On March 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of Education—in coordination with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—held the kickoff meeting of the Education Facilities Subsector Government Coordinating Council (GCC), designed to facilitate formal, ongoing collaboration between all levels of government and the education sector on issues of K-12 cybersecurity risk management. Organized in response…
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On Q Financial announces data breach, law firm feeding frenzy follows
On April 2, Arizona-based On Q Financial notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach the mortgage lender experienced. Within days, law firms announced investigations into the breach and sought potential class action members. Was there anything particularly unique that would trigger a legal feeding frenzy? No. But On Q Financial holds financial data…
HC3: Sector Alert: Social Engineering Attacks Targeting IT Help Desks in the Health Sector
April 3, 2024 TLP:CLEAR Report: 202404031000 Executive Summary HC3 has recently observed threat actors employing advanced social engineering tactics to target IT help desks in the health sector and gain initial access to target organizations. In general, threat actors continue to evolve their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to achieve their goals. HC3 recommends various…
Proporsed Rule: Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) Reporting Requirements
A quick note that the official draft of CIRCA is now published: A Proposed Rule by the Homeland Security Department on 04/04/2024 All information is linked from https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/04/2024-06526/cyber-incident-reporting-for-critical-infrastructure-act-circia-reporting-requirements NOTE: This is quite long, so leave yourself time to read it. Comments and related material must be submitted on or before June 3, 2024.
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice computer network hacked
Vivienne Serret reports: Hackers broke into the computer network of the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice in Tallahassee, which runs the state’s juvenile detention centers and programs to steer troubled kids away from crime. It led to a continuing shutdown of the digital backbone the agency uses to manage cases statewide. The department took offline…
Threat actors walked away from a $1.8 million offer because the victim talked to the media?! (1)
A recent listing on LockBit’s leak site about Crinetics Pharmaceuticals seemed unusual. It included a disclaimer: “Those responsible for the exfiltration of data belonging to this victim have no association, indirect or direct, with the Lockbit group.” If those who exfiltrated the data had no association with LockBit, why was the listing on LockBit’s site?…