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UK: Secretary Fined For Accessing Scores of Patient Records
/in General NewsThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that a complaint was first lodged back in June 2019, after a patient raised concerns that their records had been improperly accessed by Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch.
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VX-Underground Malware Sharing Collective Framed by Phobos Ransomware
/in General NewsA new variant of the Phobos ransomware has been discovered, which attempts to frame VX-Underground. Phobos ransomware, which emerged in 2018, operates as a ransomware-as-a-service and has seen wide distribution through affiliated threat actors.
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Cybersecurity Firm Executive Pleads Guilty to Hacking Hospitals
/in General NewsVikas Singla, the former COO of a cybersecurity company, pleaded guilty to hacking two hospitals in an attempt to boost his company’s business. Singla disrupted phone and printer services at the hospitals and stole personal information from patients.
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Detailed Data on Employees of US National Security Lab Leaked Online
/in General NewsThe hacking group SiegedSec claimed responsibility for the breach and stated that they obtained a significant amount of personal information, including social security numbers and banking details.
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Update: British Library Says Ransomware Hackers Stole Data From HR Files
/in General NewsThe Rhysida ransomware gang, responsible for the attack, has leaked data stolen from the library’s internal HR files, prompting the library to advise users to change their passwords as a precautionary measure.
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Malicious Apps Disguised as Banks and Government Agencies Targeting Indian Android Users
/in General NewsAndroid smartphone users in India are the target of a new malware campaign that employs social engineering lures to install fraudulent apps that are capable of harvesting sensitive data.
“Using social media platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, attackers are sending messages designed to lure users into installing a malicious app on their mobile device by impersonating legitimate organizations,
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Mustang Panda Hackers Targets Philippines Government Amid South China Sea Tensions
/in General NewsThe China-linked Mustang Panda actor has been linked to a cyber attack targeting a Philippines government entity amid rising tensions between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea.
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 attributed the adversarial collective to three campaigns in August 2023, primarily singling out organizations in the South Pacific.
“The campaigns leveraged legitimate software
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NetSupport RAT Infections on the Rise – Targeting Government and Business Sectors
/in General NewsThreat actors are targeting the education, government, and business services sectors with a remote access trojan called NetSupport RAT. The malware is typically downloaded onto a victim’s computer through deceptive websites and fake browser updates.
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Kinsing Hackers Exploit Apache ActiveMQ Vulnerability to Deploy Linux Rootkits
/in General NewsThe Kinsing threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in vulnerable Apache ActiveMQ servers to infect Linux systems with cryptocurrency miners and rootkits.
“Once Kinsing infects a system, it deploys a cryptocurrency mining script that exploits the host’s resources to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, resulting in significant damage to the infrastructure and a negative
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CISA Explains How to Apply Secure-By-Design Principles
/in General NewsThe CISA is pushing for manufacturers and vendors to take responsibility for the security of their products. CISA wants detailed data and logs from technology companies to prove they are incorporating security measures.
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