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…
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Singapore faced more cybercrime, phishing and ransomware threats in 2021
Natasha Ganesan reports: Firms and individuals in Singapore faced an increased number of cybercrime, phishing and ransomware threats last year, according to a report released by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) on Monday (Aug 29). There were 137 ransomware cases in 2021, a 54 per cent jump from the 89 reported in 2020….
Massive cyberattack leads to class action suit against provider chain Avamere
John Hall reports: Attorneys representing a potentially large group of residents and employees of nursing home behemoth Avamere Holdings announced they have filed a class action suit accusing the long-term care provider of failing to protect its residents and staff from a massive cyberattack. The operator faces the class-action lawsuit over a data breach believed to have affected more…
Laptop at centre of probe into massive 2017 phone data leak
FMT reporters: Police are investigating new evidence linked to a data leak about five years ago that reportedly involved 46 million Malaysian mobile numbers. The new evidence is believed to revolve around the use of a highly-secure laptop computer from the premises of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to access a server containing the…
EmergeOrtho notifying 75,200 patients about ransomware incident
EmergeOrtho in North Carolina has started sending notification letters to patients whose protected health information may have been accessed during a ransomware attack in May. According to a notification template seen by DataBreaches, EmergeOrtho discovered and blocked a ransomware attack on May 18. Their letter does not specifically state whether any files were encrypted, and…
Edfinancial and OSLA student loan account registration info hacked in Nelnet breach; 2.5 million affected
Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt. But for 2.5 million student loan borrowers, the week also brought news of a breach of their contact information and Social Security numbers. Nelnet Servicing in Nebraska provides technology services to EdFinancial and OSLA, including portals that…