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Re: CPD declines to pay ransom in data attack

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agree or disagree, did they make the right move?
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Cybersecurity Update

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Torrey Pines High School of California announced that its network was hacked. o was hacked to alter student grades and transcripts - United Healthcare notified unknown number of patients in South Carolina that their PHI may have been exposed in a data breach that happened last year - Hackers are hijacking smart door/building access control systems, which they are using to launch DDoS attacks, according to firewall company SonicWall. - Beaumont Health of Michigan notified 1,200 patients that...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update - IBM report on security states: o Average total cost of a data breach is now $3.92 million  Average cost of lost revenue is $1.42 million  Healthcare industry average total cost is $6.45 million or $429 per record o Average size of breach involves 25,575 records o Average cost per record of $150 o Average time to discover breach is 279 days o 49% of breaches caused by internal employees  Includes accidental and malicious incidents  (Konica Minolta offers the bizhub...
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Cybersecurity News

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The average American has had their personal data stolen or exposed at least 4 times in 2019, according to new research published by Interest Research. - The finance vertical is suffering from a 238% increase in cyberattacks during COVID- 19 pandemic according to research published by VMware Carbon Black Security. - Nebraska Medical Center of Omaha, NE notified 1311 patients that their PHI was exposed after an employee illegally accessed - Sophos Security reports following on ransomware: o...
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Cybersecurity Update

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- TV celebrity Scott Disick, father of 3 children with Kourtney Kardashian, has filed a lawsuit against All Points Lodge Rehab in Edwards, Colorado for a HIPAA breach. o He reportedly had recently checked himself into the facility for substance abuse, and apparently an employee at the facility may have sold this story to tabloid publications. - Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, IL notified 4,824 patients that their PHI was illegally accessed by a former employee. - Vanessa...
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Mandiant Managed Defense Expands Capabilities with Off-Network Threat Detection and One-Click Containment

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Mandiant, the leader in security incident response management, today announced new capabilities for its Managed Defense service. No system is left unprotected with Mandiant's new Agent Anywhere TM technology, an innovation enabling the search for Indicators of Compromise even when users are highly mobile, behind network address translation (NAT) or not connected to the corporate network. When attacks are confirmed, users can respond immediately and isolate affected systems with a single...
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VirtualArmour Sees 100% Client Protection Success Against “WannaCry” Attack

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 26, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Premier Managed Services Provider, VirtualArmour International Inc. (the “ Company ”) (CSE:VAI), announced today it was able to maintain 100% protection for its entire client base after one of the most severe international ransomware attacks, ‘WannaCry’. Due to the mass exposure of the vulnerability of enterprise systems to the attack, VirtualArmour also has seen an increase in current client spend and new business development...
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Client ransomware attacks up 37% in third quarter

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Reported ransomware attack notifications against Beazley PLC clients in the third quarter of this year increased 37% compared with a year ago, and small businesses were particularly vulnerable, the insurer said in a report issued Thursday. Cyber criminals often use information technology vendors to pursue their activity, according to the report. Of the ransomware incidents reported, 24% were confirmed to be caused by a vendor managed service provider, according to the Beazley Breach Insights...
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CPD declines to pay ransom in data attack

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Data at the Chadron Police Department was temporarily unavailable for a time recently, after the department was hit with a ransomware attack. Hackers accessed an old server with a vulnerable port connected to a copy machine about a month ago, said Police Chief Tim Lordino. “There was no data taken. All of our data was essentially corrupted or encrypted,” he said. The hackers demanded $20,000 in ransom to turn over a key to un-encrypt the data. “We chose not to pay it,” Lordino said. While...
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HP Inc attacks Xerox boardroom shakeup bid

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HP Inc has blasted Xerox’s latest move to initiate a hostile takeover bid, which involves replacing the existing board with 11 new members, claiming that Xerox’s tactics are self-serving. The board nominations being proposed by Xerox include former senior executives from several blue chip companies, including Aetna, United Airlines, Hilton Hotels, Novartis and Verizon. Xerox said the candidates were chosen because of their expertise in overseeing and executing significant company...
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Frequency and Complexity of DDoS Attacks is Rising; Defenders Turn to Automation and Managed Services for Support

