Stephen Borowy reports that Covenant HealthCare has been notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a data breach that occurred last May 4 when threat actor(s) accessed two employee email accounts. According to a forensics investigation and document review, the hospital learned on Dec. 21 that the impacted email accounts were accessed on May 4….
Month: February 2021
CISA Releases Joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Exploitation of Accellion File Transfer Appliance
The cybersecurity authorities of Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States have released Joint Cybersecurity Advisory AA21-055A: Exploitation of Accellion File Transfer Appliance. Cyber actors worldwide have exploited vulnerabilities in Accellion File Transfer Appliance to attack multiple federal, and state, local, tribal, and territorial government organizations as well as private industry organizations…
Arch Family Dentistry Office Managers Charged with Healthcare Fraud
HAMMOND- Justyn Arch, age 34, and Trystan Arch, age 31 both of Valparaiso, Indiana were charged with healthcare fraud by way of a single count Grand Jury Indictment which was unsealed today, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Gary T. Bell. According to documents in this case, Arch Complete Family Dentistry, with offices located in Chesterton, Crown…
SolarWinds hackers targeted NASA, Federal Aviation Administration networks
Zack Whittaker reports: Hackers are said to have broken into the networks of U.S. space agency NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration as part of a wider espionage campaign targeting U.S. government agencies and private companies. The two agencies were named by the Washington Post on Tuesday, hours ahead of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing tasked with…
India second only to Japan in Asia Pacic in cyberattacks faced in 2020
Economic Times reports: India was second only to Japan in Asia Pacic in number of cyberattacks faced in 2020, accounting for 7% of all attacks in the region, according to an IBM report released on Wednesday. Finance and insurance emerged as the most vulnerable sectors, followed by manufacturing and professional services, according to the 2021…
Jamaica’s Amber Group fixes second JamCOVID security lapse
Zack Whittaker reports: Amber Group has fixed a second security lapse that exposed private keys and passwords for the government’s JamCOVID app and website. A security researcher told TechCrunch on Sunday that the Amber Group left a file on the JamCOVID website by mistake, which contained passwords that would have granted access to the backend…