Mark Ernest Villeza reports: A data security officer of the Manila Bulletin has admitted to hacking approximately 93 websites, including government and private company websites, as well as servers based abroad. In an interview with ABS-CBN aired on June 24, the hacker with the alias “Kangkong” revealed that he left a specific picture on the compromised websites as…
Author: Dissent
Social Engineering Tactics Targeting Healthcare & Public Health Entities and Providers
June 24, 2024 TLP:CLEAR SUMMARY The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to disseminate known indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used in a social engineering campaign targeting healthcare, public health entities, and providers. Threat actors…
If the insider threat is at your vendor, could you discover it quickly?
Here’s today’s reminder of the insider threat. We start with a notice from Geisinger about a security incident involving Nuance Communications: Nuance Communications Inc., an outside vendor that provides information technology services for Geisinger, is notifying Geisinger patients that some personal information may have been accessed by a former Nuance employee. On Nov. 29, 2023,…
SEC Charges R.R. Donnelley for Ransomware Attack Response
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On June 18, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (“RRD”), a global provider of business communication and marketing services, for violating the internal controls and disclosure controls provisions of federal securities laws in relation to Donnelley’s response to a 2021 ransomware attack….
Cyber Attack on Synnovis Pathology Lab Traced to Longstanding Known Weaknesses at London Hospitals
Scott Ikeda writes: A cyber attack on London hospitals that has unfolded over the course of June has had a devastating impact on the city’s blood supply, and has caused hundreds of operations to be postponed. New reporting from Bloomberg indicates that the city’s hospitals have long known that Synnovis, the pathology lab at the center of…
Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse
Matt Burgess reports: Crippling ransomware attacks against hospitals and health care providers are on the rise. These ruthless cyberattacks can take medical systems offline for weeks—canceling appointments and surgeries and causing harm to patients. Doctors and nurses are plunged into crisis situations where they resort to using pen and paper, while IT staff work to make…