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Advanced Spine & Pain Center Notifies 8,362 Patients After Two Possibly Unrelated Incidents

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Dissent

So this is a bit unusual. Advanced Spine & Pain Center in San Antonio notified its patients on September 25 following two concerning events that may or may not be related. The first involved some patients receiving phone calls asking them to pay outstanding balances.  As part of investigating that incident, ASPC discovered that their server…

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Cybercrime Targeting Higher Education: What Needs To Be Done

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dissent

Sue Smith reports: Logicalis US, an international business IT solution provider, shared important insights this week about how cybercriminals are targeting colleges and universities, plus advice on four ways these institutions can strengthen their cybersecurity programs. Over the past 10 years, we have reported on countless retailers, credit bureaus, insurance companies and other businesses hit…

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Hyatt Hotels Suffers 2nd Card Breach in 2 Years

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Hyatt Corp. is alerting customers about another credit card breach at some hotels, the second major incident with the hospitality chain in as many years. Hyatt said its cyber security team discovered signs of unauthorized access to payment card information from cards manually entered or swiped at the front desk of certain Hyatt-managed locations between…

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Equifax: Umm, actually hackers stole records of 15.2 million Brits, not 400,000

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dissent

David Bisson writes: Equifax has confirmed that a recent data breach exposed a file containing 15.2 million UK personal information records. On 10 October 2017, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) confirmed the Equifax data breach disclosed in September 2017 actually compromised 15.2 million UK records. That’s considerably more than 400,000, the number of consumers…

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Cybercriminals hijacked a government server to send sophisticated malware to U.S. companies

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Dissent

Chris Bing reports: A Eastern European hacking group hijacked U.S. state government servers to dispense malware through phishing emails that were designed to appear like they had come from the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to research by Cisco’s Talos team and an analysis by other cybersecurity experts familiar with the activity. The technical findings connect…

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AU: Hacker codenamed in honour of ‘Alf’ from Home and Away stole sensitive data about Australian military projects

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Dissent

David Wroe reports: Commercially sensitive information on the $14 billion Joint Strike Fighter program, Australia’s next fleet of spy planes and several of its naval warships have been stolen by hackers who breached a Department of Defence contractor, a government official has revealed. A manager at the Australian Signals Directorate – the government’s main national…

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