Kenneth Lipp reports: Newport City Council voted last week to approve a contract for software that uses “artificial intelligence” to detect malicious network activity, bidding to avoid having its data and network seized in ransomware attacks, as have other municipalities in Oregon. Read more at Newport News Times. See what you think about this one.
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Conti, REvil, LockBit ransomware bugs exploited to block encryption
Ionut Ilascu reports: Hackers commonly exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks to gain access, but a researcher has turned the table by finding exploits in the most common ransomware and malware being distributed today. Malware from notorious ransomware operations like Conti, the revived REvil, the newcomer Black Basta, the highly active LockBit, or AvosLocker, all came with…
Lincoln College was already struggling. Then came ransomware.
Emily Bamforth reported this on April 21 on EdScoop. Somehow I missed it, but it’s so important that I am adding it now: As Illinois’ Lincoln College approached its two-week winter hiatus last December, workers walked in one weekend to find printers spewing threatening notes saying the school’s data was locked up and could only…
Lockbit ransomware attack cripples parts of German library service
Graham Cluley reports: One of the largest library services in Germany, EKZ Bibliotheksservice, has been impacted by a ransomware attack that has left book lovers unable to rent and borrow eBooks, audio books, and electronic magazines. In an FAQ on its website, Reutlingen-based EKZ says it is currently trying to repair the damage caused by the…
University of Essex data breach being taken ‘very seriously’
BBC reports: A data breach affecting more than 400 students is being treated “very seriously”, the University of Essex said. Law firm Hayes Connor, which is representing some students, said an email from an external partner of the college included personal information. A spreadsheet containing student IDs, dates of birth and contact details was attached…
Breast Cancer Support Organization Leaks Data Despite Multiple Notifications?
Update: After posting this, tweeting this story, and getting retweets on it, it appears that as of late yesterday, the bucket was finally secured. Thanks to SafeyDetectives who kept re-checking the bucket and to everyone who tried to call attention to this to get the data locked down. DataBreaches did not get any acknowledgement or…