Bloomberg reports: Chinese hackers likely targeted energy companies operating in the South China Sea and the Australian government, according to a US tech security firm, the latest accusation of coordinated cybersnooping by the Asian nation to advance its geopolitical goals. Researchers uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign lasting more than a year that has been aimed…
Author: Dissent
Insurers must rethink handling of cyber attacks on states
There have been a number of lawsuits addressing the issue of whether some cyberattacks should be excluded from cyberinsurance coverage as “acts of war.” Josephine Wolff, author of Cybersecurity Policy, writes: The invasion of Ukraine earlier this year drew considerable global attention to the possibility that Russia might combine its physical attacks on the country…
OH: Investigation reveals no evidence of data breaches within Newton Falls school’s network systems
Sydney Stalnecker reports: The investigation conducted on the Newton Falls Exempted Village School District and NEOMIN’s technology network systems revealed there is no evidence of any data breaches with either institution’s network systems. Earlier in August, the investigation began after the district informed students and parents of a possible security breach. The district disproved parents’…
Data Leak Of 20 Mn Users? Vodafone Idea Says No
IANS reports: After a cyber-security research firm claimed that call data records of around 20 million customers of Vodafone Idea (Vi) were leaked and accessed by cyber-criminals, the telecom operator has denied the breach. Cyber-security research firm CyberX9 claimed in its report that the call data records of 20.6 million postpaid Vi customers were leaked…
CorrectHealth notifies employees of breach in 2021; makes changes
CorrectHealth in Georgia is a private provider of healthcare services to incarcerated individuals. In November 2021, they discovered a data breach involving some employees’ email accounts. They did not reveal when the breach occurred, and it seems it took them until July 2022 to investigate and identify the 54,066 individuals they are notifying. Nothing on…
New Golang Ransomware Agenda Customizes Attacks
Mohamed Fahmy, Nathaniel Gregory Ragasa, Earle Maui Earnshaw, Bahaa Yamany, Jeffrey Francis Bonaobra, and Jay Yaneza write: We recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware that was created in the Go programming language and that explicitly targeted one of our customers. This was evidenced by the specific email addresses and credentials the ransomware used. Malware written in…