Prioritizing patching: A deep dive into frameworks and tools – Part 2: Alternative frameworks

Belgian News Agency reports: AZ Monica hospital in Antwerp was hit by a cyber attack on Tuesday, hospital officials confirmed. The attack affected computer systems at both campuses, in Deurne and Antwerp (Harmonie). The problem was discovered around 6.30 am, when staff noticed a serious IT failure. As a safety measure, all servers were shut……

This week made one thing clear: small oversights can spiral fast. Tools meant to save time and reduce friction turned into easy entry points once basic safeguards were ignored. Attackers didn’t need novel tricks. They used what was already exposed and moved in without resistance. Scale amplified the damage. A single weak configuration rippled out…

A former analyst working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) pleaded guilty to transmitting top secret National Defense Information (NDI) to individuals who did not have the necessary authorization to receive it and attempted to cover up the activity. Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an employee of the CIA since 2016 and…

Here’s today’s reminder of the insider threat. And also the external threat. Consider it a pre-holiday twofer. DataBreaches was contacted yesterday by “0mid16B,” the same individual who was responsible for previously hacking The1 Card, Thailand’s most popular loyalty program. In their latest contact, they claim to have successfully attacked Ardyss[.]com and ArdyssLife[.]com, telling DataBreaches, “In…

The Vietnam-aligned threat actor known as OceanLotus has been attributed to two distinct campaigns that targeted domestic entities and stock investors with a backdoor known as SPECTRALVIPER. The campaigns involve a prolonged cyber espionage operation aimed at a Vietnamese infrastructure and transport construction corporation between mid-2024 and February 2026, as well as a supply chain…

Davey Winder reports: The same criminal group behind the DOGE Big Balls ransomware attack has just upped the ante. A newly updated ransom note sent to victims is now trolling Elon Musk and DOGE with a demand for, are you sitting down, one trillion dollars. … The ransomware group behind the recent DOGE Big Balls threat, using…