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HC3 Alert on Lorenz Ransomware

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dissent

HC3 has issued an alert about Lorenz ransomware. Lorenz threat actors have been mentioned on DataBreaches’ site several times since 2021. In one case they attacked and exfiltrated data of 500,000 patients of Wolfe Clinic in Iowa, and they recently posted data from Salud Family Health in Colorado. Salud has not yet reported a number…

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Third Circuit Finds Standing for Victim of Data Breach, Citing ‘Imminent Harm’

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dissent

Harris Freier and Avi R. Jerushalmy write: It comes as no surprise that cybersecurity is at the forefront of business owners’ minds across the globe. Corporate cyberattacks were at an all-time high last year, up 50% year over year. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency reported in February that it is aware of ransomware incidents against 14…

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Hackers breach energy orgs via bugs in discontinued web server

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Dissent

Sergiiu Gatlan reports: Microsoft said today that security vulnerabilities found to impact a web server discontinued since 2005 have been used to target and compromise organizations in the energy sector. Read more at BleepingComputer.

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The LinkedIn-HiQ Labs Case and Data Scraping in the US: Some Takeaways

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Dissent

Odia Kagan of Fox Rothschild writes: What does the summary judgment granted to Linkedin in the famous Linkedin-HiQ Labs case teach us about data scraping in the US? Here are some of my thoughts on what the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruling means. Bottom line: Summary judgment was granted to…

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Farrer Park Hospital fined S$58,000 over data breach affecting medical information of 2,000 people

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Dissent

Louisa Tang reports in Singapore: Farrer Park Hospital has been fined S$58,000 over a data breach that led to the confidential medical information of almost 2,000 people being automatically forwarded to a third party. In a judgment dated Sep 15 and released on Friday (Nov 18), the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) gave more details…

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Researchers Sound The Alarm On Smart Home Hub Security Vulnerabilities

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Dissent

As seen on MSN: Smart devices can make life a lot easier. We may not have flying cars or robot butlers, but the ability to control electrical appliances throughout your home via an app or your voice is arguably the one sci-fi future prediction that we did get a functional version of. Unfortunately, it turns…

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