Little fires everywhere for March Patch Tuesday

The individual known as “0mid16B” has been busy, it seems. They contacted DataBreaches on Wednesday to announce that they had hacked  MedSave Health Insurance TPA Ltd (“MedSave”). MedSave is  a third party administrator in India that partners with more than 10 insurance companies, processing and settling claims submitted by hospitals or insured members. MedSave lists…

An international operation coordinated by Europol has disrupted the infrastructure of a pro-Russian hacktivist group known as NoName057(16) that has been linked to a string of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against Ukraine and its allies. The actions have led to the dismantling of a major part of the group’s central server infrastructure and more than…

Industry professionals comment on the Biden administration’s new executive order on cybersecurity.  The post Industry Reactions to Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order: Feedback Friday appeared first on SecurityWeek.

If you didn’t hear about Iranian hackers breaching US water facilities, it’s because they only managed to control a single pressure station serving 7,000 people. What made this attack noteworthy wasn’t its scale, but how easily the hackers gained access — by simply using the manufacturer’s default password “1111.” This narrow escape prompted CISA to urge manufacturers…

Industrial Cyber reports: New research from Trellix detailed that CrazyHunter ransomware has emerged as a serious and escalating threat, underscoring the growing sophistication of modern cybercriminal operations. Trellix has tracked the malware since its first appearance, observing rapid technical evolution and increasing activity. To date, the primary targets have been healthcare organizations in Taiwan, with……

Wojeski & Company suffered a ransomware attack, and then an insider breach when an employee of a firm hired to investigate the breach inappropriately accessed data. Employees were also transmitting data to external accounts without authorization. To make things even worse, the accounting firm took more than a year to notify those affected. From a……