Lawrence Abrams reports: The AvosLocker ransomware operation provided a free decryptor after learning they encrypted a US government agency. Last month, a US police department was breached by AvosLocker, who encrypted devices and stole data during the attack. However, according to a screenshot shared by security researcher pancak3, after learning that the victim was a government…
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Indian authorities set to tighten data breach laws in 2022
Stephen Pritchard reports: Authorities in India are set to clamp down on data breaches and tighten rules for holding sensitive data, according to local media reports. Organizations will be forced to disclose data breaches within 72 hours, bringing India in line with territories such as the EU, which mandates breach disclosures under its General Data Protection Regulation…
NY State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
NY State Comtroller DiNapoli released more school district audits last week. As always, DataBreaches.net looked to see what audits concerned IT security. New Rochelle City School District – Information Technology (2021M-142) Issued Date: December 17, 2021 Audit Objective Determine whether New Rochelle City School District (District) officials established adequate controls over network and financial application…
HIPAA Enforcement by State Attorneys General
HIPAAJournal has a nice piece on HIPAA enforcement action over the years by state attorneys general. You can access it here.
More than 1,200 phishing toolkits capable of intercepting 2FA detected in the wild
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A team of academics said it found more than 1,200 phishing toolkits deployed in the wild that are capable of intercepting and allowing cybercriminals to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) security codes. Also known as MitM (Man-in-the-Middle) phishing toolkits, these tools have become extremely popular in the cybercrime underworld in recent years after major…
Fintech firm hit by log4j hack refuses to pay $5 million ransom
Ax Sharma reports: One of the largest Vietnamese crypto trading platforms, ONUS, recently suffered a cyber attack on its payment system running a vulnerable Log4j version. Soon enough, threat actors approached ONUS to extort a $5 million sum and threatened to publish the customer data should ONUS refuse to comply. After the company’s refusal to pay the ransom, threat actors put up data…