The most recent in a long list of IT security firms that have been hit with ransomware in the past year, Miami-based Kaseya Ltd disclosed late last week that it was hit with a ransomware attack that may affect hundreds, even...more
University Medical Center in Las Vegas announced that it recently became the victim of a ransomware attack by REvil, a well-known threat actor that has attacked many hospitals and health systems with the Sodinokibi malware...more
Another fall-out from the SolarWinds incident has surfaced prompting Microsoft to issue a notice to affected customers that an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents to launch hacking attacks against...more
I love seeing another win for law enforcement in the cyber context. Servers and web domains owned by DoubleVPN, a virtual private network, were seized recently following a collaborative law enforcement effort involving the...more
Although a security researcher has confirmed that LinkedIn users’ data, including full names, gender, email addresses, telephone numbers, and industry information is for sale on RaidForums by a hacker self-dubbed “GOD User...more
7/1/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
LinkedIn ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Phishing Scams
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Fertility Clinic in Georgia Notifies Patients of Data Breach -
Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and its affiliate, MyEggBank, notified approximately 38,000 patients that a data breach...more
New dictionary words have been formed to describe online scams. Phishing, one that everyone knows by now, is when a scammer uses a pretext in an email to get someone to click on a link or attachment in the email to deploy...more
6/24/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Hackers ,
Information Technology ,
Malware ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Scams ,
Social Engineering
Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and its affiliate, MyEggBank, notified approximately 38,000 patients that a data breach involving a ransomware attack had exposed the patients’ full names, addresses, Social Security...more
6/24/2021
/ Clinical Laboratory Testing ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Fertility Treatments ,
Hackers ,
Health Care Providers ,
Information Technology ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Ransomware
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Another Win for Justice Department: Slilpp Marketplace Takedown -
People always ask me if law enforcement is having any luck in combatting cyber criminals. Let me be clear: it is a very tough job to take...more
6/18/2021
/ Ancestry.com ,
Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) ,
Car Rentals ,
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drones ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Hackers ,
Popular ,
Ransomware ,
SCOTUS ,
Van Buren v United States
People always ask me if law enforcement is having any luck in combatting cyber criminals. Let me be clear: it is a very tough job to take down cyber criminals located in other countries or sponsored by foreign nations. Our...more
6/18/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Hackers ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Ransomware ,
User Login Credentials
I know I sound like a vinyl record that has a scratch in it, but I write it as I see it. And right now, I am seeing that the companies hit with cyber-attacks, ransomware attacks, double extortion attacks, and data theft are...more
6/17/2021
/ Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Hackers ,
Incident Response Plans ,
Ransomware
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U.S. CISA + Cyber Command Warns of Critical Flaw in VMware -
Although a patch has been available by VMware since May 25, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...more
6/11/2021
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Financial Transactions ,
Hackers ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Microsoft ,
Ransomware
In an unusual and exciting twist to the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced this week that it was able to retrieve $2.3 million of the $4.4 million paid by Colonial Pipeline to...more
6/11/2021
/ Bitcoin ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Wallets ,
Hackers ,
National Security ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain
Although a patch has been available by VMware since May 25, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Cyber Command this week urged users of VMware to update and...more
It has been reported by Bloomberg Law that the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was caused by a “single compromised password.” The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack had consumers hoarding gasoline and disrupted...more
Since the Colonial Pipeline and JBS meat manufacturing security incidents, attention is finally being paid to the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure in the U.S. and in particular, the potential effect on...more
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Tulsa, OK Refuses to Pay Ransom to Attackers -
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded...more
The City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced on May 9, 2021, that it had been hit with a ransomware attack, but the Mayor is resolute in not paying the demanded ransom. Although “all of our computer systems—with a few...more
If you have been following Verizon’s annual data breach investigation reports like I have over the years, you get excited when the new one comes out. If you have never read the report, now’s your chance, as the 2021 report...more
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President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen Cybersecurity for Federal Government Following Colonial Pipeline Attack -
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, May 12, 2021,...more
5/14/2021
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Data Sellers ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Pipelines ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Supply Chain
Ransomware attacks are so frequent that they seem like old news. There is a new interest in ransomware attacks following the attack against Colonial Pipeline....more
It is being reported late on May 12, 2021, that Colonial Pipeline is returning to full operations following a devastating ransomware attack that was discovered on May 7, 2021....more
It is reported by Bleeping Computer that security researcher DarkTracer has tracked data leaks since 2019, concluding that 34 ransomware groups have leaked data stolen from 2,103 organizations to date....more
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the heels of the cyber-attack against Colonial Pipeline Co., which suffered a major ransomware attack late last week that has caused supply chain...more
5/13/2021
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Hackers ,
National Security ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pipelines ,
Ransomware ,
Supply Chain
Coveware issued its Q1 2021 Ransomware Report on April 26, 2021, which concludes that “[D]ata exfiltration extortion continues to be prevalent and we have reached an inflection point where the vast majority of ransomware...more