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January 23, 2018 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time BURLINGTON, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. , (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of business assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions, today released its 13 th Annual Arbor Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR) offering direct insights from network and security professionals at the world’s leading service provider, cloud/hosting and enterprise...
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Hacking Networked Copiers, Cyber Security, Malware, DOS attacks

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Recently I've been doing some research about hacking a networked copier and printer and what can happen next. Recently some articles are stating that hacking will move downstream, meaning small companies that are more vulnerable to attacks. In addition smart phones, apps, routers, you name it, and it can be hacked. The method of my madness is top present relevant information to existing and net accounts who think they can stick with their current copier or printer that is more than 3 years...
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Summer of Ransomware: Security Attacks Hit Cities in Texas, Florida

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There's a Texas-sized ransomware problem brewing on the heels of similar incidents in Florida. The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) on Friday revealed that more than 20 entities, mostly smaller local governments in the state, were impacted by a ransomware attack. "On the morning of August 16, 2019, more than 20 entities in Texas reported a ransomware attack," the Texas DIR said in an update Saturday evening that put the total number of affected agencies at 23. State government...
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Army researchers take proactive approach to cybersecurity

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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Army researchers along with their academic partners are pioneering a novel cyber security framework that will thwart future attacks on military systems by changing network dynamics thus enhancing network modernization efforts. Dr. Terrence Moore and Dr. Frederica Nelson from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory , along with researchers from University of Queensland , Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology and...
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Cybersecurity News

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Cybersecurity Update - Check Point Security published report warning that hackers are spoofing Medical Leave forms in email phishing campaigns that have embedded malware. - VT San Antonia Aerospace of Texas notified the federal government that 1.5 terabytes of sensitive data was stolen as result of a Maze ransomware attack. - Kaspersky Software published report warning that a hacking group named “Cycidek” is sending out phishing emails that are embedded with USBCulprit malware which copies...
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Cybersecurity Update

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- Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc. of Kirksville, Missouri notified 6,033 patients that their PHI was exposed after two boxes of paper medical records were found in a storage facility. - Domestic violence app supported by Dr. Phil suffers data breach o Aspire News, an app designed to assist domestic violence victims, has suffered a data breach with recordings from victims found on unsecured cloud storage. o included more than 4,000 voice recordings along with victim details, home...
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Hackers demand $7.5 million from Telecom Argentina

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Telecom Argentina SA suffered a ransomware attack on July 18 and hackers have demanded a ransom of $7.5 million to unlock encrypted files, ZDNet reported. The attack, which is considered to be one of the biggest hacks in the country, caused extensive damage to the company's network. Read more.
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Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

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Last week Canon suffered an outage impacting users of the image.canon photo storage site. Now, it has been reported that it may have been hit by a ransomware attack involving the theft of 10TB of data across multiple services. This is a breaking story, but here's what I know so far. According to Bleeping Computer, which has a partial screenshot of what is alleged to be the ransom note, Canon was attacked during the morning of August 5 by the notorious Maze ransomware gang. A member of the...
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Re: Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

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could be.... a few weeks ago we had some threads about KM's site being down for ordering also. I can't confirm but heard they also had a problem
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Canon Admits Ransomware Attack in Employee Note, Report

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A day after Canon was suspected of becoming the latest high-profile victim of a ransomware attack, an internal employee communique admitting just that has been leaked to media. According to Bleeping Computer, the camera-maker has circulated a note to employees confirming that ransomware is to blame for outages across its main U.S. website, email, collaboration platforms and various internal systems. “Canon U.S.A, Inc. and its subsidiaries understand the importance of maintaining the...
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Re: Has Canon Suffered A Ransomware Attack? 10TB Of Data Alleged Stolen: Report

