Sergiu Gatlan reports: Network and email security firm Barracuda today revealed that a recently patched zero-day vulnerability had been exploited for at least seven months to backdoor customers’ Email Security Gateway (ESG) appliances with custom malware and steal data. The company says an ongoing investigation found that the bug (tracked as CVE-2023-2868) was first exploited…
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Another hospital hit by ransomware: Mission Community Hospital
Mission Community Hospital in California allegedly experienced a ransomware attack on April 29. On Wednesday, RansomHouse threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack and provided a number of files as proof. They claim to have downloaded 2.5 TB of data. From the proof files, it appears that RansomHouse accessed the imaging system and image files…
Clinical test data of 2.5 million people stolen from biotech company Enzo Biochem
Jonathan Greig reports: An April ransomware attack on a biotech company resulted in the compromise of test information and personal data of nearly 2.5 million people, according to regulatory filings. Enzo Biochem, a New York-based biosciences and diagnostics company, said that on April 6 it experienced a ransomware attack that involved the “unauthorized access to…
Data breach exposes 58K Hillsborough County voters’ personal information
Jordan Highsmith reports: An investigation determined the Hillsborough County Supervisors of Elections Office underwent an illegal data breach in early May, exposing more than 50,000 people’s voter information. An unauthorized user appeared to have illegally accessed and copied files containing personal identification information, such as social security or driver’s license numbers, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of…
Russia’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hit by cyberattack; Ukrainian group claims deep access
The Record reports: Ukrainian hackers have breached the systems of Skolkovo Foundation, the agency which oversees the high-tech business area located on the outskirts of Moscow. The Foundation was founded and charged by Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev to rival Silicon Valley in the U.S. According to Skolkovo’s statement, the hackers managed to gain limited access…
Local clinic closes following cyberattack, hospital redirects emergency services
Logan Ramsey reports: A local clinic was forced to close its doors temporarily following a cyberattack on its computer systems on Monday morning. A local hospital is also redirecting it’s emergency services to other area hospitals. It’s not clear how it happened or when the issue will be resolved, but Mountain View Hospital spokesman Brian…