Giacomo Luca reports: The village of Golf Manor will consider paying a $10,000 ransom to unlock computer systems affected by a recent cyberattack. The ransomware attack infiltrated and encrypted the village’s computer systems and has made them inaccessible to administrators, village leaders said during a Nov. 24 council meeting. The malicious cyber actors have demanded a…
Another adversary picks up the email bombing / vishing Storm-1811 playbook, doing thorough reconnaissance to target specific employees with fake help desk call—this time, over the phone.
The China-linked threat actor known as Winnti has been attributed to a new campaign dubbed RevivalStone that targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, materials, and energy sectors in March 2024. The activity, detailed by Japanese cybersecurity company LAC, overlaps with a threat cluster tracked by Trend Micro as Earth Freybug, which has been assessed to…
Kris Olson reports on what sounds like a real mess: The questionable relationship between Steward Health Care and its in-house malpractice insurer is proving to be an unrelenting source of misery for injured plaintiffs, defendant doctors and their attorneys. In recent weeks, a plaintiff’s attorney convinced Superior Court judges in two different counties to put former……
This is reportedly all resolved by now, but on April 25, Becker’s Hospital Review reported that dozens of hospitals affiliated with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were experiencing IT outages after data storage linked to their Oracle Health EHRs was accidentally deleted: The hospitals have reverted to paper for patient records, with the issue expected…
A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to cause damage to and obtain…
Troy Hunt, owner of HaveIBeenPwned.com, writes: You know when you’re really jet lagged and really tired and the cogs in your head are just moving that little bit too slow? That’s me right now, and the penny has just dropped that a Mailchimp phish has grabbed my credentials, logged into my account and exported the…
