Note: this report is a summary based entirely on machine translation of articles on ynet by Tal Shahaf and Calcalist by Raphael Kahan. Shahaf reports that Pionet , which is owned by Malam Tim, suffered a ransomware attack that has paralyzed many of the company’s systems and the sites of more than a hundred of…
Category: Business Sector
Ransomware incident at major cloud provider disrupts real estate, title industry
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A ransomware incident at Cloudstar, a cloud hosting service and managed service provider for several industry sectors, has disrupted the activities of hundreds of companies. Cloudstar, which operates several data centers across the US, is primarily known in the mortgage, title insurance, real estate, legal, finance, and local government sector, where it…
China says Microsoft hacking accusations fabricated by US and allies
From the of-course-they-would dept., BBC reports: China has denied allegations that it carried out a major cyber-attack against tech giant Microsoft. The US and other Western countries on Monday accused China of hacking Microsoft Exchange – a popular email platform used by companies worldwide. They said it was part of a broader pattern of “reckless” behaviour…
Italian hosting firm Aruba.it defends data breach notification delay
John Leyden reports: Italian web hosting firm Aruba.it has admitted a recent data breach amid complaints from some customers that it was slow in notifying them about a problem. In an Italian-language message to customers sent out last week – a copy of which has ben obtained by The Daily Swig – the hosting firm said that a breach…
WI: Governor Evers Signs Law to Enhance Insurance Cybersecurity Measures
July, 15 — Madison, Wis. — Today, Governor Tony Evers signed Act 73 into law creating new cybersecurity requirements for protecting data collected by the insurance industry. “From ransomware to data breaches, insurers and consumers are at an increasing risk of experiencing a serious cybersecurity incident,” said Insurance Commissioner Mark Afable. “The new consumer protections in this Act…
Ransomware attack at Comparis resulted in data breach
SwissInfo.ch reports: Last Wednesday Comparis.ch, which has 80 million visits a year, was shut down by ransomware attackers demanding $400,000 (CHF370,000) in cryptocurrencies to put it back online. By Friday the website was operational again. A Comparis spokesman told SWI swissinfo.ch that no ransom had been paid. The company initially said it believed that no customer…