Brian Krebs reports: For the past year, a site called Privnotes.com has been impersonating Privnote.com, a legitimate, free service that offers private, encrypted messages which self-destruct automatically after they are read. Until recently, I couldn’t quite work out what Privnotes was up to, but today it became crystal clear: Any messages containing bitcoin addresses will be automatically altered…
Category: Phishing
Phishing Attack Hits German Coronavirus Task Force
Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Researchers are warning of an ongoing phishing attack that’s targeting the credentials of more than 100 high-profile executives at a German multinational corporation that’s tasked with procuring coronavirus medical gear for Germany. Read more on ThreatPost.
University of Utah patients notified after phishing incident compromised employee email accounts
David Wells reports: Some of University of Utah Health’s patients are receiving notice that their private information may have been compromised in a recent email security breach. According to U of U Health, some of its employees’ email accounts were compromised in phishing schemes, resulting in unauthorized access of those accounts between April 6 and…
CPA Canada discloses data breach affecting 329,000 individuals
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) today disclosed that a cyberattack against the CPA Canada website allowed unauthorized third parties to access the personal information of over 329,000 members and other stakeholders. CPA Canada is a national organization with more than 217,000 Chartered Professional Accountants as members and one of the largest national accounting bodies in the world….
Elizabethtown Community Hospital Patients Lack Standing in Data Breach Row
Daniel R. Stoller has a litigation update on a case that stems from a 2018 breach affecting patients at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Elizabethtown Community Hospital beat claims of inadequate data security protections after a federal judge in New York found that plaintiffs lacked standing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).
Diabetes Device Supplier Solara Medical Faces Refined Claims in Data Breach Suit
Andrea Vittorio reports: A diabetes device supplier hit by a data breach in mid-2019 is facing refined fraud claims in a potential class action in California after a court took issue with the basis of some original claims. Fraud claims in the lawsuit against Solara Medical Supplies LLC, one of the largest direct-to-consumer suppliers of…