Admire Moyo reports: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJ&CD) has suffered a cyber security incident affecting child maintenance payments. In a statement yesterday, the department advised the public its electronic payment system for third-party funds, including child maintenance, has been temporarily suspended following attempts to compromise the system. According to the department, an…
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Backdoor found in court AV recording software
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Cybersecurity researchers from Rapid7 and S2W have found a backdoor trojan inside a popular app used for recording courtroom and jury meetings. The malware was found in the installer for JAVS Viewer, version 8.3.7, an app from Justice AV Solutions that allows customers to play back older recordings. JAVS customers who downloaded the official installer from the…
Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center cyberattack affecting services
The Mālama I Ke Ola Health Center Team discovered a breach on May 7 that they initially described as an IT or tech incident. They have now made it clearer that this was a cyberattack. In a statement on their website on May 23, they write: Aloha Patients & Community We recently learned of an…
United Urology Group appears to be a victim of a ransomware attack; some patient data already leaked
United Urology Group describes itself as a national network of urology specialists with corporate headquarters in Maryland. Their network includes Arizona Urology Specialists Phoenix, Arizona Urology Specialists Tucson, Chesapeake Urology, Colorado Urology, and Tennessee Urology. On May 23, RansomHouse threat actors claimed to have encrypted their system on May 4 and exfiltrated about 300 GB…
First Nations Health Authority detected and interrupted attack by INC ransomware group
On May 22, INC ransomware added First Nations Health Authority to its leak site with screenshots as proof of claims. On the same day, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) disclosed it is currently investigating a cybersecurity incident that it first detected on May 13. “We took immediate action to investigate this activity and intercepted an unauthorized…
Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers
Zack Whittaker reports: A consumer-grade spyware app has been found running on the check-in systems of at least three Wyndham hotels across the United States, TechCrunch has learned. The app, called pcTattletale, stealthily and continually captured screenshots of the hotel booking systems, which contained guest details and customer information. Thanks to a security flaw in…