July 28, 2021, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a cybersecurity alert entitled “Top Routinely Exploited...more
7/30/2021
/ Apple ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Drones ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Malware ,
Popular ,
Vulnerability Assessments
On July 28, 2021, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a cybersecurity alert entitled “Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities” in collaboration with the Australian Cyber Security Centre, the...more
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) recently announced that it discovered on July 16, 2021 that its online unemployment benefit system, CONNECT was compromised, potentially affecting personal information of...more