Andrea Kades reports: Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Thursday. In an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, she said this posed a serious risk and as outlined in the latest audit report for the…
Month: January 2018
25 per cent of hackers don’t report bugs due to lack of disclosure policies
A friend tweeted to me tonight: .@PogoWasRight you have been beating this drum and saying this for a long time now… years. “report reveals they are instead ‘frequently ignored or misunderstood”. Now u have a report! 😉https://t.co/WYu94gQQfu — Commissioner Miner (@fanCRTCProfling) January 19, 2018 Indeed we do. Carly Page reports: One in four ethical hackers…
New York State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar
Jan. 18 -State Education Department Announces Breach of Data Held by Vendor Questar The State Education Department’s grades 3-8 assessment vendor, Questar Assessment, Inc., experienced a data breach affecting a small number of students registered for computer-based testing (CBT) in spring 2017, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced today. Questar reported that its preliminary analysis shows 52…
Lebanese Government Hackers Hit Thousands of Victims With Incredibly Simple Campaign
Lorenzo Francesco-Bicchierai reports: Hackers allegedly working for the government of Lebanon stole hundreds of gigabytes from thousands of victims all over the world, and they did it using phishing, relatively simple custom-made malware with no fancy zero-day exploits, and using recycled infrastructure, according to a new report. Security researchers from digital rights organization Electronic Frontier…
Hackers Have Walked Off With About 14% of Big Digital Currencies
Olga Kharif reports: In less than a decade, hackers have stolen $1.2 billion worth of Bitcoin and rival currency Ether, according to Lex Sokolin, global director of fintech strategy at Autonomous Research LLP. Given the currencies’ explosive surge at the end of 2017, the cost in today’s money is much higher. “It looks like crypto hacking…
A second Indiana hospital reports ransomware attack
Another hospital has been hit with ransomware. Angelica Robinson reports that a second Indiana hospital has been hit with ransomware. Adams Health Network, which runs Adams Memorial Hospital, has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted some of its computer servers on Thursday, January 11. Ransomware is a malicious software designed to block access to a computer…