A press release from Europol: While the world is in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak, another virus is quietly wreaking havoc. Although this virus has been around for years, its cases have been rising alarmingly in the past few months and has brought critical activities such as hospitals and governments to a standstill. This…
Month: July 2020
Atlassian says encryption-busting law has damaged Australia’s tech reputation
Asha Barbaschow reports: Atlassian believes Australia’s encryption-busting legislation continues to have a negative impact on the country’s technology sector, both from the perspective of partnering with an Australian company and attracting tech talent down under. “The Act’s passage has significantly degraded the global reputation of the Australian tech sector, as local companies and multinationals alike…
Inside “Phobos” Ransomware: “Dharma” Past & Underground
Bridgit Sullivan writes: Phobos is a type of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) ransomware that was first seen in October 2017 but became increasingly active in 2019. Also referred to as Phobos NextGen or Phobos Not Dharma, Phobos ransomware is extremely similar to the Dharma and Crysis ransomware family due to the same Dharma codebase. It…
Proposed Amendment to the North Carolina Identity Theft Protection Act
Alexander Turner of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC writes: In April 2019, with the introduction of House Bill 904, a bi-partisan effort was made to strengthen cyber security in North Carolina. H.B. 904 seeks to make North Carolina’s Identity Theft Protection Act one of the strongest in the nation by broadening the definition of what constitutes…
White House Tells EPIC to Delete COVID-19 Records, EPIC Declines
I usually post items from EPIC.org over on PogoWasRight.org, but this one gets posted as a government breach on this site, too. In an unusual development, the White House directed EPIC this week to delete a set of records that EPIC recently obtained from the Office of Science & Technology Policy—a request which EPIC declined….
University of Utah notifying patients after phishing attack
Did University of Utah Health really have three phishing incidents this year? Maybe not. I was confused when I saw a new listing on HHS’s public breach tool this week. The incident, reported to HHS on July 20, reportedly affected 10,000 patients and involved PHI located in email. As such, it seemed to match an…