Cyberattacks: Page 6
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Two-thirds of healthcare organizations hit by ransomware in past year: survey
Nearly 40% of healthcare organizations reported it took more than a month to recover after an attack, according to the survey by cybersecurity firm Sophos.
By Emily Olsen • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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Phishing remains cloud intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups
The long-lasting effectiveness and success of phishing campaigns underscores the most central challenge in cybersecurity — people are the weakest link.
By Matt Kapko • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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Ransomware attacks surge despite international enforcement effort
Progress remains elusive as federal authorities point to ransomware payments inhibiting progress to reduce the volume and impact of attacks.
By Matt Kapko • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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MoneyGram faces backlog after cyberattack
The international wire transfer company has restarted some services since the incident, but is battling to fulfill transactions after taking its systems offline for much of the week.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Major companies keep hiring North Korean IT workers
Dozens of Fortune 100 organizations have inadvertently hired workers from North Korea applying for remote jobs, Mandiant said.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 24, 2024 -
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Cybersecurity firm flags attack on construction accounting system
Users of Foundation Software, which serves 43,000 construction pros, may be at risk of intrusion if they still use default credentials, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress.
By Matthew Thibault • Sept. 20, 2024 -
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Port of Seattle official flags a cyber dilemma, ‘one-way street’ with federal agencies
A ransomware atttack disrupted the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for weeks. Part of the problem, one official said, is that federal cyber recommendations are not timely.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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US authorities take down a Mirai-variant botnet tied to DDoS threat
An FBI-led operation to disrupt a China-linked botnet comes months after a similar operation in January linked to Volt Typhoon.
By David Jones • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Suffolk County ransomware attack linked to lack of planning, ignored warnings
A special report blames county officials for ignoring FBI warnings during the 2022 attack and an overall failure of IT and security leadership.
By David Jones • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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AT&T settles a 2023 data breach for $13M. Recent incidents are much worse.
Telecom cybersecurity remains a challenge with widespread impacts. AT&T is not alone in experiencing a pattern of extensive breaches exposing customer data.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Valid accounts remain top access point for critical infrastructure attacks, officials say
CISA attributed 2 in 5 successful intrusions to valid account abuse last year, but that is down from 2022.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Hackers exploit CVE in older versions of Ivanti Cloud Service Appliance
Version 4.6 has reached end of life and the company is urging customers to upgrade to version 5.0 to receive support.
By David Jones • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Port of Seattle officials pin attack, data theft to Rhysida ransomware group
The port restored most of the systems impacted by the ransomware attack as officials warn their refusal to pay extortion demand could result in data leaks.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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Fortinet customer data stolen from third-party file-sharing service
The breach marks yet another attack originating in a file-sharing or -transfer service, a common and highly damaging attack vector for opportunistic cybercriminals.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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SonicWall firewall CVE exploits linked to ransomware attacks
Active exploits aimed at firewalls mark yet another string of attacks targeting devices with high-value initial access, researchers said.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 10, 2024 -
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MOVEit victims are still coming forward. This time it’s Wisconsin Medicare.
The delayed notifications underscore the difficulty organizations confront in discovering breaches and attributing compromises to a root cause or source.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 9, 2024 -
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Feds warn of broad Russia-linked CVE exploits targeting critical infrastructure
Attackers operating under the direction of Russia’s military intelligence service are targeting governments, finance, transportation, energy and healthcare.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 6, 2024 -
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Microchip Technology says its data was stolen amid alleged leaks online
The chipmaker said an unidentified attacker stole employee contact information and some encrypted and hashed passwords.
By Matt Kapko • Sept. 5, 2024 -
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Prolific RansomHub engaged in attack spree, feds warn
The group has been among the most active threat groups of 2024, and is linked to a tool that can neutralize endpoint security.
By David Jones • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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Halliburton confirms data stolen in August cyberattack
The company continues to incur expenses related to the attack, but does not expect a material impact.
By David Jones • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Schools, colleges faced record-breaking year of ransomware attacks in 2023
There were 121 incidents found last year alone, according to an analysis by Comparitech, but researchers noted their findings “only scratch the surface.”
By Anna Merod • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Seattle airport cyberattack outages persist heading into Labor Day travel rush
Airport staff began turning on and testing systems for international and low-volume carriers, which are the most heavily impacted by the outage.
By Matt Kapko • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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McLaren Health Care restores network weeks after ransomware attack
Still, it may take several weeks to input patient information manually collected during the outage into its electronic health record, the Michigan-based health system said. McLaren was also hit by a ransomware attack last year.
By Emily Olsen • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Volt Typhoon exploiting zero-day in campaign targeting ISPs, MSPs
Researchers from Black Lotus Labs warn the state-linked adversary is exploiting a vulnerability in Versa Director using custom web shells against the telecom sector.
By David Jones • Aug. 28, 2024 -
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Seattle airport confronts 4th day of cyberattack outages
Most flights are departing and arriving as scheduled, but the Port of Seattle’s websites, phone, email and Wi-Fi are down. Manual processes at check-in counters are causing delays.
By Matt Kapko • Aug. 27, 2024
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