Rachel Means reports on what sounds like a cyberattack with encryption: Kaufman County officials have confirmed that the county experienced a “security incident” on October 20, disrupting access to certain courthouse computer systems and employee files. While the county has not released details on the cause, InForney can confirm that some computers at the courthouse are infected, and some employees…
A new analysis has uncovered connections between affiliates of RansomHub and other ransomware groups like Medusa, BianLian, and Play. The connection stems from the use of a custom tool that’s designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) software on compromised hosts, according to ESET. The EDR killing tool, dubbed EDRKillShifter, was first documented as…
Sophos has released patches for a critical-severity firewall vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution. The post Sophos Patches Critical Firewall Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Stephanie Nau reports: The Illinois Department of Human Services is notifying the public of a data security incident involving internal planning maps that were mistakenly made public from due to incorrect privacy settings. The maps were used for internal resource planning and created on a mapping website. The data included information related to some individuals in……
The threat actors known as Golden Chickens have been attributed to two new malware families dubbed TerraStealerV2 and TerraLogger, suggesting continued development efforts to fine-tune and diversify their arsenal. “TerraStealerV2 is designed to collect browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet data, and browser extension information,” Recorded Future Insikt Group said. “TerraLogger, by contrast
In a recent interview with Rachel Klugman Seeger of North Country Communications, she raised the question of how the current administration’s closures of six HHS regional offices would affect HHS OCR’s investigations into HIPAA breaches. It was a great question, so DataBreaches put the following questions to HHS OCR: (1) How many breach investigators have……
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting scams that led to massive cryptocurrency losses. The Treasury accused the Taguig-headquartered company of enabling thousands of websites involved in