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Anyone know if this is why Canon's dealer portal has been broken these past few days?
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update - Fortified Health Security reports that malicious attackers caused 60% of healthcare data breaches so far this year. - Children’s Hospital of Colorado, located in Aurora, notified 2,553 patients that their PHI was exposed after an email phishing attack. - Interpol reports that from January to April, it detected the following tied to COVID-19 topics: o 907,000 spam messages o 737 malware incidents o 48,000 malicious URLs - Becker’s Health IT magazine reports that...
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SEPTA attacked by malware, says Key card information not compromised

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SEPTA is pointing to a malware attack on its servers for why it hasn’t been able to share important travel information with customers since Monday morning. The authority began investigating technical issues over the weekend, later bringing in the FBI and outside information technology experts for help. SEPTA shut down real-time data like its “Next-to-Arrive” feature Monday to mitigate problems, and also halted employee email as well as access to payroll and remote timekeeping. An...
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Cybersecurity News

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Cybersecurity Updates The Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio, TX notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after it was inadvertently made accessible on a public website. - The federal government is warning healthcare organizations of a new fraud attempt where facilities are receiving bogus postcards with info about a mandatory HIPAA compliance risk assessment o Postcards direct people to a fake website in attempt to steal info - Premier Health of Ohio...
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Haywood County Schools to remain closed Aug. 25 due to ransomeware attack

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Haywood County Schools will remain closed Aug. 25 due to a ransomeware attack that was identified the previous morning. The system announced in an 8:30 a.m. Aug. 24 release that school would be closed that day — with an optional workday for teachers — due to the attack. In a release later that day, HCS announced it would be closed to students a second day with another optional teacher work day. "Instruction will resume when remote access is restored," HCS superintendent Bill Nolte said in...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Fortinet Security published report on healthcare cybersecurity: o 87% of healthcare providers use IoT devices o 79% are making cloud adoption a strategic priority o 59% of breaches are carried out by internal threats o 60% increase in cyber attacks in past year o 41% of breaches are caused by email o 51% fail to comply with HIPAA Right to Access  83% recognize that HIPAA compliance is not enough to address cyber threats  72% on average comply with HIPAA Security Rule...
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Cybersecurity Update

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HIPAA & Cybersecurity Updates - The federal Office for Civil Rights (under Department of Health & Human Services) announced following settlements based on HIPAA violation investigations: o $15,000 = All Inclusive Medical Services of California o $70,000 = Northeast Behavioral Health, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health of Massachusetts o $3500 = Dr. Patricia King Psychiatric Clinic of Chesapeake, VA o $10,000 = Wise Psychiatry of Centennial, CA o $38,000 = Housing Works Health of New...
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Hacked Software Provider Acknowledges Ransomware Attack

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DALLAS — A major U.S. provider of software services to state and local governments acknowledged Friday that it was hit by a ransomware attack two days after telling clients an unknown intruder had compromised its phone and information technology systems. Tyler Technologies said in a statement that it confirmed the intruder used ransomware but did not provide further details on its response, citing an ongoing investigation. A spokesperson for the Dallas-area company did not directly answer a...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) stated that so far in 2020, the PHI (protected health information) of 13.7 million patients hasbeen affected by data breaches. Causes: 66% = hacking 21% = unauthorized access/disclosure 7% = theft3% = improper disposal 3% = loss Premera Blue Cross, headquartered in Mountlake Terrace, Washington, paid the largest HIPAA fine in history, when it agreed to pay the feds $6.85 million in regards to breach that exposed PHI of...
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Cybersecurity Update

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US District Attorney announced that Richard Liriano was sentenced to 30 months in prison and a $351,850.25 fine for illegally accessing the PHI of patients while he worked for the Hospital For Special Surgery in New York. The City of Odessa, Texas notified an unknown number of citizens that their info may have been exposed in recent breach. People of Praise, located in South Bend, IN, notified an unknown number of members that their info was exposed after hacking incident. The University...
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Lake George conservancy hit by ransomware attack

