Naomi Diaz reports: Colfax,Wash.-based Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics’ internal electronic systems are down following a cyberattack. “If you have an appointment at the hospital or any of our clinics on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, please understand there may be delays, however, we remain open and here to care for you,” the hospital wrote in a March…
Since no technical means have been found to curtail criminal extortion through prevention or attack, the new proposal is to eliminate its profitability. The post UK Considers Banning Ransomware Payment by Public Sector and CNI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Veeam has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting its Backup software that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23114, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. “A vulnerability within the Veeam Updater component that allows an attacker to utilize a Man-in-the-Middle…
Elizabeth Montalbano reports: Someone claiming to represent the BianLian ransomware group is sending top executives from various organizations snail-mail extortion letters informing them that their IT network has been compromised and threatening to delete or leak sensitive company data. Sending physical letters through the mail system is an unusual move for a cybercriminal group, which typically sends…
Ivanti confirms zero-day exploitation of a remotely exploitable code execution flaw in its Connect Security product line. The post Ivanti Warns of New Zero-Day Attacks Hitting Connect Secure Product appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apple has been hit with a fine of €150 million ($162 million) by France’s competition watchdog over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) privacy framework. The Autorité de la concurrence said it’s imposing a financial penalty against Apple for abusing its dominant position as a distributor of mobile applications for iOS and iPadOS…
Oracle Health is becoming this year’s poster child for how NOT to respond to an incident. Lawrence Abrams reports: A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to…
