Ionut Ilascu reports: For more than a year, North Korean hackers have been running a ransomware operation called HolyGhost, attacking small businesses in various countries. The group has been active for quite a while but it failed to gain the notoriety and financial success of other gangs even if the operation followed the same recipe:…
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Long Island Man Convicted of over $600 Million Health Care Fraud, Wire Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
July 13, 2022 — Earlier today, a federal jury in Central Islip returned a guilty verdict on eight counts of a superseding indictment charging Mathew James with perpetrating an over $600 million health care fraud scheme, which also included wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. The verdict followed a six-week trial before United States…
DHS: Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Unprecedented Report of its Review into Log4j Vulnerabilities and Response
Report Includes 19 Specific Recommendations for Government and Industry WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) first report, which includes 19 actionable recommendations for government and industry. The recommendations from the CSRB – an unprecedented public-private initiative that brings together government and industry leaders to…
Software Engineer Joshua Schulte Convicted In Biggest Theft Ever Of CIA Secrets
Joshua Schulte, who called himself “Bad Ass,” and who was also called “Voldemort” by colleagues in the C.I.A.’s Operations Support Branch, was convicted by a federal court jury in New York of sending the CIA’s “Vault 7” cyber-warfare tools to WikiLeaks in 2017. Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays of AP report: A former CIA software…
Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown warns of credit card data breach
Today’s reminder that malware on point-of-sale systems is still a thing. Danielle Cotterman reports: If you used a credit or debit card at Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland Downtown, you may want to double-check your bank statements. The hotel, located at 1100 Carnegie Avenue, is notifying customers that payment information may have been stolen from cards used…
200,000 Colorado Springs Utilities notified after unauthorized data access of subcontractor’s system
Ashley Eberhardt reports: Colorado Springs Utilities said in an email to customers that sensitive data stored by a subcontractor had been accessed by an “unauthorized party” in June. In the email sent out on Wednesday, Springs Utilities said they learned of the breach on July 6, and that the breach occurred on June 15, 2022….