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BOLTON — The Lake George Land Conservancy, which works to protect land and the watershed around the lake, was the target of a recent ransomeware attack on its internal computer server. But the organization said it had already backed up its files at a another location and simply eliminated the files locked by the malware after it learned of the breach on Sept. 23. “We immediately took steps to address the breach, secure our data, and determine the extent of organizational data that may have...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Update WeWork revealed that an employee discovered that if users entered “9999” on the network, they could print out other people’s jobs, while www.thinkarcoa.com using free office WiFi account. This has since been corrected. The FBI is reporting that a Eastern European hacking group named “UNC1878” aks Wizard Spider, is using Ryuk ransomware to target hospitals in the U.S.NBC *News is reporting that 20 hospitals have been struck so far. Wakefern Food Corp., headquartered in...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Cyber consulting firms are getting dragged into post-breach lawsuits, according to article published by Bloomberg Law. o Accenture Plc’s unit was compelled to provide info during recent suit filed against Marriott International o Was forced to turn over cybersecurity firm Mandiant’s report on a cloud hack in another case. o Class action lawyers claim it could provide “a vivid trail for liability” The feds report that in the month of October, 2020, over 2.1 million...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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HIPAA & Cybersecurity Updates First Impressions Orthodontics/Professional Dental Alliance of Connecticut, notified 23,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack. The Connecticut Department of Social Services notified 37,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after an email phishing attack. The federal government is proposing a new law named “The Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act”, to increase awareness and standards regarding security of these devices...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Cybersecurity Updates University of Vermont (UVM) Health claims that the total cost of recent ransomware attack will exceed $63 million. Cedar Springs Hospital of Colorado Springs, Colorado, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after an external drive was stolen. Dental Care Alliance, headquartered in Sarasota, Florida, notified over 1 million patients that their PHI was exposed after a ransomware attack. Dyras Dental Clinic of Lansing, Michigan notified an...
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Cybersecurity Update

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Proliance Surgeons of Seattle, WA notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after a cybersecurity incident. Elite Primary Care, aka Dr. Peter Wrobel Clinic, of Waycross, Georgia, was ordered to pay $36,000 to settle HIPAA violation regarding failure to respond to patient’s request for their PHI. University of Vermont Medical Center gave more details on October ransomware attack: Did not pay ransom Attack deposited malware on all servers, 5,000 computers and...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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The FBI is reporting that pranksters are hacking into smart devices in the home, accessing the audio and video feeds from the devise (i.e. Alexa, smart TVs, etc.) and then contacting local law enforcement to report a fake crime Hacker than watches the live footage of police response This is called “swatting” Ticketmaster Corp. of New York agreed to pay $10 million to resolve charges stemming from insider-caused breach. Former employee Zeehsan Zaidi pled guilty to the incident T-Mobile Corp.,...
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Cybersecurity Update

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ZDNet magazine now reports that 50% of hacking attacks on healthcare industry involve ransomware. The federal government announced that the year 2020 set a record for number of breaches in the U.S. healthcare industry. Socialarks, a social media management company, exposed 400 gigabytes of personal info from 214 million users due to an unsecure online database. President Donald Trump officially signed HR 7898 into law on January 5, 2021The HIPAA Safe Harbor bill amends the HITECH act to...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Froedtert Health of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, notified 760 patients that their PHI was exposed after being illegally accessed by a former employee. Hendrick Health of Abilene, TX notified 640,436 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack. Salem Clinic of Oregon notified 20,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack hit Metro Presort, which processes the clinic’s mail. The Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services...
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Discount Car and Truck Rentals Hit by Ransomeware Attack

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The Canadian division of Enterprise, Discount Car and Truck Rentals, was recently hit by a cyber attack, forcing its website offline. First reported by IT World Canada , the attack was confirmed to Auto Rental News by Enterprise, the attack by Darkside ransomware group alleges it stole 120GB of corporate, banking and franchise data. On Darkside's website, the group posted: “We downloaded a lot of interesting data from your network. If you need proofs we are ready to provide you with it. The...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates With a single update, a popular barcode scanner app on Google Play transformed into malware and was able to hijack up to 10 million devices as reported by Malwarebytes Lavabird Ltd.'s QR code barcode scanner was an Android app that had been available on Google's official app repository for years accounting for over 10 million installs ESET Cybersecurity is reporting that there is a 768% growth in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks over the course of 2020 detected 29...
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Cybersecurity Notes

