A May, 2021 ransomware incident impacting Florida Heart Associates was added to HHS’s breach tool this month. But what the tool doesn’t show was the significant impact to the practice’s functioning and patient care. A story on Fox4 in Florida reports that the owners refused to pay an unreported ransom demand and did get control…
Category: Commentaries and Analyses
Unhacked: 121 Tools Against Ransomware On A Single Website
Europol has issued a press release about No More Ransom web site and its value in helping victims. You can read the statistics on Europol’s site, but here’s an image from the release: Read the full press release here. A new No More Ransom website has been launched to mark the project’s fifth year. Modern and…
First came the ransomware attacks, now come the lawsuits
Gerrit De Vynck reports: … In a world where everything runs on computers, these attacks can cause havoc. Hospitals have had to postpone surgeries. In Southern Maryland, Leonardtown was hit by the sprawling Kaseya IT software hack and lost 17 of its 19 computers, forcing it to stop billing residents for electricity and blocking paychecks…
Inside Forkbombo, the dreaded Kenyan cybercrime gang
Brian Wasuna reports: When financial institutions in Kenya started recording increased cyber-attacks in 2010, it was believed the country’s detectives would easily stamp out the crime. Back then, most cybercrime incidents involved hackers stealing small amounts of money that were near impossible to detect, before graduating to big money heists, in a what is known…
Education Industry at Higher Risk for IT Security Issues Due to Lack of Remote and Hybrid Work Policies
POWAY, Calif., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced findings for the education sector from the Apricorn 2021 Global IT Security Survey. According to the survey, the education industry has a greater risk for cybersecurity breaches and data loss than other industries due to limited IT security…
NY Comptroller Audit: Mount Pleasant Central School District – Information Technology User Accounts (2021M-31)
When, if ever, will there be actual consequences for school districts that still do not practice basic security hygiene? Comptroller DiNapoli has released yet another k-12 district IT audit where the are results so bad that they won’t make them public. From the state’s summary: Audit Objective Determine whether Mount Pleasant Central School District (District)…