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Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute Provides Notice of Maze Attack in 2020

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dissent

An incident initially reported to HHS on May 3 has been updated to 70,372 patients from the initial report of 50,000.  The following is the entity’s notice on their web site, and after you read it, I’ll meet you on the other side to explain it more, because they only discovered the breach when DataBreaches.net…

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In: Health Ministry Refutes CoWIN Data Leak Claim, Initiates Investigation

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dissent

Archis Chowdhury reports: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare refuted the claims around a breach in vaccination data of over 150 million individuals from the CoWIN portal, and termed such claims to be prima facie fake, in a statement issued on Thursday. It also stated that the matter is being further investigated by the…

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Cost of ransomware attack on Baltimore County public schools climbs to $7.7M

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dissent

Lillian Reed reports: Baltimore County school officials estimate the ransomware attack in November will cost the system at least $7.7 million, nearing what Baltimore City spent following a similar attack in 2019. The estimated costs cover a wide range of programs, services, trainings and licenses that helped Maryland’s third-largest school system respond to and recover…

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Lewd Phishing Lures Aimed at Business Explode

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dissent

Socially engineered BEC attacks using X-rated material spike 974 percent. Becky Bracken reports: Attackers have amped up their use of X-rated phishing lures in business email compromise (BEC) attacks. A new report found a stunning 974-percent spike in social-engineering scams involving suggestive materials, usually aimed at male-sounding names within a company. The Threat Intelligence team…

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Security flaws found in Samsung’s stock mobile apps

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: A mobile security startup has found seven security flaws in Samsung’s pre-installed mobile apps, which it says if abused could have allowed attackers broad access to a victim’s personal data. Oversecured said the vulnerabilities were found in several apps and components bundled with Samsung phones and tablets. Oversecured founder Sergey Toshin told…

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Do We Even Need the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA)?–Van Buren v. US

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Dissent

Eric Goldman writes: Last week, the Supreme Court decided Van Buren v. US. Many hoped the decision would clarify how owners can delimit third-party usage of their computer resources for purposes of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA). Disappointingly, the court explicitly punted on that key question, though the decision probably will prompt lower…

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