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Cybersecurity The federal government, via Department of Health & Human Services’ Office For Civil Rights, is reminding all healthcare facilities that they have until 3/1/2021 to report any breaches that exposed PHI of fewer than 500 patients. Crowdstrike published report warning the healthcare industry of increased cyberattacks from state sponsored hacking gangs located in: North Korea Vietnam Iran Russia China ZDNet is warning of a sharp rise in hacking attacks aimed at colleges and...
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Cybersecurity Update

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IBM published results of new research on the average total cost of a breach by vertical market: $7.13 million = healthcare $6.39 million = energy $5.85 million = finance $5.06 million = pharma $5.04 million = tech $3.9 million = education Average amount of days before breach is discovered: 329 days = healthcare 324 days = government 283 days = education Security Week magazine reports on ransomware: Ransomware gangs earned at least $350 million in 2020 311% increase YoY $154,000.00 = average...
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IBM Introduces $3 Million in Cybersecurity Grants for Public Schools in United States as Attacks on ...

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IBM Introduces $3 Million in Cybersecurity Grants for Public Schools in United States as Attacks on Education Grow ARMONK, N.Y., March 22, 2021 /CSRwire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM ) recently announced in-kind grants valued at $3 million to help strengthen cybersecurity in schools. These grants will be awarded to six school districts in the United States to sponsor teams of IBMers to help them proactively prepare for and respond to cyberattacks. Services will be delivered by teams deployed via IBM's...
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Cybersecurity Notes

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The average ransom payment to ransomware operators is now $220,298, up 43% YoY, according to Coveware Security Reverb Inc. headquartered in Chicago, IL, notified an unknown number of users for its musical instrument marketplace website that their info may have been exposed during recent data breach. Sapphire Community Health of Hamilton, MT notified 4,000 patients that their PHI was stolen during recent ransomware attack. Centennial School District of Portland, Oregon notified 6,100 students...
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Cybersecurity News

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Colonial Pipeline, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia suffered possible the most publicized ransomware attack in history: Pipeline was shutdown, causing gas prices to soar and gas stations to run out of gas in AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX and VA Company admitted it paid the hackers $5 million to get password to de-encrypt the network The DarkSide hacking group in Russia was responsible Brownsville Community Health Center of Brownsville, TX notified an...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Bose Corp. of Framingham, Massachusetts, notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack. $1.37 billion of transactions for stolen information were made in 2020 using the Russian dark web Hydra marketplace, according to Flashpoint Security. Trinity Health System of Logan, West Virginia notified “thousands” of patients that their PHI was exposed after security breach. Clover Park School District of Washington notified an...
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Maryland towns impacted in Kaseya ransomware breach

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Written by Benjamin Freed Jul 8, 2021 | STATESCOOP Two small towns in Maryland appear to be the first local governments known to be affected by the REvil ransomware attack against the software publisher Kaseya, as the compromise of one the company’s products has spread downstream. The towns of Leonardtown and North Beach, both located along the Chesapeake Bay, both confirmed this week their computers and networks had been disabled, with some municipal services disrupted. In North Beach, town...
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Cybersecurity Updates

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Cybersecurity Updates Kaseya Software, headquartered in Ireland, with US headquarters in Miami, Florida, notified 1,500 companies that use its software, and it was attacked by ransomware o a result of an attack on its remote device management software o the REvil hacking group in Russia is asking for $70 million in ransom in exchange for a universal decryption tool Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions notified 1.2 million patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack...
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Cybereason Announces Acquisition of empow to Enhance XDR Offerings

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BOSTON , July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Cybereason , the leader in operation-centric attack protection, today announced the acquisition of empow, a security analytics company based in Tel Aviv . The empow acquisition adds innovative predictive response technology, a library of out-of-the-box data integrations, and top-tier engineering and product talent. These capabilities will be incorporated into the Cybereason XDR offerings to further deliver on the company's mission to end cyber...
 
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